In March 2015, Kate will trek to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Parkinsons Disease Research. We aim to raise €15,000 between the three of us.
Firstly I suppose we should let you know who "us" is. We are sisters Kate and Ruth O'Connor, along with our outdoor-enthusiast friend (and Ruth's other half!), Ciarán Fitzgerald. Our uncle was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease not long ago. As a result, his wife Becky embarked on a trek of the Annapurna mountains in Nepal last November after raising a huge amount of money and awareness for the cause. Inspired by her efforts, and by our uncle's relentlessly upbeat spirit, we decided to follow in her footsteps.
Our initial plan was for all three of us to embark on this epic journey, but have now decided that our priority is to make as much money as possible for Parkinsons. For this reason, we decided that the three of us will fundraise and we nominated that Kate completes the trek alone. Daunting but sure she's well able!!
So here we are. We've a lot of money to raise but we're enthusiastic and optimistic that we can do it. We have plenty of ideas and fun events in the pipeline and we hope you'll all be there to help us! There'll be plenty of laughs, cakes, pints and cups of tea involved so watch this space!!
Thanks for visiting and don't forget to please DONATE!! Every single euro, no scrap that, every single CENT helps get us closer to raising enough money and this in turn will go towards researching new treatments and hopefully discovering a cure for this horrible disease.
Thanks so much!
Ruth, Kate and Ciarán
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Firstly I suppose we should let you know who "us" is. We are sisters Kate and Ruth O'Connor, along with our outdoor-enthusiast friend (and Ruth's other half!), Ciarán Fitzgerald. Our uncle was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease not long ago. As a result, his wife Becky embarked on a trek of the Annapurna mountains in Nepal last November after raising a huge amount of money and awareness for the cause. Inspired by her efforts, and by our uncle's relentlessly upbeat spirit, we decided to follow in her footsteps.
Our initial plan was for all three of us to embark on this epic journey, but have now decided that our priority is to make as much money as possible for Parkinsons. For this reason, we decided that the three of us will fundraise and we nominated that Kate completes the trek alone. Daunting but sure she's well able!!
So here we are. We've a lot of money to raise but we're enthusiastic and optimistic that we can do it. We have plenty of ideas and fun events in the pipeline and we hope you'll all be there to help us! There'll be plenty of laughs, cakes, pints and cups of tea involved so watch this space!!
Thanks for visiting and don't forget to please DONATE!! Every single euro, no scrap that, every single CENT helps get us closer to raising enough money and this in turn will go towards researching new treatments and hopefully discovering a cure for this horrible disease.
Thanks so much!
Ruth, Kate and Ciarán
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