{"id":411,"date":"2010-07-21T18:21:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T18:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?411"},"modified":"2010-07-21T18:21:04","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T18:21:04","slug":"woman-skydives-for-soldier-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/woman-skydives-for-soldier-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman skydives for soldier charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman from Norfolk has leapt 13,000 ft &ndash; all in an effort to raise money for members of the military and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Murfitt took part in the tandem skydive with the help of the Black Knights Royal Artillery Parachute Team, EDP24 reports.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old was raising funds for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Families Association (SSAFA) &ndash; for whom she is employed as a caseworker.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Murfitt noted she wanted to do something special to mark the organisation&rsquo;s 125th anniversary and admitted friends were a little surprised when they learned of her plans.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I thought about it for ten minutes and then decided if I thought any more I would not do it, so I said to put my name down and [did] it as early as possible,&quot; the daredevil explained.<\/p>\n<p>It was recently reported former serviceman John Chapman is taking part in every British Gas swimming contest this season as he hopes to generate cash for the Help for Heroes charity.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Mark Wilkins<br><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19901392-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19901392\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Murfitt leapt 13,000 ft to raise funds for the 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