A LIMERICK fashion show is to take place in aid of local families living with hunger this Christmas. The afternoon of style has been organised as part of the Re.
LIMERICK’S food diversity was celebrated as UL students and members of the local migrant community came together to launch a new initiative. Both groups a.
Class above: Limerick school gives €6.5k to hamper appeal
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PUTTING all your eggs in the one basket has helped those least well off in our society.
John the Baptist Community School in Hospital donated a massive cheque for €6,445.77 to the Redemptorists annual hamper appeal. The LCA 2 class donated €165 of their profits from selling eggs as part of their mini company.
The money was raised by donations from students, parents and staff and the parents association who generously gave €500. Talented musician, Alanna Griffin, first year student, and her mother and friend donated €555.77 raised from busking at a Christmas market. It all added up to an incredible amount.
Thousands of Christmas hampers distributed across Limerick following Redemptorists appeal
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The Redemptorists, working with Limerick Food Partnership and 40 other organisations across Limerick have packed and distributed 6,000 hampers ahead of Christmas. Food has also been donated to organisations which are working with the homeless.
Commenting of this years Sit Out appeal which took place earlier this month, Fr Seamus Enright, rector of the Redemptorists in Limerick said: This has been our most challenging year since the Christmas Hamper Appeal began operating in 1972. It has
been both financially and logistically challenging. The needs are greater than ever and we’ve had to reimagine the way we pack and distribute the hampers.
Limerick Redemptorists annual hamper appeal moves from SleepOut to SitOut
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The Annual Redemptorist Sleep Out in aid of the Christmas Hamper Appeal will be replaced by a ‘SitOut’ this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The ‘SitOut’ will take place this Friday and Saturday outside Leonard’s Shop on O’Connell St in the city centre.
Launching the SitOut at the Redemptorists, Fr Seamus Enright said: “We expect 2020 to be more challenging than previous years. Our partners are telling us about an increase in the demand for their services. Some of our traditional fundraising activities will not be possible this year because of the coronavirus restrictions”