{"id":480,"date":"2010-08-27T17:15:23","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T17:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?480"},"modified":"2010-08-27T17:15:23","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T17:15:23","slug":"enthusiastic-grandfather-raises-20k-for-hero-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/enthusiastic-grandfather-raises-20k-for-hero-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Enthusiastic grandfather raises \u00a320k for hero soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Army pen pals might be encouraged to hear that a 59-year-old grandfather has raised &pound;20,000 in just seven months for Help for Heroes after fighting a number of illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>John Shaw from Cheddar, who has two son-in-laws in the armed forces, has battled against cancer, muscle-eating bacteria, diabetes, pneumonia and a stroke but managed to pedal away to his fundraising target ahead of schedule on a converted a bike, the Western Gazette reports.<\/p>\n<p>He drove through villages across the country in his Troop Carrier, which was made after making amendments to a standard bicycle, to complete his task ten months ahead of his target, after he previously predicted to reach the cash amount in June 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shaw said: &quot;I will go on collecting as long as the boys are in Afghanistan.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Others who are performing a good deed for charity are a group of Cleethorpes-based bicycle fanatics, who are set to undergo a 2,500-mile journey to support Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Mark Wilkins<br> &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-800044146-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=800044146\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who are looking for army pen pals may have their hearts warmed by news that one grandfather has raised &pound;20,000 for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-support-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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