Sophie fundraiser is a huge success
The fundraising event ‘Support for Sophie’ at the Brandon House Hotel recently was a huge success with around 300 people supporting the auction.
The auction was hosted by local auctioneer Des Maloney, who gave his time freely, and through his expertise added a fantastic deal of excitement to an already action-packed evening. While there were many items donated from the town auctioned on the night, some of the items which produced the most ‘ bidding-wars’ included a 1950s Wexford senior winning team signed hurley donated by South East Radio and a Connemara painting by local artist, Danny Brennan, who kindly donated this work towards supporting the fundraiser. Door prizes and spot prizes were donated by people and businesses of the town and surrounding areas.
The evening played out against the backdrop of many local talents performing for the event such as Tommy Murphy, D. J. Jim Fitzgibbon, ceili musicians and Irish dancers, and various other bands who all gave their time freely including Ten Miles High. Des Redmond entertained the crowd as M.C on the night for local girl Sophie Walsh who is battling a rare form of cancer. A committee spokesperson said: ‘Without the community spirt in New Ross and surrounding areas the “Support for Sophie” fundraising event would not have been such a success. Once again thank you to all the kind people in the community, who donated money and prizes, had fundraising events in their place of work and thank you to those whom gave up their time to sell lines and tickets and to all people who generously bought them.’
The fundraising committee would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who has supported this worthy cause including the hotel, local media and C&R Print.