A charity raffle night in aid of the Hope for Cian Foundation will take place in the Clan na Gael GFC clubrooms on the Ecco Road tonight at 9pm.
Cian is a four year old boy from Co Meath who has been given just months to live unless he gets a double lung transplant.
Entry for adults is just €2 and includes live music and prizes.
All support for the event is most welcome.
Punters’ Bar on Park Street will hold a charity greyhound derby night this Friday in aid of the Make A Wish Foundation.
The first race gets underway at 9.30pm. There will be six semi-final races and a final on the night and you can buy your own charity dog for €10 from behind the bar.
If your dog wins a semi-final it goes into the final.
Prize money for the final is €100 for first place, €50 for second, €30 for third and €20 for a beaten finalist.
There will also be light refreshments served on the night, as well as a bookie in house take your bets.
National Portrait Week gets underway tomorrow with a local photographer Paddy Clarke in Jocelyn Street taking part.
For just €25, you can receive a desktop sized portrait in a folder, with 100% of your donation going to charity. This year’s proceeds will go towards the LauraLynn children’s hospice.
Visit www.paddyclarke.ie or drop in to his studio tomorrow to take part.
The Rotary Club of Dundalk are holding a charity fundraising breakfast morning next Tuesday from 7.30am to 10.30am in the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
All funds raised from the Pancake Tuesday event will go towards local, national and international charities, including SOSAD, the Samaritans, Meals-on-Wheels, The Birches and the Rotary Polio Eradication Initiative.
The cost of attending the function is €25, which includes your morning paper, juice, a full Irish breakfast, pancakes and tea or coffee.
A charity night in aid of the Children’s Heart Centre and Ronald McDonald House in Crumlin will take place in Clan na Gael hall next Friday at 9pm.
The event has been organised by local couple Kieran Conachy and Leanne Gallagher as a thank you to staff for the support shown to them since the birth of their baby boy, Shea, seven months ago.
Born in April this year with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, where the chambers valves and blood vessels on the left side of the heart are not properly formed, Shea has needed highly specialised treatment to overcome these early challenges.
Now his parents Kieran and Leanne are fundraising for the charities and organisations which have been at the centre of their son’s life.
On the night there will be performances from Voice of Ireland winner Brendan McCahey and local dance group, Crystal Ice.
There will also be a raffle for over €2,000 worth of prizes with one lucky person winning a meet and greet with former Westlife star Nicky Byrne on his 2FM radio show.
Tickets, priced €10, are available from Deja Vu hairdressers in Francis Street or Fatima Stores in Fatima Court.
Alternatively contact 087-3865650.
More than 200 local athletes took part in the second annual Mark Pollack Run in the Dark last week.
Blackrock AC first competed in the charity run last year with 70 people taking part and raising over €600 in the process. The interest in the event within the club was such that this year the club decided to collaborate with the North East Runners and organised the event to start at St Helena’s Park.
On the night over 200 runners took part choosing to run either a 5km loop or a 10km loop, with each athlete donating at least €5 or €10 depending on how far they were running.
A lot of those taking part were first time runners or were running distances longer than they had ever run before. It was a great social run with everyone enjoying themselves, especially since these athletes normally only meet in a competitive environment.
Thanks to Aidan Stewart for the picture.
Rape Crisis North East have appealed for those getting involved in next month’s Dundalk Santa Run to consider raising funds for the charity in the build-up to the event on Friday December 5th.
Those hoping to sign up for the Santa Run can do so in the former Pulse Pacemaker shop in Park Street, which is open on the following dates:
Alternatively you can register online at www.dundalk.ie/santa
After you have registered, if you wish to support Rape Crisis North East you are asked to please contact their office at 042 9339491 and they will issue you with an official sponsorship card.
All proceeds from our sponsorship cards will go to Rape Crisis North East to provide a much needed counselling and support service to the increased number of women, men and teenagers attending the service.
For more details contact Rape Crisis North East Centre on 042 9339491 or email info@rcne.ie
The Dundalk Relay for Life event takes place in Dundalk Stadium this Sunday and Monday.
Dundalk was the first venue in Ireland to host the event six years ago and has raised over €300,000 for the Irish Cancer Society to date.
The event gives communities a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember lost loved ones and fight back against the disease.
At the heart of each Relay For Life event, teams of friends, neighbours, families and colleagues come together in groups and commit to keeping participants walking around a track or path for 24 hours.
Hundreds of other activities take place throughout the 24 hours to create a wonderfully festive atmosphere. The event starts with a cancer suvivors’ lap of honour.
Relay for Life events are organised entirely by communities so that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and in the hope that one day cancer will be eliminated.
The event gets underway in Dundalk Stadium at 3pm on Sunday with the hope of finishing at 3pm the next day.
More information on the Dundalk event can be found at www.facebook.com/relay.dundalk
All are welcome to attend over the course of the weekend.
Kevin Matthews Pharmacy in Park Street are hosting a charity cake sale this Friday in aid of breast cancer research.
The Think Pink Cake Sale takes place in store from 10am to 6pm with all proceeds going to the Irish Cancer Society.
All support for the event is greatly welcomed.
Members of the Cuchulainn team who took part in the Lap of Louth on Saturday
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