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The new extension at St Ita’s and St Joseph’s School. The school will benefit from this year’s Ring of Kerry Cycle. Photo by Dermot Crean
A TRALEE school and the Recovery Haven in Killerisk are two of the ten chosen beneficiaries of this year’s Ring of Kerry Cycle.
It’s a huge boost for St Ita’s and St Joseph’s School in Balloonagh – which has recently been extended – and the cancer support facility at Killerisk to be included in the list of ten announced today in Killarney.
The 10 Kerry based charities are South West Counselling services, St Joseph’s Nursing Home, Killorglin, Aras Mhuire Listowel, St Ita’s & St Joseph’s Special School Tralee, Pieta House Kerry, Kerry Branch Irish Kidney Association, Recovery Haven Cancer Respite, St.Francis Special School, Derrynane Inshore Rescue, Talbot Grove, Castleisland.
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Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle PRO Cathal Walshe said; “The charities were chosen after an application process that began before Christmas, and we were genuinely overwhelmed with the number of submissions received. It was hard to choose from so many deserving causes and we would like to thank all the unsuccessful applicants for their efforts.
The chosen charities provide fantastic support to the people of Kerry and will benefit hugely from the money they receive from this year’s Fundraising effort. Last year over €1.85 million was raised and shared amongst the 9 chosen charities as well as 28 smaller charities in Kerry”.
Now in its 33rd year, this fundraising cycle to date has raised over €10.6million for charities that benefit all the communities across the county of Kerry.
Reminding interested participants how this year’s registration process will work, Cathal continued: “This year the charities will have a limited amount of places to fill and we cannot reiterate enough that the best chance of getting a place is to register your interest online. Registration for the lottery closes on the 31st January, leaving less than 3 weeks for people to register, I would suggest that all interested parties get moving and get registered!”
This year’s Cycle will take place on Saturday July 2.
