Co-workers of Kay raise €3k with coffee morning
Kay Troy
This donation was made possible by funeral donations and a coffee morning organised by former colleagues in the Glenroyal Hotel Maynooth, Co. Kildare where Kay used to work.
The Coffee morning took place on Kay’s birthday the 14th of December and was attended by her friends, co-workers and family. Kay will be remembered each year on her birthday by this Memorial Fundraiser.
Kay passed away peacefully with her family around her, after a short illness, at the Mater Hospital on November 8.
Kay’s daughter Kristina presented this donation to the Mater Foundation on Valentine’s Day 2018. These funds wll support St Vincent’s Ward, which specialises in care for cancer patients. Kay spent four weeks as an inpatient on St Vincent’s Ward and had her chemotherapy treatment there as an outpatient.
These funds will provide support for cancer patient facilities at the Mater Hospital, including personal music docks for patients at end-of-life. It will also help fund items of use to patients whose first language is not English, such as an iPad equipped with translation software.
Nuala Mc Namara, Mary Burke, Mike Baggot, Professor Michaela Higgins, Sandra Flynn the Clinical Nurse Manager of St Vincent’s Ward, Kristina Troy, Mary Moorhead CEO of the Mater Foundation, Noeleen Sheridan, Mary Baggot, Claira Barbour, Ted Robinson General Manager of the Glenroyal Hotel, Margaret Keenan and Monica Morgan.
Kristina Troy spoke of the incredible generosity and community spirit shown in the provision of this donation. Kristina described her Mum’s bravery in the face of illness.
“My Mum was a most compassionate person and cared for her sister Brid through her long battle with cancer until she sadly passed away in August 2016. Despite fighting her own battle with cancer, she was a driving force behind Meath Camogie’s winning of the All Ireland final in October 2017. Mum made the most of her life and left us all with such lovely memories and was an inspiration in the face of adversity. She would have been so proud of her friends and family today continuing in the spirit of her generosity”
Mary Moorhead, Chief Executive of the Mater Foundation, spoke of the importance of this donation to patient care:
“This wonderful donation in Kay’s memory will provide support for patients in the Mater Hospital, particularly those patients who are receiving end-of-life care.
It is the small things that can make such a difference when it comes to patient care; for example, personal music docks provide comfort and solace on an otherwise busy hospital ward and an iPad equipped with translation software allows people without English as a first language to better communicate with our medical teams and other patients.
I am deeply grateful to the Troy family and Kay’s friends and work colleagues who gave so generously to provide support to others. It was a lovely way to remember a very special wife, mother, friend, sister and work colleague.”