New Rescue Vehicle Appeal 2007
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team has launched an appeal to raise £30,000 to fund the purchase and equipping of a new rescue vehicle. This will replace a 17 year old vehicle which has become increasingly unreliable over recent years. The vehicle is needed to carry team members, vital first aid and other team equipment quickly to the nearest road location to an incident.
As part of the appeal we also launched a raffle with the aim of raising £8,000 towards the cost of the new vehicle. There were 14 excellent prizes on offer, including a top prize of a 2 weeks holiday accommodation in Florida (including £500 towards flights), donated by local businessman Bob Slack.
Other prizes include a weekend break for two at the Trout Hotel, Cockermouth; dinner, bed and breakfast for two at the Bridge Hotel, Buttermere; meals at the Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater and Junipers, Cockermouth. Interestingly there are also sailing, map/compass/GPS and climbing instruction days as prizes. The half-day climbing instruction is with Tim Mosedale, local mountaineer and conqueror of Everest.
The raffle was drawn on Tuesday 25th September. The winners were:
| Prize | Name | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 2 weeks holiday villa in Florida inc. £500 towards flights | R.Foster | Cumbria |
| 2 night weekend break for 2 at Trout Hotel | E.Petty | Cumbria |
| 1 night Dinner bed & breakfast at Bridge Hotel | B.Haslam | Lancashire |
| Meal for 2 at the Kirkstile Inn | R.Burns | Cumbria |
| £25 meal voucher at Junipers | Perkins | Cumbria |
| 1 day skippered sailing for 2 on Paget’s Lady, Whitehaven | G.Jackson | Cumbria |
| Half day climbing instruction with Tim Mosedale | W.Steel | Cumbria |
| 1 day course in map, compass and GPS from ‘GPS training’ | E.Bainbridge | Cumbria |
| 2 tickets for Rheged Mountaineering Exhibition and film | P.Brookes | Sussex |
| 6 months membership of Cockermouth Leisure Centre | S.Beardwood | Cumbria |
| 1 month memberhip of Lifestyle Gym, Cockermouth | J.Hurlock | Cumbria |
| Book tokens to the value £50 | G.Cookson | Yorkshire |
| 33lt MacPac rucksack | P.Daley | Cumbria |
| Blizzard Pack survival bag | K.Longshaw | Cumbria |
The Galloping Horse Mountaineering Club made the first major donation to our appeal in May 2007. The club were also one of the first donors to our New HQ appeal.