WOMEN in Wakefield are being asked to ditch their bras and support the Yorkshire Air Ambulance as part if its latest fundraising initiative.
The charity is collecting unwanted garments and turning them into much-needed cash by selling them on to customers in the UK and overseas, particularly West Africa.
Pam Lawrence, team leader for the Wakefield area fundraising group, said: "The bra idea has been very well received, with enormous humour in the good sense of raising money." The charity is hoping to collect 200,000 bras and 4,000 have been collected already.
Based at Leeds/Bradford Airport, since October 2000, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance is a specially-adapted emergency helicopter. It can fly at speeds of 150 miles an hour straight to an incident where normal ambulance sometimes cannot reach. But it costs £3,500 per day to operate and is funded totally by charity.
The Yorkshire Air Ambulance hit the headlines recently for the part it played in the rescue of Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond's following his high-speed crash. To make a donation or for more information, please contact Pam on 07825 560366.
Source: Wakefield Today
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