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Wild weather doesn’t stop
the ‘Wildings’
Brother and sister, Sabrina and Max Wilding, brought a new
meaning to ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ when some of the largest
snowfalls in recent history saw elderly and frail residents in
Paignton unable to get out to shop for vital supplies.
‘The Wildings’ took the shop to them, as they took bread and
milk to their neighbours, checked all was okay and brought back
any other shopping orders local residents required; all supplied
from the local Jet service station, Wilding Motors, on Totnes
Road where their parents work.
Ian Wilding, father of the children, said: “We didn’t push the
children to do this; checking on elderly neighbours and regular
customers we had not seen in a while, was their own idea. The
residents were really pleased and appreciated their visits. What
they’ve done is great; Tracey and I are really proud of what the
children did.”
Padstow’s Jet service
station also helped the
elderly during the
inclement weather,
ensuring that its elderly
customers were kept
warm as it delivered coal
and bottled gas to them,
even though it couldn’t
get its own deliveries of
coal. Owner, Mike
Trenouth, said: “We
used our own 4x4 vehicles to go to the coalman
to pick up supplies and then delivered them to our elderly
customers. We were conscious of how important it was for the
elderly to keep warm through the freeze.”
Kilimanjaro bound
intouch
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Patrick Hudson, Jet’s Marketing Manager, Retail, tells us about a trip
back to his homeland in aid of causes very close to his heart...
“This coming August, together with my twin brother Ed and our
respective teenage sons, George and Charlie, we will attempt to
climb Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of causes that are very close to our
hearts. Six years ago I climbed Kilimanjaro with my eldest son and
Mike Garner (Jet Dealer in Hampshire) and I can’t quite believe I’m
mad enough to attempt it again, this time honouring a promise
made to my younger son that, when he was 16, I would endeavour
to do the same with him, if he wanted to do so. In addition to others
on the climb, will be Mike Greene (ex Jet) who broke his leg on our
last attempt at the summit but is determined to make it to the top
this time! We are certainly not underestimating the task as it’s a
very testing challenge, with only half of those attempting it actually
reaching the summit.
To give us the added impetus needed to get to the top, we are
climbing for two charities, firstly ‘500 miles’ which aims to get
people living in impoverished rural areas of Malawi and Zambia,
who have lost limbs or are disabled, back to normal life, as far as
possible, by recovering their mobility with a combination of
surgery, prostheses (artificial limbs) and therapy.
‘500 Miles’ is a UK registered charity that supports ‘Flyspec’ which is
based in Zambia and run by two orthopaedic surgeons, John Jellis
and Goran Jovic, giving their time to the cause on a voluntary basis.
In 2009, they travelled 32,758 nautical miles by air (John and Goran
are both also pilots and fly themselves to clinics where they can)
and 31,026 kilometres by road, making 107 visits throughout
Zambia seeing 5,258 patients and performing an astonishing 1,527
operations at an average cost of around £100 per operation. Flyspec
also pays to train local Zambian staff to make prostheses and to
maintain the charity's workshops and infrastructure; this helps
ensure that its activities will be sustainable in the future.
In Zambia, an estimated 95 percent of those needing orthopaedic
surgery or prostheses have no access to it. People with disabilities
are, almost without exception, hidden away and ignored, having to
suffer in silence and isolation. Zambia is one of the poorest
countries in the world and has no public welfare system or social
security support. Flyspec are making a real difference and
completely transforming impoverished people’s lives, in many cases
allowing them for the first time to be properly mobile, independent
and able to support themselves...a truly amazing achievement that
will surely motivate us to get to the top of Kilimanjaro.
A second charity, which I am seeking more local support for, is called
‘Act One Artsbase’ and it provides dance classes and respite to
disabled young people in Hertfordshire where I live.”
For more information log on to:
http://www.justgiving.com/hudsons-do-kili