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Santa helps Carn hospital
fundraiser
04.12.11
THERE will be a ho, ho,
whole lot of fun at Carndonagh Shopping Centre with
a Christmas fundraiser to help two local hospitals.
Visit Santa at the shopping centre and all proceeds
raised will go to Carndonagh Community Hospital and
the James Connolly Memorial Hospital.
Santa will be visiting a grotto at the Shopping
Centre for the next two Saturdays, December 10 and
December 17 from 12pm till 4pm.
Children can meet Santa and get a toy and a photo
taken. A fixed donation will be requested for the
Patient Comfort Fund at both local hospitals. |
The joint initiative
involves not only the hospitals but FÁS, G&S
Costcutters, Inish Pharmacy...and of course Santa.
Acting director of Nursing at Carndonagh Community
Hospital, Caroline Callaghan said: ‘When Inish
Pharmacy contacted both Julian Theseira (Director of
Nursing at the JCM Hospital) and I about the
possibility of Santa helping raise funds for the
patients’ we thought it would be a great idea.
Michael Doherty of G&S Costcutters added: ‘In the
past, people have come to see Santa at Carndonagh
Shopping Centre for free. |
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So we appreciate this
may come as something as a surprise. However this
year we ask people to support our local hospitals by
donating to see Santa.
"We want to give people a quality experience and
they should feel good about their trip to see Santa
and also the fact that the hospitals are benefitting.
Meanwhile, Colin Deeny, of Inish Pharmacy said:
"Just about everyone in Inishowen has or has had
someone they know and care about in one of these
hospitals at some stage. I think that it is great
that Santa wants to come to Carndonagh Shopping
Centre to meet the children – he can do no more and
that will be magical enough.
"We have limited funds this year - however we ask
people to give the Patients’ Comfort Fund a boost
and come and see Santa at Carndonagh Shopping
Centre. We aim to offer our support for this each
year - and each year work to improve on what we
offer – Santa is in full approval and you can’t ask
for more than that."
A Santa spokesman said the 'big man' himself thought
the Carn fundraiser was a "great idea".
Donations are as follows:
€4 - one child - includes 1 photo and 1 toy
€7 - two children - includes 1 photo and 2 toys
€10 - three children or more – one group photo and
and three or more toys
Call into Inish Pharmacy for more information. |
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