{"id":1547,"date":"2012-05-15T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T13:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1547"},"modified":"2012-05-15T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T13:54:11","slug":"retired-soldier-to-do-charity-skydive-on-77th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/retired-soldier-to-do-charity-skydive-on-77th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired soldier to do charity skydive on 77th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A retired soldier will skydive on his 77th birthday to raise cash for SSAFA Forces Help.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Paviour, who used to be secretary and treasurer of the Salisbury branch of the armed forces charity, is going to jump out of a plane at 13,000 ft.<\/p>\n<p>The Salisbury Journal observed it is over five decades since he last completed a parachute jump.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Mr Paviour has collected nearly &pound;2,500 for the good cause, which exceeds his &pound;2,000 target.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is something I've always wanted to do, so it seemed a good opportunity to raise a few pounds for the SSAFA Salisbury Division, with which I've been associated for many years,&quot; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Paviour continued by saying the organisation does a fantastic job of providing support to both current and ex-servicemen and women.<\/p>\n<p>He will be carrying out the challenge on Sunday (May 20th) and is hoping to drink a bottle of champagne upon its completion.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Simon Williams&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801363389-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801363389\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Paviour will be skydiving on his 77th birthday to raise money for a military charity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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