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ONCE again, the Curraheen Community Choir stepped up this Christmas to raise funds for a great cause. It’s become a tradition now for the choir to sing Christmas carols for an hour outside O’Shea’s Gala in Blennerville and on Friday, December 22 they assembled to sing for St Vincent De […]

ST Vincent De Paul South-West has thanked the public for its “immense” support of their Annual Car Draw Appeal as they confirmed that €248,000 was raised from the 2022 Car Draw Appeal. The total amount was raised through ticket sales and donations to both SVP Cork and Kerry since the […]

ST Vincent De Paul (SVP) South-West have said they have been inundated with calls for assistance during the month of December as they have confirmed 1,400 people have been contacting them from across Cork and Kerry every week. Calls to the charity seeking help over the last two weeks have […]

A LOCAL business has created an amazing ‘Winter Wonderland’ display in aid of St. Vincent De Paul. People visiting Mounthawk Montessori & Busy Bees Nursery Childcare can leave donations of essential non-perishable goods and toys wrapped and labelled with the age suitability. “We hope that our lights inspire happiness and […]

STAFF at a company in Tralee have shown their generosity again this year by making a large donation to a local charity. Junior Locke of St Vincent De Paul called to JRI America at Kerry Technology Park this week where staff donated €3,000 euro worth of toy gifts and vouchers […]

THE St. John’s Visitation Conference of SVP Tralee is seeking to raise funds towards the cost of bringing Santa to local children this Christmas. To ease the struggles and financial pressure on families in the locality of Tralee and wider county of Kerry, SVP Tralee are seeking donations of cash, toys, vouchers from local businesses […]

ST Vincent De Paul is hoping Kerry people buy ticket in their annual car draw before the deadline for entries this Friday. The SVP South-West region of Cork and Kerry has seen an unprecedented amount of calls for help throughout the final months of 2021, with an average of 1000 […]

IN Kerry there are many organisations providing critical services, not just at Christmas but all year around. Many of these organisations now find themselves in financial difficulty as fundraising efforts, commercial activities and other services they rely on have been curtailed due to the ongoing covid crisis. Again, this year […]

ALL at Maureen’s Pre-school & Mounthawk Montessori School & Busy Bees Nursery & After-school wore some colourful attire recently for a great cause. They held a St Vincent de Paul Christmas Jumper fundraiser and raised €213.20 as well as collecting generous hampers of food for local families in need this […]

THE eighth annual Radio Kerry Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser for St Vincent de Paul will take place on Friday, December 10, 2021. Over the past seven years the generosity of individuals, school communities and businesses across the county has led to over €120,000 being raised, every cent of which goes […]

CARA Credit Union is lending its support to St Vincent de Paul, as parents struggle with the increasing back to school costs. A survey carried out by the Irish League of Credit Union shows the overall spend on school items is up for both primary and secondary schools. The cost […]

RADIO Kerry’s annual countywide Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser for St Vincent de Paul has raised €22,621, surpassing the €15,000 target for 2020. It was the seventh year of the fundraiser and brings the amount raised to date to over €117,000. Hundreds of people took part in Christmas Jumper Day right across […]

2020 has been a year for forget for most people. It has brought hardship, poverty, isolation and loneliness, but it has also shown the power of community and nowhere has this been more evident than at St Vincent de Paul. With just a month to go to Christmas, Manager at the […]

ST Vincent de Paul Tralee received a welcome boost this week when it benefitted from a raffle run by an Irish company. Timberkitbuildings.ie is an online company selling flatpack log cabins, sheds, garden furniture and much more, with showrooms in Dublin and Donegal. They are running a weekly online raffle […]

FOOD hampers are being stocked at the St Vincent de Paul depot in Monavalley, as families face a huge financial impact in the weeks and months ahead. Junior Locke of St Vincent de Paul said many people were paid up by employers up to the next two weeks, but after […]

A TRALEE man, now living and working in the UK, made a kind gesture to help with the recent Christmas Jumper Campaign for St Vincent De Paul. Patrick and Jacqui Young of Young Homes Limited and Mark Sullivan, General manager of The Rose Hotel met with Paddy Kevane of St […]

IT’S a charity event which has been going on for many years and even the closure of Caballs earlier this year won’t stop the annual St Vincent de Paul Toy appeal. Ann Laide of Caballs did sterling work with Treasa Walsh and Marian Moore to make sure local children in […]

THERE’S still time to make a child’s Christmas this year by taking part in the Caballs Toymaster and St Vincent de Paul’s ‘Operation Santa’ appeal. The appeal has been a great success in the past and it’s hoped the people of Tralee and beyond show their seasonal spirit of generosity again by […]

IT’S that time of the year again when Caballs Toymaster join forces with St Vincent de Paul to help ensure every child in the area gets a toy they want from Santa this Christmas. The ‘Operation Santa’ annual appeal has been a great success in the past and it’s hoped the people […]

TWO long-serving volunteers with St Vincent de Paul were honoured at a meeting in Ozanam House on Tuesday night. Honor O’Connor received a memento to mark 50 years of service, while Emmett Kennelly (represented by his wife Aileen) was also recognised for his 60+ years of giving his time to […]

THE IT Tralee St Vincent de Paul Society presented the fruits of their fundraising activities over the past number of months to the Society’s Education Fund. Junior Locke, President of the Tralee Area Conference, accepted a cheque for €2,000 after the ITT society held a fashion show in the Ballyroe […]

THE spirit of giving was certainly in evidence west of the bridge this Christmas as a local group decided to raise funds for a worthy cause. The Curraheen Community Choir got together on Thursday, December 14 to sing Christmas carols for an hour outside O’Shea’s Gala shop and service station […]

FASHION and fun were served up in equal measure on Thursday night as IT Tralee students strutted down the catwalk for a great cause. The students at the St Vincent de Paul Society in the Institute of Technology Tralee organised their special annual fashion show at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel […]

IT’S raised almost €50,000 for St Vincent de Paul over the past few years, so everyone is encouraged to get the Christmas jumper out to help families in need this festive season. Radio Kerry’s third annual Christmas Jumper Day will take place on Friday, December 15 and Junior Locke of […]

ONCE again, Caballs Toymaster has joined forces with St Vincent de Paul again this year to help ensure every child in the area gets a toy they want from Santa this Christmas. The annual appeal has been a great success in the past and it’s hoped the people of Tralee and beyond […]

THE St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Food Appeal was a tremendous success in Presentation Secondary School, Tralee this year. Following a visit from Christy Lynch, regional organiser of SVP, the Student Representative Council was motivated to organise the promotion of the appeal and the collection of food items and Christmas treats in […]

THE IT Tralee students showed there are some great bargains to be got at St Vincent de Paul shops when they put on a fashion show last night. The charity event featured only clothes available from SVP shops and drew a good crowd to the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. There was […]

THERE was a great turnout for a fashion show held in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night as IT Tralee students turned to modelling for a worthy cause. The event was organised by the IT Tralee St. Vincent De Paul Society and all the clothes modelled on the night were from St Vincent de […]