Charity fun day at Ripples Canterbury - Social Event

PUBLISHED: 01:16 19 July 2011 | UPDATED: 19:42 20 February 2013

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Ripples Canterbury hosted a charity fun day to raise money and awareness for...

Joy and Jean Chesterton

Charity fun day at Ripples Canterbury

Ripples Canterbury hosted a charity fun day to raise money and awareness for its nominated charity Wherever The Need (WTN). A raffle, kids creative corner, tombola, rowing and a cross-trainer challenge all helped raise 300 for WTN. Guests of honourwere KMFM radio presenter Johnny Lewis and his wifeJudy, who joined the directors of Ripples Canterbury, Dean and Joy Chesterton, for the day.

Charity fun day at Ripples Canterbury - Social Event

DJ KMFM Johnny Lewis and Judy Lewis with Joy Chesterton director of Ripples Canterbury

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