HUNDREDS of hand-written tributes by friends and family will adorn the Milford Memorial Tree in the grounds of Milford Care Centre next month.
On Sunday May 20, the third Milford Hospice Memorial Walk will take place and will be followed by tribute ribbons in memory of deceased loved ones, being placed on the Memorial Tree by family members, friends or work colleagues.
Launched this week by Dave Mahedy, director of Sport and Recreation at University of Limerick, he expressed his delight in UL’s association with the event.
“I think this is a wonderful concept by Milford and I know it will be really well supported by people all over the region,” Mr Mahedy commented.
“UL Campus is the ideal location for the Memorial Walk and I can’t emphasise how essential the services that Milford provide are to the people of the Mid-West. We are very proud to have Milford Care Centre as our next-door neighbours.
“There isn’t a family within a 100 mile radius that hasn’t benefited from their services. They do an amazing job to meet the expanding needs of patients and their families.”
Chief Executive of Milford Care Centre, Pat Quinlian, said the people of the Mid-West have been fantastic supporters of Milford Hospice down through the years and expressed his gratitude to them for their wonderful generosity.
“In launching the Memorial Walk, which has become a popular fundraising activity, it really provides a focused opportunity for people to remember their loved ones. The funds raised from sponsorship activities play a vital role in helping us meet the growing demand for our services.
“We recently opened our new state of the art Specialist Palliative Care in Patient Unit with increased capacity ensuring that all of our service users will be given full respect and dignity at all times through the availability of all single rooms and additional family accommodation. For all of these reasons, more than ever we have and will very much continue to have a heavy reliance on voluntary fundraising,” Mr Quinlan added.
The Memorial event on May 20 begins at noon from a new location on the main plaza outside the UL library and there will be stewards to direct patrons to this new start area. The walk will wind its way through the university campus grounds before arriving at the Memorial Tree in Milford Hospice.
To register for the event log onto www.milfordcarecentre.ie.
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