Students in Carrick-on-Suir area raised over €5,000 for St Vincent de Paul food appeal
Donations from primary and secondary schools in Carrick-on-Suir and its hinterland helped the St Vincent de Paul provide Christmas hampers, food and solid fuel vouchers to people in need in their communities.
Pictured above at the presentation of Comeragh College’s €1,600 donation were seated: Sr Mona Killeen and Tilly O’Donnell of St. Vincent de Paul, teacher Anne Cleere and Terry Lonergan, SNA; Back: Teacher Aisling O’Connor, students Alfie and Luna. Tom O’Keeffe and Michael Lonergan of St Vincent de Paul.
Students of primary and secondary schools in Carrick-on-Suir and neighbouring communities and Kildalton Agricultural College raised over €5,000 for the local St Vincent de Paul’s annual Christmas food hampers appeal.
The appeal run by the St Nicholas/ St Molleran’s Conference of St Vincent de Paul resulted in 100 hampers being delivered to elderly people and families in the community before Christmas.
The conference wrote to all the schools in the locality before Christmas enquiring if they could host fundraisers for the appeal.
The charity said the response was overwhelming. The more than €5,000 collected was used to provide food hampers and food and solid fuel vouchers to people in need.
St Nicholas/St Molleran’s Conference President Michael Lonergan thanked the principals, teachers, staff and students in the schools and college that took part in the appeal as well as the parents.
Newtown National School teachers Ms Byrne and Ms Hanrahan and students hand over the school’s donation to Michael Lonergan of St Nicholas/St Molleran’s St Vincent de Paul Conference.
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