Double donation made to military charities

Mansfield’s Heroes Memorial Fund has received a £5,000 donation from a local firm, and also donated £2,000 to another military charity.
By Andy Done-Johnson
Published 20th Sep 2013, 16:45 BST
Cheque presentation for Heroes Memorial Fund at Carr Bank Memorial, l-r Martin Kinsella from Savanna Rags International, Graham Parker, David Addison Chair of Mansfield Bellamy Road Branch RBL.Cheque presentation for Heroes Memorial Fund at Carr Bank Memorial, l-r Martin Kinsella from Savanna Rags International, Graham Parker, David Addison Chair of Mansfield Bellamy Road Branch RBL.
Cheque presentation for Heroes Memorial Fund at Carr Bank Memorial, l-r Martin Kinsella from Savanna Rags International, Graham Parker, David Addison Chair of Mansfield Bellamy Road Branch RBL.

The memorial fund received the cash from Savanna Rags International, based in Forest Road, and donated £2,000 from its own reserves to the Royal British Legion’s Nottinghamshire Welfare Benevolent Fund.

Fund chairman Graham Parker said: “The partnership with Savanah Rags works really well for us as charity.

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“Hitting £5,000 in such a short time is great but what’s really important is to be able to use that money to help our local veterans through the legion. For every £200 we have donated it can bring in another £200 to match it which means lots more veterans getting the support they need.”

Pictured (from left) are Martin Kinsella, Graham Parker and David Addison.

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