Local girl walking from Lewes to Hastings to raise funds for Canada Guiding trip
Hastings Bonfire girl Willemina Hinton will be braving rainy weather on Saturday to walk from Lewes to Hastings wearing her bonfire costume.
Willemina is one of only 16 Girl Guides to have been selected to go to a Guides Camp in Canada next year. The 16 Guides and Rangers will be attending Camp Dawn in Newfoundland. They will than have a week to explore Canada.
She needs to raise £3,200 for the trip and the walk on Saturday is the first fund-raising event toward it.
Willemina said: “I have been part of Girlguiding since I was five when I joined Rainbows. Through Girlguiding I have been given loads of opportunities and this trip is an amazing one.
“Girlguiding has helped me develop in so many ways and a chance like this is one in a lifetime opportunity.
“I am going to complete a 60km walk from The Snowdrop Inn in Lewes to The White Rock Hotel in Hastings. These two places are the HQs for my two bonfire societies - South Street and Hastings.”
Her mum Becky said: “When we came up with the grand plan of walking from Lewes to Hastings it was at the end of a very long hot and dry summer. Let’s just say the weather this weekend is looking rather soggy.”
She has set up a Just Giving page and already has £549 pledged toward here £640 target. You can support her by going to www.justgiving.com/page/willemina-canada27