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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=20 mission to help others.=20

Lucreta La Pierre MBE won the South London Press Our Heroes Award in = 2004.=20

Since then she has continued volunteering and raised more than = =A347,000 for=20 the Sickle Cell Anaemia Society.=20

The dedicated community supporter also works with homeless charity = The Feast=20 and volunteers with Sydenham Garden charity.=20

Lucreta, who lives in Catford, said: =93I was the very first Star of = South=20 London. It made me famous.=20

=93It was amazing. In that same year I got my MBE for all the = voluntary work I=20 do in the community.=20

=93It really enhanced my life. When you do voluntary work, it=92s = amazing what=20 happens to you. You get so many skills.=94=20

Since winning, she has taken up long-distance running to help with = the=20 fundraising and regularly tours with Lewisham=92s Blue Mountain Theatre = Group =96=20 sometimes collecting with buckets for the Sickle Cell Society outside=20 performances until 2am.=20

She said: =93You have to be totally committed to do fundraising.=20

=93I raise money for things I believe in. I believe in helping people = to help=20 themselves.=20

"You are only on this earth for a short while.=20

"If you can make a difference to other people=92s lives, why not?=94=20

She now plans to run a half-marathon to drum up cash for little = Harvey Parry,=20 a three-year-old born in Lewisham who lost his legs after contracting = meningitis=20 nearly two years ago.=20

Because NHS prosthetic limbs didn=92t fit him, his family are raising = the cash=20 to buy a new pair from a specialist clinic in the US.=20

Through her work, Lucreta has developed a philosophy about life which = keeps=20 her striving to help others.=20

She said: =93I think everybody is born with a good heart. It=92s just = society=20 that makes them become naughty at some point... a bit like the MPs with = their=20 expenses.=94=20

- Visit the fundraising website at http://www.harveyparry-ap= pealfund.com/=20 to help the Harvey Parry appeal.=20

You can also write to: Harvey Parry Appeal Fund, 75 Northern Avenue,=20 Edmonton, N9 9QZ.=20

Alternatively, email harvey@harveyparry-appe= alfund.com=20 or call 020 8482 1603.=20

lindsay.burns@slp.co.uk=20

Copyright Tindle Newspapers Ltd Monday, 15 March = 2010=20

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