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Wood’s drinkers boost Air Ambulance funds


Wood Brewery MD Edward Wood presents the money to Stef Langford-Brown, Air Ambulance Fundraising Manager

Wood Brewery MD Edward Wood presents the money to Stef Langford-Brown, Air Ambulance Fundraising Manager

Drinkers who tried Triple A, Air Ambulance Ale, a beer specially brewed by Shropshire’s Wood Brewery, have helped raised £1,000 for the Midlands Air Ambulance charity.

 
Wood’s Managing Director Edward Wood handed over the cheque to Stephanie Langford-Brown, Air Ambulance Fundrasing Manager, at the MAA’s headquarters in Brierley Hill.
 
The Wistanstow brewery donated money from every bottle or pint of draght Triple A that drinkers bought throughout 2009, and topped up the money to the £1,000 mark with a further donation.
 
Edward Wood said: “At the beginning of the year, Wood’s chose the Air Ambulance as a very worthwhile cause for a donations campaign. It was an ironic coincidence that I found out a few months later just what a lifeline service it is – they had to airlift my son Jonathan to Stoke for emergency brain surgery after he suffered a sports accident at school in Shrewsbury. Thankfully, Jonathan has made a complete recovery, but without their rapid response it could have been hugely, tragically different.”

The Air Ambulance provides the primary response to counties including the West Midlands, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, dealing with over 3,500 callouts each year. It operates from Tatenhill Airport in Staffordshire, RAF Cosford, near Wolverhampton, and Strensham North Services on the M5. The cost of running and maintaining current level of operations stands at £5.6 million, for which the organisation relies entirely on voluntary donations.

Stephanie Langford-Brown said: “Corporate donations and fund-raising efforts by companies across the region are a very important source of income to us. But what started out as a much appreciated corporate donation scheme by Wood’s has turned into a very personal cause for Edward and his family. We are hugely grateful for the money donated by Wood’s and its customers.”
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