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  1. Mark’s Burke’s fundraising for I.C.U.

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    Mark Burke from County Wicklow, having experienced the full impact of Covid-19, was determined to use the opportunity to fundraise for frontline staff whom he describes as “frontline heroes”.

    Mark, his wife Joanne, family and supporters raised the enormous sum of €11,428.74. This will be directly applied to specialist training of frontline staff in the Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.) in St. Vincent’s.

    Mark’s funds will make an enormous tangible difference to future patients in I.C.U.

    Mark describes his motivation and fundraising in the following:

     “We wish for the funds to go for further training of specialist education of staff to accommodate the extra pressures these nurses have had to face. 

     The incredible support, dedication and care that I have received from St. Vincent’s ICU team saved my life and myself and my family will be forever grateful for the immense work put in by the nursing team. 

     I would like to point out that under these extraordinary circumstances that we have all found ourselves in that it is our belief and experience that the nurses of Ireland have wholeheartedly saved the country from a tsunami of deaths. 

     We thank them. We appreciate them and we will never ever forget them.” 

    It is wonderful to see Mark making such a recovery in his health.

    Pictured below are Mark & his wife Joanne presenting proceeds to I.C.U. nursing staff Aisling Vickers, Niamh Byrne and Ciara Field

     

                                     

     

  2. Howth Loop Challenge

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    Paddy Steed, an avid cyclist, is organising a cycling clallenge to raise funds for three hospitals dealing with Covid 19. Paddy has set himself the target of raising €5,000 to be shared equally between St Vincent’s, St James’s and Tallaght hospitals. 

    If you would like to learn more about this endeavour or to support,  additional detail is available on the following links:  

    https://sites.google.com/howthloopchallenge.com/event/;

    https://www.facebook.com/Howth-Loop-Challenge-112452043809888/; 

    https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fhowthloopchallenge%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHfeq2ep9BhiMjDFph3Oc_SABdU8A​

    Thank you Paddy and best of luck to all participants.

     

  3. Women’s Mini Marathon and Dublin Marathon virtually?

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    With the announcement that this year’s Womens’ Mini Marathon and Dublin Marathon will not take place in 2020 owing to Covid-19, we would like to suggest that those who intended to raise money for St. Vincent’s, might consider completing some virtual activity to fundraise.

    One option to consider is the Frontline Hero Challenge https://www.popupraces.ie/race/frontline-hero-challenge/

    If you would like to sign up to an online fundraising page to support St. Vincent’s in this way, you can set up an iDonate fundraising page for us at this link https://www.idonate.ie/5205_st–vincent-s-foundation.html

    We are always grateful to those, who year on year undertake these events and others in support of patient care in St. Vincent’s.

     

  4. Aldi support for Our Hospital Heroes

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    We are delighted to report on the success of an initiative of ALDI Stores throughout Ireland. To coincide with International Nurses Day on May 12th,  all 142 stores sold bouquets with all proceeds to be shared among the 12 acute hospitals in the frontline of Covid-19 patient care.

    ALDI raised a total of €20,000 from the sale. On behalf of St. Vincent’s staff we want to express our sincere thanks for this support.

    The following link gives expanded detail of the ALDI programme: https://www.buzz.ie/news/aldi-nurses-hospital-heroes-charity-raised-369631

  5. Make-up masterclass and Fashion Show for St. Vincent’s Liver Unit

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    Sarah Mitten and her family have been outstanding fundraisers for the Liver Unit in St. Vincent’s over many years.

    On Friday 29th November last, they organised a Make-up masterclass and fashion show in the Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy.

    This latest fundraising success contributed €1,300 to the care of patients in the Liver Unit.

    We are deeply indebted to Sarah and her family for their wonderful support for the Liver Unit, which to date has amounted to almost €7,000.  Thank you Sarah.

     

  6. Colm’s 50th Birthday Online Music Event

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    Colm Weadick from Arklow had to cancel his 50th birthday celebrations due to Covid-19. Using his music connections and inspired by Lady Gaga’s One World music event, he came up with a novel idea to organise an online charity music event.

    He asked over 50 musicians and 42 made it for the video which was shown on Tues 5th May. The videos were over 2 hours long and showed a variety of music and messages.

    Funds raised were shared between St. Vincent’s Hospital and Asgard Lodge Nursing Home in Arklow. St. Vincent’s were delighted to receive €500 from this event, to be used for PPE for Frontline staff.

    Our thanks to Colm and all who supported this event.

        

     

  7. Support our Covid-19 campaign

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    A number of supporters have contacted us seeking to help St. Vincent’s in the ongoing response to the Coronavirus/Covid 19 Pandemic.

    We are grateful for this generosity and we know that a huge investment will be required before this virus is brought under control.

    Anyone wishing to help should follow the “DONATE” button on this site. In the dropdown menu on the Donation page, select “Respiratory” as the cause.

    For the duration of this crisis, all donations in support of Respiratory Care will be applied in the fight against Covid 19.

    This restriction of donations will be confirmed in the acknowledgement email in respect of every donation.

    Our front-line staff caring for patients are very motivated by your support.

  8. Fast and Marathon for Frontline Staff

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    On Easter Sunday David Duggan undertook the dual ordeals of a 24 hour fast and a full marathon. He managed to do the latter keeping within the maximum 2km distance from his home.  

    Through this valiant effort, David raised the magnificent sum of €6,100 which will be deployed supporting frontline staff in the three hospitals in St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group.

    In David’s message below he expresses the objective perfectly:

     “We see the lights never go out and we wish to thank all staff and their families most sincerely for their heroic efforts at this difficult time.

    I ran my first ever Marathon in the local area on Easter Saturday having fasted for 24 hours beforehand. Through a GoFundMe page, I received approximately 200 donations from family, neighbours, friends from my former school St. Michael’s College and some of my work colleagues in PWC. Together they contributed €6,100”

    Thank you David for supporting St. Vincent’s.

    Pictured is David on his marathon run.

  9. Tiernan Family Support for Patients

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    Dr Eoin Tiernan leads Palliative Care in St. Vincent’s and this role lead to a great contribution to the barriers facing patients and their families in the Covid-19 environment.

    Having experienced the challenges faced by patients requiring isolation in St. Vincent’s because of Covid-19, he shared the challenge with his family. The response was immediate. His wife, Sandra, and his children immediately sought support for supplying iPads and other communication devices, so that patients could communicate with their loved ones, often in the most difficult of circumstances. The scale of the response was such that they were able to extend the support way beyond the hospital to residents in nursing homes and elsewhere. So far, they have received over 140 iPads. The need is very great and more support would be very welcome.

    If you would like to support this great effort please follow this link to donate:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/ipads-for-palliative-care-in-nursing-homes?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet​

                                       

     

  10. Irish Life – MyLife app donation for patient care:

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    Our thanks to Irish Life for donating €2,000 for patient care in St. Vincent’s.

    In January they launched a Step Challenge on Ireland AM to promote the MyLife app for Irish Life. Presenters Laura Woods & Lisa Cannon very kindly nominated St. Vincent’s Foundation as their chosen charity. Even though their team, didn’t win the challenge, Irish Life still made this donation to St. Vincent’s.

    We are most grateful to all concerned for thinking of St. Vincent’s.