Kerry Hospice Launches its Light to Remember Christmas Tree and Card Collection

Kerry Hospice Launches its Light to Remember Christmas Tree and Card Collection

The Kerry Hospice Foundation has launched its Light to Remember Christmas Tree fundraiser. The idea is to allow people to help light up the tree in memory of someone special. On the site you can remember a loved one and pay a tribute or leave a special message. “We have left the amount open so…

Great Crowd, Perfect Conditions and €2,845 for Hospice Walk 

Great Crowd, Perfect Conditions and €2,845 for Hospice Walk 

A single, kind hearted addition to an already successful, annual event gave it the social outing status it deserved and maybe needed. Castleisland Hospice Foundation’s annual Good Friday morning walk was founded away back in 1999 and it was a success from then. Now it has the addition of Nana Bea’s Cafe providing post walk…

2018 Route Re-Visit for Good Friday Hospice Foundation Walk

2018 Route Re-Visit for Good Friday Hospice Foundation Walk

The Castleisland branch of the Kerry Hospice Foundation is preparing for its annual Good Friday walk. This year the route will commence and finish at the library car park as it did, for the first time last year. Last year, Nana Beas Café management and staff gave up their day off to provide tea and…

New Starting Point for Hospice Walk 2018

New Starting Point for Hospice Walk 2018

After breaking with its traditional Kilbanivane / Churchtown route last year, the annual Good Friday Hospice Walk is introducing a new starting point again this year. Off street, off road starting points for events like this are now all the go on health and safety grounds. Away from Passing Traffic Grounds where cars can be…

Castleisland’s Hospice Ball on November 25th

Castleisland’s Hospice Ball on November 25th

Castleisland’s once annual Hospice Ball will make a grand return to the local scene at the River Island Hotel on the Saturday night of November 25th. Tickets are going well but there are still some left and they can be got from any of the local branch members. For several years the local fund-raising branch…

Wanted: Walkers / Fun Runners For Hospice Walk

Wanted: Walkers / Fun Runners For Hospice Walk

A reminder that the Castleisland branch of the Kerry Hospice Foundation is appealing to the people of the locality to come out at 11am this morning in support of the foundation, its work and building programme. The organisers have changed the route for the near 20 year old, annual event and they estimate that this…

Newsy Bits and Notes from The Maine Valley Post Area

Newsy Bits and Notes from The Maine Valley Post Area

Thank You – From Castleisland Hospice Branch Members Members of Castleisland Hospice fundraising branch would like to thank sincerely all who walked, contributed and helped out in any way during the annual, Good Friday Morning Hospice Walk. A total of €2,548.87 was raised. Knocknagoshel Community First Responder Meeting Knocknagoshel parish residents are planning to set…

Good Friday Favourite & Spare an hour for Hospice!

Good Friday Favourite & Spare an hour for Hospice!

Because our Friday Favourite is usually about looking back through the files we thought we’d do so on this Good Friday morning with a dual purpose. This morning’s 11am start to the annual Hospice Walk is the reason for the duality. The Kerry Hospice Foundation is preparing for its annual Good Friday Morning Walk.  The…