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<p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">We did it!!! </span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">On</span><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Saturday 27th August, s</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">ix brave individuals took to the sky to raise money for the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust - check out the photos!</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Meet the Team:<br></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">David Shaw, YDMT Trustee</strong> - this little fundraising adventure was all David’s idea<br><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nicole Allan, Events Manager at People’s Postcode Lottery</strong> – Going above and beyond the call of duty in her support of YDMT (13,500ft above to be precise!)<br><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">David Sharrod, YDMT Director</strong> - very <em><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">very</span></em> scared of heights, but promised he’d do it if one of our friend’s at People’s Postcode Lottery did too (nice one Nicole!)!<br><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Helen, David's better half</strong> - has always wanted to do this<br></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Steve Macaré</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">, YDMT Chairman of Trustees</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"> - when invited to take part said "I thought you'd never ask!"<br><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dorothy Fairburn, YDMT Vice Chairman of Trustees</strong> - couldn’t think of anything worse… yet couldn’t turn down such an adrenaline rush<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">The team bravely hopped on a plane to reach an altitude of around 3 miles (14,000ft).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">There were plenty of butterflies in everyone’s stomachs by this stage, but what goes up must come down…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">The hardest part for the divers was overcoming their instincts of self-preservation and exiting the plane. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our team of extreme fundraisers experienced freefall for about 47 seconds (not that they were counting!) </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt;">until the parachute was deployed at 5000ft.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt;">Then the divers had the chance to experience the breathtaking views and tranquillity of the rolling countryside below as they completed their journey back to solid ground at a much more sedate pace, taking around five minutes to descend the final 5000feet under the safety of the parachute.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Phew!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What an act of commitment and dedication! What an adrenaline rush!<br></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Our divers have raised in excess of £4,500 so far - an incredible amount of money!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Well done, and huge thanks from all at YDMT!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br>If you’d like to show your support and admiration for the team, please donate here today.</span></p>
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