Nine brave Islanders are to ‘Jump for Joy’ from 10,000 feet at the beginning of August in aid of Dementia UK Admiral Nurses.
With jumps planned for 3rd, 4th and 5th August (weather permitting) Czara-Lee Anderson, Rachel Cohen, Alex Hearn (along with her daughter Rose and son Woody, her sister Fiona and her son Archie), Nicola Sard and Hannah Wilson will be strapping into parachutes for their breath-taking sky dives down to Sandown Airport.
Cash for Dementia UK Admiral Nurses
The nine hope to raise much needed funds to ensure that more Dementia UK Admiral Nurses can be available for Islanders with memory loss.
Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who visit, in their homes, those with memory loss; caring not only for their patients but for their carers, who are often their closest relations.
Baden-Powell: I had thought this would be a doddle
Ingrid Baden-Powell, aged 78, also volunteered to jump, but was advised against it by her doctor, much to her dismay.
As she donned one of the event’s colourful T-shirts with Nicola and Hannah – designed by artist Alex Williams – to promote the event, she said,
“I have white-water rafted down rivers, and hacked through the jungles of Malaya, and had thought this would be a doddle, but unfortunately my doctor has advised against it.”
Flury: I hugely admire our ‘jumpers’
Catherine Flury, Chair of the Island’s Fundraising Committee for the charity, said,
“I hugely admire our ‘jumpers’ and cannot thank you enough for doing this in aid of Dementia UK’s Admiral Nurses.
“It is my ultimate wish to have more of these amazing nurses on the Island working in the community, helping families and carers of those experiencing all forms of dementia. Our demographic is such that we urgently need these nurses here.”
Grylls: Looking for generous support
Lady Grylls, President of the Dementia UK Admiral Nurses IW Appeal added,
“I am hoping that a company or individual will volunteer to fund the annual salary of a Dementia UK Admiral Nurse to be hosted at Mountbatten.
“Alongside their life-threatening conditions many people looked after at the Hospice also have dementia.”
How to support
If you wish to sponsor these eight very brave souls on their sky dive for Dementia UK Admiral Nurses IW, there are sponsorship forms at Hannah’s shop ‘Sweets and Treats’ in Cowes High Street (close to the bottom of Market Hill) or at Czara’s shop, Sandown Dental Practice and at ‘Her Whey’ in Cross Street in Ryde.
Or you can sponsor Hannah online through GoFundMe.
News shared by Jo, on behalf of Dementia UK Admiral Nurses IW Appeal, in her own words. Ed
