PEOPLE in Limerick are asked to help Cystic Fibrosis Ireland (CFI) meet its fundraising target of €300,000 on its annual 65 Roses fundraising day.
CFI volunteers will be out in force selling purple roses at shopping centres across Limerick.
65 Roses Day takes place on April 12, and volunteers will be at Arthur’s Quay Shopping Centre, the Crescent Shopping Centre, and the Dunnes Stores outlets on Childers Road, Harvey’s Quay, the Jetland Shopping Centre, and Parkway Shopping Centre.
CFI are aiming to raise €300,000 to provide exercise equipment, counselling services, and grants for people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and their families.
Funds also go to support CF research and the building of new hospital facilities and the funding of specialist staff.
Ireland has the highest incidence of CF in the world, with over 1,400 people in Ireland currently living with the condition.
Amy Keller from Dooradoyle, whose niece Hazel was diagnosed with CF is encouraging the Treaty to get involved in the campaign.
“Hazel’s diagnosis came as a huge shock. We had no idea that CF was in our family. We learned a lot in the beginning, and we are learning every day since,” Amy said.
“But knowledge is power and the outlook is so different now from 20 years ago. Although there is still a lot of work to be done, who knows what the CF story will be a few years from now.”
65 Roses Day is named after the way young children pronounce ‘cystic fibrosis’, and will take place on April 12.
