Beneficiaries
St Lukes
St Lukes Hospital in Rathgar is Ireland's main radiotherapy centre providing radiotherapy and other oncology services to cancer patients.
The NBCRI funds qualified research scientists and clinicians to carry out research into breast cancer. It also provides the necessary finances to purchase and maintain essential up-to-date laboratory research equipment for analysis of biological genes and proteins.
Cavan/Monaghan Homecare Association
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The Breffni 3 Province Challenge: Arva Co. Cavan The Breffni 3 Province Challenge will be held on August Bank Holiday August 4th 2018. We have a Half Marathon, 10K and 5K Fun Runs as well as a 25k & 100k cycle. The Half Marathon & 10K are AAI approval. This is the 17th year that an event has been organised by the Community of Arva with the aim of raising funds towards Cancer Care, Cure & Research. These events will raise much needed funds for St Luke's Oncology Trust, Breast Cancer Research Ireland. and Cavan/Monaghan Cancer Homecare Association. Tel 086 084 8633 for your sponsorship cards! Registration is available online now at following link: https://register.primoevents.com/ps/event/Breffni3ProvinceChallenge All participants receive a tshirt, medal on completion Raise as much sponsorship as you can as your registration fee will be included in your final amount. On The Day: Registration will take place in ST Patrick's Hall from 9:00 to 13:00 Sharp. Half Marathon – start time 14:00 10K – start time 14:02 5K – start time 14:05 100K Cycle – start time 11:00 25K Cycle – start time 13:30 SPONSORSHIP MONIES SHOULD BE PAID ON THE DAY IF POSSIBLE PLEASE Celebrate: After the challenge, you may feel in need of some TLC, and organisers are keen to show their appreciation to ensure that participants are well looked after. Whether you run at top speed or stagger to the finish line, you get a medal, t-shirt, certificate and relaxing massage. Then, the celebrations start, with the Homecoming On The Market Square: there’s a barbecue, music, street entertainment and family fun, with M.C. Gerry Brady jovially welcoming the participants with his unique brand of humour and warmth. Participants and supporters can then opt for a buffet in the Breffni Arms, Arva, followed by live music and a disco. Community effort: Arva GFC and the community of Arva have been organising a cancer fundraiser for the past 16 years, with the event now known as The Breffni 3 ProvinceChallenge. The fundraiser, whose main sponsors are Brady’s Volkswagen garage in Arva, Gerry Ellis & Sons’ Fresh Today and Breffni Arms Hotel and Lynch's Newsagents Arva, has grown ten-fold since the inaugural cycle nearly two decade ago, with word of it spreading throughout the country and further afield. “Twenty-five counties in Ireland have be represented over the years and last year there were competitors from the UK,” says Philip Brady, one of the organisers. “Numbers are steadily increasing |