{"id":566,"date":"2010-10-13T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T16:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?566"},"modified":"2010-10-13T16:55:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T16:55:03","slug":"army-commander-pays-thanks-to-fundraiser-mum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/army-commander-pays-thanks-to-fundraiser-mum\/","title":{"rendered":"Army commander pays thanks to fundraiser mum"},"content":{"rendered":"
An army commander has paid thanks to a woman who has been endeavouring to raise money for wounded troops.<\/p>\n
Brigadier Andrew Williams asked to meet up with Denise Bennett after hearing of her fundraising efforts, the Nottingham Post reports.<\/p>\n
Coffee mornings and raffles organised by the 56-year-old, whose son and son-in-law have both served abroad with the Marines, have so far raised nearly £3,000 for the Help for Heroes charity.<\/p>\n
Ms Bennett, of East Leake, said: "I don't want people to think I do this for myself. I just try to help those serving overseas."<\/p>\n
Brigadier Williams, who is the commander of 49 (East) Brigade, got his chance to meet Ms Bennett at an event at County Hall in West Bridgford.<\/p>\n
Mike Buss – dubbed The Running Man for his endurance efforts – is to take part in a challenge, which will see him attempt to run up and down Mount Snowdon as many times as he can in an hour, to raise money for charities including Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith
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Denise Bennett has raised nearly £3,000 for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6126,"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":"\n