Tipperary school donates €7,000 to Childhood Cancer Ireland after weeks of fundraising

Founded in 1994, Cashel Community School is secondary school and special needs school in Cashel, County Tipperary

placeholder image — Founded in 1994, Cashel Community School is secondary school and special needs school in Cashel, County Tipperary

Students and staff at Cashel Community School raised the money across September and October

Brian Moran, principal of Cashel Community School, has praised the Tipperary school's efforts in recent weeks to raise €7,000 for Childhood Cancer Ireland.

September was Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Awareness Month, which prompted students and staff alike at the school to raise vital funds for the charity.

Childhood Cancer Ireland was founded and is led by parents of children currently undergoing treatment. They provide vital supports and services to families impacted by a cancer diagnosis.

Childhood Cancer Ireland’s psychosocial services provide practical, emotional, and psychological support to all family members following a diagnosis of childhood cancer including play therapy.

Last month, Cashel Community School marked Childhood Cancer Week. The week was TY-led, and activities included bake sales, an ice cream day, a TY awareness walk, and a CCS Go Gold Day (pictured below).

These activities fostered awareness, creativity, and empathy, while raising vital funds for children facing a cancer diagnosis.

As a school community, CCS became aware of Childhood Cancer Ireland as this amazing charity has supported a staff member’s family whose son has being undergoing treatment for childhood cancer.

The school community not only raised awareness of childhood and adolescent cancer, but more importantly raised vital funds for the essential practical and emotional supports and services this charity provides to children and their families impacted by such a devastating diagnosis.

CCS found the local response to their efforts to be so overwhelmingly positive that they decided to continue the fundraising efforts into October and raised an incredible €7,000 to help battle childhood cancer in Ireland.