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Feature Item:

Star is shining bright

Monday, 22 June 2009

Lucreta La Pierre

By Lindsay Burns

THE first Star of South London is still shining brightly in her
mission to help others.

Lucreta La Pierre MBE won the South London Press Our Heroes Award in 2004.

Since then she has continued volunteering and raised more than £47,000 for
the Sickle Cell Anaemia Society.

The dedicated community supporter also works with homeless charity The Feast
and volunteers with Sydenham Garden charity.

Lucreta, who lives in Catford, said: “I was the very first Star of South
London. It made me famous.

“It was amazing. In that same year I got my MBE for all the voluntary work I
do in the community.

“It really enhanced my life. When you do voluntary work, it’s amazing what
happens to you. You get so many skills.”

Since winning, she has taken up long-distance running to help with the
fundraising and regularly tours with Lewisham’s Blue Mountain Theatre Group –
sometimes collecting with buckets for the Sickle Cell Society outside
performances until 2am.

She said: “You have to be totally committed to do fundraising.

“I raise money for things I believe in. I believe in helping people to help
themselves.

"You are only on this earth for a short while.

"If you can make a difference to other people’s lives, why not?”

She now plans to run a half-marathon to drum up cash for little Harvey Parry,
a three-year-old born in Lewisham who lost his legs after contracting meningitis
nearly two years ago.

Because NHS prosthetic limbs didn’t fit him, his family are raising the cash
to buy a new pair from a specialist clinic in the US.

Through her work, Lucreta has developed a philosophy about life which keeps
her striving to help others.

She said: “I think everybody is born with a good heart. It’s just society
that makes them become naughty at some point... a bit like the MPs with their
expenses.”

- Visit the fundraising website at http://www.harveyparry-appealfund.com/
to help the Harvey Parry appeal.

You can also write to: Harvey Parry Appeal Fund, 75 Northern Avenue,
Edmonton, N9 9QZ.

Alternatively, email [email-masked]
or call 020 8482 1603.

[email-masked]

Copyright Tindle Newspapers Ltd Monday, 15 March 2010

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