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Katie Crean from Castlegregory handed over a cheque of €1,400 to the Kerry Hospice Foundation on Tuesday evening. Pictured receiving the cheque were: Maura Sullivan (Treasurer of the Tralee branch of Kerry Hospice Foundation), Katie Crean, Andrea O’Donoghue (PRO Kerry Hospice Foundation) and Mary Shanahan (Secretary of Kerry Hospice Foundation). Photo: Michelle Breen Crean Photography
A CASTLEGREGORY teenager presented a cheque for €1,400 to the Kerry Hospice this week after a fundraiser earlier this month.
Transition Year student at Mean Scoil An Leith Truigh, Katie Crean (15), grew her hair over the last three years knowing that she would eventually donate it to charity.
Earlier this month Tralee hairdresser Karina Sweeney from ‘Hair By Karina’ cut 14 inches off, which Katie has donated to the Rapunzel Foundation, a charity that makes wigs for sick children.
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She set up a idonate page and eventually raised €1,400 between all the donations. Katie visited the palliative care unit earlier this week to present the funds and she thanked everyone who contributed.
Katie wanted to raise funds for Kerry Hospice as they were very good to her family two years ago when they needed them, especially the staff in the Palliative Care Unit.
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