{"id":310,"date":"2013-03-20T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T15:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/?p=310"},"modified":"2013-04-14T10:18:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T10:18:57","slug":"sylvias-skydive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/2013\/03\/20\/sylvias-skydive\/","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimists are never too old! Sylvia skydives at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

She did it and raised an amazing \u00a35,320<\/strong> in donations, far in excess of her target.<\/span><\/p>\n

On her Just Giving page Sylvia reports:<\/p>\n

I did it and it was brilliant! The sun shone and all my family came to watch. A big thank you to my tandem partner and other staff at Netheravon.<\/p>\n

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Sylvia preparing for her skydive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SI Winchester member Sylvia Stops can always be relied on to initiate or join in club fundraising events wholeheartedly – even modelling corsets for a charity calendar in her mid-eighties. This time she is not raising money for a Soroptimist charity but we think her latest escapade deserves an honourable mention on our regional website.<\/p>\n

On 6th April Sylvia plans to jump out of an aeroplane in tandem with an experienced skydiver to raise money for Parkinson\u2019s UK. She says \u201cI\u2019m getting a bit ancient now and I could not join in the charity walk Women Walking Winchester<\/em>. I think jumping out of an aeroplane will be easier!”<\/p>\n

On her Just Giving<\/strong> page Sylvia says:<\/p>\n

I shall be 89 when I jump from the aeroplane in aid of Parkinsons UK. My doctor and hip surgeon have declared me fit. I will face another medical on the day but fully intend to make the jump for this very worthy cause. I have been a supporter of the Parkinson’s Society for many years and now have too many friends with the condition.\u00a0 Unlike the Queen, three years her junior, Sylvia will not be using a stunt-double for the jump!<\/p>\n

Sylvia told the Hampshire Chronicle that she is glad to be getting more support than if she had arranged a coffee morning, but admits that when it comes to the task itself, the full scale of the challenge may not have sunk in yet. \u201cI\u2019m sure I shall be absolutely terrified on the day!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Sylvia hopes to raise \u00a34,000. To support Sylvia, go to her Just Giving page by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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