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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A team of residents in Worcestershire are hoping to raise £17,500 for soldiers in a sponsored parachute jump.<\/p>\n
The group are taking the daring leap in honour of Lance Corporal Dale Hopkins, who was killed in Afghanistan when the vehicle he was in was hit by explosives.<\/p>\n
Shane Bonehill is leading the jump alongside 24 of Dale’s friends and family members, who have raised more than £15,500 so far.<\/p>\n
The group have now increased their target to £17,500, with the proceeds going to the Afghanistan Trust.<\/p>\n
Emma Gorton, Dale’s sister, who is taking the leap, told the Bromsgrove Advertiser: "The jump will take place on the six-month anniversary of his death."<\/p>\n
She added that the soldier loved being a paratrooper and so the act will help them to feel closer to Dale.<\/p>\n
They are not the only people doing their bit for the cause, as two pub owners in Baildon have started a second year of fundraising in memory of local soldier, Sapper Jordan Rossi, 22, who died in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Posted by Samantha Thompson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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