Waterford, Ireland / WLR
Feb 26, 2021 7:32 AM
The Solas Cancer Support Centre in Williamstown is celebrating a milestone today (Friday 26th February) – this was the first day that clients were welcomed into the new Centre 10 years ago.
Solas had been operating from a rented property in Earlscourt and thanks to a huge fundraising effort, the donation of land from Waterford City and County Council and the provision of professional services for free from many of those involved in the creation of the building, the one million euro centre was able to begin operating debt free.
Lorraine Hurley, from Waterford City, clearly remembers this day having availed of services in the original Centre before the new Centre opened. Lorraine was diagnosed at 14 with a rare type of bone cancer in March 2010: