This year's Galtee Walk in aid of MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Pic: some of the committee B/R: Ger O'Donovan, Rathcormac, Paul O'Regan, Kilgariff, Majella Fitzgerald, Fermoy, Marie Cronin, Hon. Treasurer, Mallow, Joe Tobin, Chairperson, Fermoy.

F/R: Liam Cahill, Glenville, Brenda Crowley,Rathcormac, Pat Kelleher, Cobh, Berry Moore, Secretary, Fermoy

 

The 39^th Annual Galtee Walk in aid of the Fermoy Branch Multiple Sclerosis Society takes place on Sunday the 21st of June from 10 am, but it will be a walk with a difference this year because it will be a virtual walk.

 

As we all adapt to a new landscape, with our determined effort and your support we truly hope we can continue to provide the supports and services our local MS community need.

We are sorry we cannot meet as usual on the slopes of the wonderful Galtees but we will have to walk and support each other in a different way and we will have fun while at the same time raising much needed funds. (No amount is too small)

 Branch Chairperson Joe Tobin said “in line with public health guidance on Covid-19, the Fermoy MS Branch is fully co-operating with the measures necessary to contain the Covid-19 coronavirus. The 2020 committee took the decision to cancel the walk on the mountain and to go online with our Virtual Galtee walk.”

During this health emergency, like all other charities our fundraising has ceased, so we have had no flag days, no Church Gate Collections, no fundraising dances etc. So this virtual Galtee Walk will possibly be our only fundraising activity for the remainder of the year.

To get involved join us on the 21^st June at 10am LIVE on Facebook  (Fermoy Multiple Sclerosis Society Annual Galtee Walk)   #MSGalteeWalk39

 We encourage you to go to the page now & see the updates and the information of how to get involved, we also have an added surprise feature this year!!!!

 

What in previous years was a family fun day out on the Galtee Mountains will this year be a fun family day in your own locality. Remember adhere to social distancing. Wear comfortable walking shoes/boots, don’t forget the bottle of water & be safe, be seen, and wear your Hi-Vis Vest.

 MS is one of those diseases that has many different forms and can take various paths through a person’s lifetime making each person's journey individual. Thankfully over the past number of years scientific research has provided a number of treatment options using Disease Modifying Therapies which are tailored to the individual and can assist in altering the course of the disease.

It is in supporting Research Programs through MS Ireland that we gain invaluable information about this disease and possible treatments. MS Ireland through their 33 voluntary Branches throughout Ireland provides a number of valuable supports and service to people and their families living with the challenges of MS.  Information Line: 1850 233 233

 

So why not join the Facebook page, invite your friends, family and work colleagues knock the dust off those walking boots and take the challenge for those in your local area with MS on Sunday 21st of June. (Father’s Day). 

The route starts from your house this year or maybe just in your garden, whatever suits you best.

This is a way we can all do something individually but at the same time collectively because the more people who join & support us the more we can achieve our goal. This won’t happen without amazing people like you. We will have great fun & I’ll look forward to seeing the pictures on social media of you getting out there, I’m up for it, are you?

Donations can be made directly to:

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland Ltd Fermoy Branch
IBAN  IE 13 BOFI 9028 6458 2432  83

BIC  BOFI IE 2D

 

Or go to www.ms-society.ie  follow the link select "Virtual Galtee Walk" & continue.

Or you can post to M. Lonergan, PRO, Fermoy Branch MS Society, Strawhall, Fermoy, Co. Cork

 

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland is a limited company registered in Dublin, Ireland with registered offices at 80 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4. Company Registration Number 296573.  Charity Number 5365.

Mary Sheahan-Lonergan PRO    

087-6682834