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Flashback 2009 winners

The Scunny Bunnies were crowned winners of the Humberside Police 20th Anniversary Lifestyle project at a glittering awards ceremony held at Hull City Hall on Thursday 13 November. Lifestyle teams from across the Humber region came together to celebrate and be rewarded for their achievements throughout the summer before an audience of civic dignitaries, business supporters, senior police officers and excited parents and adult advisors.

The Scunny BunniesThe Scunny Bunnies were crowned winners of the Humberside Police 20th Anniversary Lifestyle project at a glittering awards ceremony held at Hull City Hall on Thursday 13 November. Lifestyle teams from across the Humber region came together to celebrate and be rewarded for their achievements throughout the summer before an audience of civic dignitaries, business supporters, senior police officers and excited parents and adult advisors.

The team, Holly, Bethany and Chloe, from Scunthorpe are the winners of the holiday of a lifetime to Disney World, Florida inrecognition of their summer of tireless campaigning and fund raising for their school friend Jack Garner who lost his sight last year. A keen sportsman, becoming blind was a real blow to Jack who loved riding his bike.

However, an opportunity arose to ride tandem in a school triathlon competition, and the intrepid Scunny Bunnies set out to raise funds for Jack to realise his dream.

Working in excess of 1,000 hours, the Bunnies organised a fun day complete with a magician, bouncy castle and stalls with raffle prizes donated by local shops. The fund raising continued with car washing sessions, car boot sales, dog walking, a sponsored walk in fancy dress and even painting fences at Scunthorpe Speedway. The team undertook a massive litter pick and a variety of odd jobs including cleaning the boots of the under 21s Scunthorpe United football team.

What the team hadn’t realised is that as well as achieving their aim and raising enough money to buy the tandem bike for Jack, other activities helped them to galvanise their local community together.

They made lots of new friends at the Cherry Tree House Residential Home, where they visited regularly entertaining residents and treating them to fruit baskets and an assortment of garden ornaments.

As well as a phenomenal amount of work undertaken by this Lifestyle team, their cheerful attitude and modest demeanour really impressed the judges who felt the Scunny Bunnies epitomised everything about the Lifestyle project and had really made a difference to the area where they live.