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  1. 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.

  2. 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​

                                       

     

  3. 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.

     

     

  4. Crutchless Ciaron’s 25km Challenge

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    Ciaron Noble from County Wicklow makes little of his dealing with Cerebral Palsy. An amazing man, Ciaron set himself the challenge of completing 25km over a five day period. In doing so, he has raised over €25,000 which will be shared equally between Enable Ireland and St. Vincent’s Foundation, for frontline staff support.

    Ciaron expresses his challenge best in his own words:

    “I, like many other young people live with Cerebral Palsy. So simple things like walking is difficult, but I think we all need to do our bit.

    I will be walking up and down my garden for 5 days, hopefully doing 5km every day. In total I will have done a little over a Half marathon. 

    Money raised will be donated to Enable Ireland who continually do great work for children with disabilities and also to St. Vincents Foundation to support our amazing frontliners”.

    If you would like to support his effort, please follow this link

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/ciarons-5km-in-5days-crutchless-challenge?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

     

  5. Brian McCarthy’s Headshave – In memory fundraising for St. Vincent’s

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    In memory of a colleague’s recently deceased father, Brian McCarthy wanted to help by fundraising for the family’s chosen charity.  The family have chosen St. Vincent’s Hospital as Joe Kelly R.I.P. was under the care of the hospital.

    Brian has volunteered to shave his head on Friday 24th April and has set up an iDonate fundraising page for donations. 

    Please see Brian’s page at www.idonate.ie/urbanmedia to support.

     

     

  6. Frontline Hero Challenge

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    From 1st April to 31st May Frontline Heroes Challenge is a virtual event to fundraise for different hospitals and St. Vincent’s Foundation have signed up for this initiative.

    This challenge is a virtual run, walk, treadmill, cycle or any form of exercise where you can record your kilometres.

    Bling Hunters have put this event together to show support to all the front line staff for putting their lives at risk every day to keep us safe 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

     

     

  7. Eamonn & Mary Burke’s St. Stephen’s Day Charity Swim for the Liver Unit

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    For each of the last ten years, Eamonn & Mary Burke from Arklow, have braved the elements of the Christmas season to take to the water, raising funds for the Liver Unit here in St. Vincent’s.  When most of us are warm in our homes, Mary & Eamonn with an enthusiastic group of participants and supporters, complete a Sea Swim to raise funds for Liver Unit patients.

     This year the event raised €4,390 and over ten years they have contributed almost €60,000, which is a vital support to our transplant programme and to patient care and research.

     We are deeply indebted to the Burke family and all the legion of participants, organisers and supporters.

  8. Fundraiser for the Liver Unit

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    Liver transplant recipient, Helen Wrenn from County Limerick organised a novel fundraising event for the Liver Unit here in St. Vincent’s.  This took place on 22nd February in CH Health & Fitness in Athea village, Co. Limerick. Helen organised a boxing class, which was attended by a professional boxer.

    €654.28 was raised from this event and our thanks to Helen and her supporters for this wonderful support for our Liver Unit.

    See below photo of Helen with her supporters.

     

  9. Annual Fundraising by St Michael’s College

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    For many years now, the students of St. Michael’s College have organised fundraising to support a great number of causes, including St. Vincent’s. This year our Pancreatic Cancer Care and Research programme received €2,500 from their generous fundraising.

    Over the years St. Michael’s has raised €18,500 for projects in St. Vincent’s. The impact of these has been enormous for our patients and we deeply appreciate the continued support.

    Pictured below are Conor Crowley, Roy Haynes and James Aiken, representing their fellow students, presenting a cheque to John Hickey accompanied by Aidan O’Donnell, Deputy Principal of St Michael’s

  10. Christmas Concert fundraising for St. Vincent’s

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    In memory of the late Paddy McDermott, his family organised a Christmas Concert “Oh Night Divine” which took place in St. Mary’s Church Carlow on Saturday 14th December last.

    The Carlow Nationalist reported on the event, describing it as “A wonderful evening of music in memory of a much loved local man for a very worthy cause”.

    Paddy’s daughter Kathleen was joined by fellow sopranos Aisling McCarthy and Helen May along with mezzo sopranos Sarah Kilcoyne and Emma Jungling, tenor Oisin O’Dalaigh, baritone Andrew Johnston, pianist Aoife O’Sullivan and many more.

    This event raised an outstanding amount of €5,700, which will be used for the benefit of St. Monica’s Ward here in St. Vincent’s University Hospital.

     We are hugely grateful to Paddy’s wife Maria, extended family, friends and supporters, including the Lions Club, for this wonderful support.

    Pictured is Maria presenting the proceeds to Karen Screene, Manager of St. Monica’s Ward and John Hickey, St. Vincent’s Foundation.