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Have you a head for heights
29.05.08
25 sign up for Red
Cross sky dive
by Simon McGeady, Inishowen
Independent
THE MALIN Head Red Cross are taking their
fundraising efforts for a base in the area to new
heights with a sponsored sky dive this August. To
date, 25 people have signed up to take part in the
adrenalin-pumping event, which will take place in
the skies over Co Offaly. |
The event is being
organised by Malin Head Red Cross committee member
Colm Kelly. He says the response has been good to
date, especially from the women of the area.
“So far we have eight men signed up to do the jump
and the rest are women. The organisers can take up
to 55 on the day, so we’ll leave the registration
open for a few more weeks to see how many more
people we can get to do it.” |
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Most of the
participants, including Colm, have no prior
sky-diving experience, but all are united in their
desire to provide a first response service for Malin
Head.
“We already have a defibrillator based in Malin Head
and 16 people trained how to use it, but we want to
get more life-saving equipment and eventually have a
new centre of our own.
“In the next couple of weeks we will be linking up
with the ambulance service so they can alert us
immediately when an emergency call comes from Malin
Head in and we can get to the scene.
“In April one of our members was at the scene of an
emergency with the defibrillator inside four
minutes. On that occasion the person in trouble
recovered and we didn’t need to use the equipment,
but it shows you the value of having trained,
equipped volunteers in the area. Our Red Cross
volunteers can be on the scene maybe 15 minutes
ahead of the ambulance and provide treatment while
the ambulance is on it’s way,” said the Ashley
Martin employee. Those signing up for the sky dive
have to raise €650, half of which will go to the
Malin Head Red Cross fund and the other half to the
company organising the parachute jump.
On the 13th of June a sky-diving instructor will
give an information evening for those taking part at
the Crossroads Inn, Malin Head.
“I’ve always wanted to do a sky dive, and this will
be my chance, although I’ll be getting nervous when
we get closer to the time,” said Mr Kelly.
If you would like to join these decent-minded
dare-devils on their charity sky dive, contact Colm
on 0879623692 to find out more. |
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