<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Help our charity, the Maidstone Museums&rsquo; Foundation, to raise money by sponsoring&nbsp;us to abseil down the side of Fremlin Walk on 26 March 2011. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">A group of intrepid Maidstone Borough Council staff will be launching themselves down a 100ft wall to raise money for Maidstone Musuem's East Wing Extension.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Ten brave borough council staff, known as the Maidstone Museum East Wingers, will be donning helmets, zip wires and fancy dress to help raise cash for the cause.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The museum was established in 1855 and the new East Wing extension is set to be one of the most exciting developments in the museum&rsquo;s history. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">We have enough money from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the council to pay for the bricks and mortar for the new East Wing; what we don&rsquo;t have is enough money to decorate and fit out the internal rooms and galleries. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The team:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Karen Jeal</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Roger Adley</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Dave Lindsay</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Ben Potts</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Teresa Counsell</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Michael Durling</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Paul O'Grady</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Kevin Brice</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Dr Ed</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Cabinet Member for Leisure &amp; Culture, Cllr Richard Ash</span></p>