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BOOST FOR FOODBANK FROM SEA CADETS LEGENDARY WILKO SET FOR LAKEFEST
Sea Cadets at Tewkesbury Foodbank
Supporting the local community is a major part of training within the Sea Cadets.
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With this in mind Tewkesbury's senior cadets, led by Able Cadet Scott Buchanan, came up with the idea of helping the local food bank. They set about promoting this with letters and posters aimed at parents, friends and staff of the unit. Their efforts were rewarded with a tremendous response from all, culminating at the unit's annual Carol Service with a huge amount of food and over £200 in cash being donated. This figure was then match funded by Lloyds
Bank to give a total of £400.00. Able Cadet Buchanan and Ordinary Cadet Leggett accompanied by the Tewkesbury Cadets’ Padre and Executive Officer, visited the Tewkesbury Foodbank to personally hand over the results of their efforts - and receive grateful thanks from Project Manager John Lowe and his team. It was a brilliant effort by the cadets, which resulted in more needy families having a better Christmas. More about the local Foodbank on page 2.
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One of the UK’s best loved live performers, Wilko Johnson, is the latest addition to this year’s Lakefest lineup. The legendary guitarist is a former member of Dr Feelgood and Ian Dury’s Blockheads. He is known to a whole new generation through his appearances in Game of Thrones, and in 2014 had a UK top three album - which he thought might be his last. After being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, Johnson embarked on a ‘farewell’ tour - and only sought a second opinion two years after his time was supposed to be up. It was cancer doctor Charlie Chan, who as an amateur
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