The Provincial Press Officer Alec Collyer MBE was unusually on the relieving end of a Masonic cheque donation the other day ! Dartmoor Rescue Group were the recipients of a very generous £1000 from Courtland Lodge 6706 in Paignton.
The money was raised from the brethren during W. Bro David Watson’s year in the chair. David chose the Dartmoor rescue Group as he enjoys walking on Dartmoor with his dog.
Alec Collyer (Treasurer Dartmoor Rescue Group):-
“We are of course very grateful to David and the Brethren for thinking of us. There are four Dartmoor Rescue Teams around the moor at Okehampton, Tavistock, Plymouth and my Team at Ashburton. Each Team needs around £25K-£30K a year to keep operational, we don’t get any statutory Government funding so every penny has to be fundraised.
Dartmoor Rescue is not just about the Moorland, our Teams assist the Police around the Force area and wider afield in searching for ‘vulnerable’ and ‘High risk’ missing persons.”