SHOPPERS in Shoreham have helped raise £500 to aid the Royal National Lifeboat Institution save lives at sea.
The money was raised by a collection day, organised by members of Steyning and Henfield Rotary Club, at Shoreham's Holmbush Centre.
Shoreham lifeboat coxswain Peter Huxtable was presented with the donation by club president David Kinsella and past president Richard Flower.
SupportMr Kinsella said he and fellow Rotarians were determined to help support the RNLI.
He added: "Given that the RNLI's crew members are volunteers, who regularly give up their own time and risk their own lives to come to the aid of those in peril, we feel very strongly about supporting them.
"The Rotary Club is keen to support many charities, and the RNLI is no exception.
"There are still many people who are under the illusion that the RNLI is government-funded, but it receives next to nothing from the government and is, instead, funded entirely by legacies and voluntary donations.
"We're pleased to have been able to help by raising the £500 from our collection at the Holmbush Centre."
Fund-raisingShoreham's lifeboat station is currently the subject of a major fund-raising effort, the RNLI Shoreham Harbour Lifeboat Station Appeal, which aims to raise a total of £1million to help fund a new lifeboat station and boathouse.
The new station and boathouse are needed to house the latest class of lifeboat, the Tamar, the fastest and most efficient lifeboat in the RNLI's fleet.
Mr Huxtable said: "The volunteer lifeboat crew and myself are grateful to Steyning and Henfield Rotary Club for their help and support.
"The Shoreham lifeboat station appeal has now passed the quarter-of-a-million-pound mark, so we are getting ever closer to our target.
"I would also like to give sincere thanks to all those people who contributed at the shopping centre collection.
"It is really pleasing to know that we have such strong support from the Shoreham community."
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