STAFF members from St Michael’s School in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, recently raised over £1,300 for the Wales Air Ambulance by participating in the Great Welsh Half Marathon. The team comprised staff from various roles within the school, who completed the 13.1-mile race at Pembrey Country Park in Carmarthenshire.
The school has been supporting the Wales Air Ambulance throughout the academic year with a range of fundraising activities, making the charity an obvious choice to benefit from the donations raised through the half marathon. St Michael’s School, located in Bryn, just a few miles away from the charity’s headquarters, provides education to pupils aged between three and 18 years old, offering both day and boarding places.
For many members of the team, the half marathon was their first, and they had trained hard for the event, eager to show their support for the lifesaving charity. Benson Ferrari, Headteacher at St Michael’s School, expressed his pride in his colleagues’ efforts, stating that the Wales Air Ambulance was something that could be there for any of them in their time of need.
Tracey Ann Breese, Wales Air Ambulance’s Events and Partnership Fundraiser, congratulated the staff at St Michael’s School for their achievement and expressed gratitude to everyone who supported them. She emphasized that the donation would enable the charity to continue to provide critical support to people in Wales via their rapid response vehicles and helicopters, and expressed her appreciation for the school’s ongoing fundraising efforts.
The Wales Air Ambulance is entirely dependent on charitable donations to raise £8 million annually to keep their helicopters flying and rapid response vehicles on the road. The success of fundraising activities like those carried out by St Michael’s School is, therefore, critical to the charity’s continued operation.
