Clane students pushing duck across country for children's hospital
[/caption]
Chris Lumb, Headmaster at Clongowes Wood College said: “I am immensely proud of the Transition Year boys that undertake the mammoth initiative that is the annual Duck Push. Their efforts reflect the ethos of the College encouraging boys to be Men for Others –working to help those in the community in such a practical and worthwhile way.”
Lisa Nicole Dunne, CEO of CMRF Crumlin added “We are delighted that students from Clongowes Wood College have continued to support us so generously year on year. Events such as this help ensure that the one million children who will require support, care and treatment at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin, over the next 5 – 6 years can benefit from the best possible environment, with the best equipment and access to cutting edge research. Despite a new hospital on the horizon these children cannot and should not have to wait. Thank you to all those who have both organised and will participate in this great event, we are extremely grateful.”
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital provides care and attention for some of Ireland’s sickest children and taking part in the Duck Push is an essential part of the Transition Year programme in Clongowes and the culmination of a year’s hard work. Before pushing the ducks across the country the students had already raised money through a whole variety of activities ranging from mini companies and pop up cafes to coffee mornings, barbecues and a highly successful Golf Classic in the K Club.
The route followed by the boys and the ducks will take them through Clane, Newbridge, Monasterevin, Tullamore and Nenagh before they arrive in Limerick nine days and 200km later. The early days will see them return to base at Clongowes for overnights while in the second half of the marathon they will be accommodated in Cistercian College Roscrea and Glenstal Abbey School.
Members of the public are encouraged to contribute to the Duck Push as the boys will collect in the towns en-route or alternatively donations can be made online at My Charity.ie. Organisers are keen to remind people that under no circumstances will door to door collections be taking place.
CMRF Crumlin is the fundraising body for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin as well as the National Children’s Research Centre and is dedicated to working to improve the quality of life for this and future generations of sick children. It is driven in its belief that “Every sick child deserves every chance.”
At the core of CMRF Crumlin is a desire to help every sick child to give them the best possible chance to survive, thrive and live to their potential. It is focused on supporting small miracles everyday by funding cutting edge research, new wards and upgrades together with patient experience through our Giggle Fund.
CMRF Crumlin play a key role in supporting the hospital funding, to deliver state of the art facilities, equipment, and infrastructure, accommodation for families and other special requirements and needs for some of Ireland’s sickest children.
In addition CMRF is the principle funder of vital paediatric research in Ireland through the research programmes at The National Children’s Research Centre (NCRC), a world class facility which provides state of the art laboratory facilities for investigation into the causes and treatments of childhood disease.
Raising funds entirely from the public, companies and philanthropic organisations, CMRF Crumlin and its supporters aim to ensure every sick child gets every chance and provides funding to support small victories every day, better outcomes and a better experience for children attending Crumlin.