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Fancy
A Cuppa?
Andrew Byrne
St. Michael's College,
Dublin
Visitors to schools and offices
all over the country were greeted with the rich aroma of coffee and the
friendly chatter of supporters as they arrived for the annual Coffee Morning,
in aid of the Hospice Foundation. Students from Transition Year in St.
Michael’s College in Ballsbridge, Dublin had spent the weeks and days
leading up to the day in preparation for the biggest charity event on
the school calendar. All in all, 90 students, 5000 raffle tickets, 150
prizes, 60 assorted cakes and tins of biscuits, 100's of tea-bags, 1000's
of grammes of coffee, countless parents and supporters, and not to forget
the entire school staff and the rest of the college pupils were mixed
together for the charity cocktail which managed to raise in excess of
£2000 for the Irish Hospice Foundation.
Mary Redmond founded the Irish
Hospice Foundation in the 1980's to care for the terminally ill and to
try to support and console the bereaved. Since then the organisation has
given support to countless thousands of Irish sufferers and their families
who are continually grateful for their priceless efforts.
But the coffee morning is
not the only charity event that students of the college engage in. The
St. Michael’s College St. Vincent dePaul Society has been in operation
for many years now, and last year they organised a trip to The Delphi
Adventure Centre in County Mayo for a group of underprivileged teenagers
from the Dun Laoghaire area in Dublin. The relationship with the group
blossomed over the next few months and arrangements were made for trips
to the Bowling Alley and sporting events. The School sent a team to Phoenix
Park for a run in aid of the Dublin Simon Community last year and they
managed to raise £600 for the organisation that helps the homeless in
Dublin. These are just a few of the charity events the students partake
in every year.
While the students will now
probably be made sick at the sight of another cup of coffee, they know
that they and the countless thousands of Hospice supporters throughout
the country, have made a real difference in the lives of many patients
and their families during periods of tremendous pain and suffering.
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