Muslim Women Together – Annual Charity Food Festival 2025 – fundraising for the Liver Unit

“Muslim Women Together” is a local community group in Castleknock involved in community work towards positive integration into Irish society. For the past 19 years, the group has fundraised for various charities including St Francis Hospice, The Alzheimer’s Society, Merchants Quay Ireland, Dublin Simon Community, Our Lady’s Children Hospital.

In memory of a dear friend Dr Mohamed Hilal, who passed away in December 2024, they held their annual Charity Food Festival in February this year with all proceeds going to the Liver Unit here in St. Vincent’s. They raised a fantastic sum of €6,000 for the Liver Unit in his memory.

We are most grateful to organiser Doaa Morsy and her friends who made the Food Festival such a success and to all who supported this wonderful fundraising event.

Doaa and some of her group recently called into St. Vincent’s to present the fundraising proceeds.

Sunflower Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis Unit 

Our great friends Philip Dunne and Elaine Timmins presented St. Vincent’s Foundation with a blooming fantastic €12,121.30 as funds raised from their Sunflower selling days.

This is the third year of their special event and proved to be the biggest and best yet with an acre of flowers enjoyed by all, along with family games, refreshments and ice creams all organised by Philip and Elaine. We are so grateful for the incredible work that has, once again, gone into the event and to everyone that attended and so generously donated and supported it.

The funds will be used in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at St. Vincent’s University Hospital which has now received over €30,000 from Philip and Elaine.

Our picture shows Elaine and Philip with the cheque, along with Helen McVeigh from St. Vincent’s Foundation and colleagues from the C.F. Unit, Mary Clarke, Clodagh Landers, Catherine O’ Grady, Dr Suzanne Carter, Clare Reilly, Grace Miller, Jo Doyle & Mel Shanley.   

Thank you for bringing your sunshine to us all Philip and Elaine!

Climbs4Kevin and In Memory donations and fundraising in memory of Kevin Coleman RIP for Sarcoma Research & Awareness

We report on the response of an amazing family to the tragic death of a much loved man. Sadly, in July 2022, aged 29, Kevin Coleman was diagnosed with Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. He underwent radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy in subsequent months, in St. Vincent’s. Unfortunately, the cancer spread and Kevin passed away 12 months after his diagnosis, on 14th July 2023, just over a week after his 30th birthday and 24 hours after his wedding to Megan Conlon, his long-term partner.

The incredible response of the family was to put their energy to making a difference to other people who encounter this terrible situation. They requested donations in lieu of flowers at Kevin’s funeral to which there was an unprecedented response. Their local GAA Club nominated the Kevin Coleman fundraising to benefit from their 2023 event of their annual “Riverstown Road to Sam”. A series of GAA competitions, table quizzes, and auctions together raised €3,350 for this great cause.  In total these activities raised the outstanding sum of €10,269 for Sarcoma Research & Awareness but the best was yet to come!

Hiking and climbing and other outdoor activities played an important part in Kevin’s life. He took on one of the biggest peaks in 2011, completing Kilimanjaro for charity aged just 18. Motivated by this background Kevin’s family and supporters established the Climbs4Kevin Challenge. Over two days – 12th & 13th July 2024 his family members and friends climbed a peak in each of the four Irish Provinces.

This gruelling challenge raised an unbelievable total of €72,600. This means that all these endeavours together contributed almost €83,000 to Sarcoma Research & Awareness.