On Saturday 9th April
2011 Mrs Carol Bratty who is the Secretary/Welfare Secretary
and the Poppy Appeal Organiser for Hardwicke & District Branch,
did a sponsored Tandem Sky Dive in aid of the Poppy
Appeal.
![Branch Events](/media/1765262/carol_1.jpg)
Carol's jump took place
at 29 Regt at South Cerney, Gloucestershire, the weather was
perfect, bright blue sky, warm sun and very little
wind.
Carol boarded the aircraft
with her jump instructor Steve Jelf at 9 30am. They then
climbed to 12,000ft and then launched. The whole event was filmed
by another Skydiver called Big Al who also captured the images
here.
![Branch Events](/media/1765262/carol_2.jpg)
By 10 am Carol was back on
firm ground wearing the biggest smile you can imagine, her first
comment was "That was fabulous"!!
![Branch Events](/media/1765262/carol_3.jpg)
As a result of this brave
effort by Carol, the Hardwicke and District Branch Poppy Appeal
raised several hundred pounds towards our record Poppy Appeal total
for 2011 of £19,303.71.
From 2011, adaptive sports
and adventurous training will be crucial to The Royal British
Legion's support to seriously injured Service personnel, through
our commitment to create, equip and operate the The Royal British
Legion Battle Back Centre (The RBL BBC) in partnership with the
Ministry of Defence.
Membership of Hardwicke and
District Royal British Legion Branch is open to all,
regardless of whether you have served in the Armed Forces or
not. We are committed to the welfare, interests and memory of
the Service family. If you want to help those who have
served, contact bill.bratty@talktalk.net