All is rosy at Cystic Fibrosis ‘65 Roses Day’ fundraiser
LOUTH TD Declan Breathnach recently launched the Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s 65 Roses Day fundraising appeal.
Louth people are being urged to ‘come up roses’ for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland on Friday April 13 and buy a purple rose and help raise much-needed funds for cystic fibrosis (CF) services.
Volunteers will be out and about on the streets of the county selling purple roses, while purple roses will also be on sale in participating Spar stores.
The ‘65 Roses’ appeal gets its name from the way children with this condition are often first taught to say the words cystic fibrosis. Apart from buying a purple rose, people can also sup- port Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s 65 Roses Day on Friday April 13 by: Donating online at 65rosesday.ie, Completing a 65 Roses Challenge – for details visit 65rosesday.ie, Texting 65ROSES to 50300 to donate €2 [ Text costs €2. Cystic Fibrosis Ireland will receive a minimum of €1.80.
Schools and companies are being especially encouraged to get behind 65 Roses Day by selling purple roses or organising their own 65 Roses Challenges, such a €6.5 bake sale, cycling 65 kilometres, or swimming a mile - 65 lengths of a pool.
Ireland has the highest incidence of CF per head of population and some of the most severe types of the condition in the world.
Almost all of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s funding comes from public donations and organisers are hoping to raise more than €100,000 for vital CF services in 2018. Services funded include the development of new CF units, incorporating in-patient, day care and out-patient facilities, specialist CF multi-disciplinary posts in hospitals, patient support grants, and medical and scientific research.
If you’d like to volunteer and lend your support on 65 Roses Day by selling purple roses in your community or workplace, simply call Peter on LoCall 1890 311 211, email fundraising@ cfireland.ie or visit 65rosesday.ie.