‘I thought I’d maybe get £100’ – Lybster man’s delight at raising well over £2000 for air ambulance charity
A Lybster man that just retired has raised the grand total of £2269 for charity by riding his bicycle around the village area.
Kenny Gunn thought he would raise just £100 if he was lucky but says he is “over the moon” to benefit the air ambulance charity by accumulating well over £2000.
“I’d just retired from being an HGV driver and I saw this challenge by the air ambulance and I thought I’d raise maybe £100,” said Kenny.
“When I got the paperwork in it said that my target should be £150 and I thought I should be able to make that but the money just kept coming in. I just can’t thank enough the people that have donated as it’s a fantastic figure to have raised. When I phoned the air ambulance to tell them what I’d raised they were delighted.”
Kenny has donated the money to Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) which sent him a message with a “huge congratulations on [the] amazing fundraising achievement in the SCAA 100k challenge”.
“Your fundraising sum will help save lives as SCAA continues to respond to those most in need all over Scotland – so thank you on behalf of us – and the patients who will benefit,” added a SCAA spokesperson.
Alex Gregg, SCAA's head of individual giving and engagement, said the charity was enormously grateful to Kenny for choosing to support it through the recent 100 Miles in October challenge.
"It was an impressive achievement to not only complete the distance but raise over £2000 for SCAA's life-saving service in the process. On behalf of the crew and charity team – and especially the patients who will benefit from these funds – a huge thank you.
"SCAA exists so no one in Scotland dies because medical help cannot get there in time," he said. "People can get sick or have accidents anywhere and anytime. Scotland's challenging landscape combined with its many remote and rural communities mean that urgent medical help cannot reach people – or help gets there too late.
"As a charity, we rely on donations from the Scottish public to make sure that medical help gets to patients when it is needed, wherever they are and at speed.
"Kenny's fundraising efforts will help SCAA get there in time and ultimately save the lives of people all over Scotland."
