27/04/2024
287 NEED YOU!
As many of our community will know, we sadly lost one of our cadets in 2023 who tragically passed away at the young age of 14.
This year, to mark that one year anniversary within the squadron, we held a memory evening where his friends were able to talk about him and remember who he was.
As a squadron, we decided it was only right to remember the person he was. So, we want to use 2024 to make a positive change and raise money in his memory.
To kick start the campaign, the OC will be completing a sponsored walk on the 31st August. The walk will go from Stenhouse to Linlithgow along the union canal. Our cadet loved walking in the outdoors and Linlithgow was the location of the last squadron event he participated in.
The money raised will be split between 2 areas, 50% will go to 287 squadron to fund a trophy in his memory, along with some STEM resources to support our cadet experience.
The other 50% will be donated to EDT, an engineering development Trust who aim to inspire young people to take up a career in engineering. The charity are a national youth development trust who also partner with the cadet forces to offer the Industrial Cadet Scheme. Our cadet's ambition was to go on to study engineering and so we believe this would be a fitting way in which to honour his memory.
If you can, we would really appreciate if you could sponsor the OC in this challenge and help us raise money for some good causes. Please feel free to copy and share the link!
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/inspirethenextgeneration?utm_term=g7Md4DqQp
Thank you ❤️
