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Patrice Diggin, Kerry camogie player and member of the Gaelic Players Association is lending her support to Up the Hill for Jack and Jill 2023. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
KERRY camogie player Patrice Diggin is urging people to become charitable All-Stars for a great local cause this summer and go ‘Up the Hill’ for Jack and Jill.
Going ‘Up the Hill for Jack and Jill’ is easy. Simply identify a local hill or mountain to suit your fitness and ability, and invite your family, friends, neighbours, or colleagues to join in the fun.
Each €18 registration fee will help fund one hour of in-home nursing care and end-of-life support for children with highly complex and life-limiting medical conditions, up to the age of six years.
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“Jack and Jill is a gift of time for so many families who face very tough challenges in their home life,” said Patrice.
“These families have a massive amount of resilience, but they need, and deserve, a break to enable them to recharge and face the next challenge. As a proud member of the Gaelic Players Association, I’m inviting our wonderful community of players and supporters to go Up the Hill with Jack and Jill, and the GPA, this summer, as we support these inspiring families who just need a helping hand every once in a while, from their Jack and Jill nurse,” added Patrice.
There are families in communities across the country being cared for right now by the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation, including ten families in Kerry. In fact, a total of 82 families have been supported by Jack and Jill in Kerry since the charity’s foundation in 1997.
2023 will be the ninth annual Up the Hill for Jack and Jill, kindly supported this year by the global healthcare company, Abbott. Organisers are hoping to raise over €75,000 for Jack and Jill’s vital services – equivalent to 4,167 hours of in-home nursing care and respite support – which is a lifeline for over 400 families currently availing of the service across the country.
For more information or to register for Up the Hill for Jack and Jill 2023, visit www.jackandjill.ie, email info@jackandjill.ie or call 045 894538.
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