Pictured: Dee Ahearn, CEO of Barretstown; Maureen Bergin, Community & Business Relations Director, Kildare Village; Eva O’Dea and Rian O’Dea launch the Barretstown pop-up shop at Kildare Village to mark the charity’s 25th anniversary year.
Kildare Village this week launched a Barretstown pop-up shop in the popular outlet to mark the charity's 25th anniversary year, and Barretstown is also Kildare Village's chosen charity partner for 2019.
Barretstown’s ‘Press Play’ campaign is in celebration of the charity’s 25th anniversary. The campaign’s aim is to fundraise and raise awareness of Barretstown so it can expand its programmes to serve more children who suffer from serious illness, and their families.
Children with serious illness face physical and social challenges, often resulting in isolation and loneliness. Children that come to Barretstown go home with increased confidence, self-esteem and more importantly the reassurance that happiness is not just for healthy children. Childhood stops for seriously ill children.
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