Veterans vow to support charity (From Oxford Mail)
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Veterans vow to support charity
5:00pm Tuesday 7th February 2012 in Bicester
Club chairman Anne Gwinnell, left, Dave Lewis from Help for Heroes and Patrick O’Driscoll
VETERANS vowed to keep supporting forces charity Help for Heroes as they handed over a cheque for £275.50.
Members of Bicester Ex-Services Club raised the cash with a stuffed toy raffle at their Sheep Street meeting place.
They gave Help for Heroes Oxfordshire co-ordinator RAF Sgt Dave Lewis, based at RAF Benson, the cheque on Sunday.
A huge stuffed bulldog and giraffe were raffled last year.
The club will hold another raffle at the June 4 Bicester Carnival with prizes “Sergeant” the tiger and “Major” the Dalmatian.
Club trustee Patrick O’Driscoll, a veteran of the 23 Royal Pioneer Corps added: “I know there is not enough being done for the guys who are coming back now. You are out there trying to do a job for your country and no-one really knows what it’s like.
“It’s important to support them.”
