Donegal Daily
  • News
  • Sport
  • Courts
  • Jobs
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Politics
  • Features
  • Donegal County Council News
Saturday 17°CSunday 18°C

Donegal Daily Donegal Daily

sponsor banner
sponsor banner
  • News
  • Sport
  • Courts
  • Jobs
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Politics
  • Features
  • Donegal County Council News
News

Multiple Sclerosis Readathon rings in a new era for young readers

written by Stephen Maguire August 17, 2018
FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint

As the MS Readathon enters a new era with the 31st annual campaign approaching, Multiple Sclerosis Ireland is thanking the young readers in County Donegal who took part last year in the sponsored reading initiative to raise funds for vital services supporting people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Young readers in County Donegal joined almost 10,000 students across Ireland in the MS Readathon.

The 31st MS Readathon 2018 will open for sign up in September, ahead of the reading month which will run from October 12th until November 12th 2018.

Please visit www.msreadathon.ie to find out more. MS Ireland encourages schools and individual readers at home to sign up and make this new era in MS Readathon another great success.

Ava Battles, Chief Executive of MS Ireland, expressed gratitude on behalf of the MS community, for the efforts of young readers in County Donegal, commenting: “The MS Readathon has now reached its 31st year marking a new era for the sponsored reading initiative.

This is supported by students, teachers and families locally as well as our libraries and bookshops. The 31st MS Readathon will again encourage children to read while also raising vital funds to help people living with Multiple Sclerosis and their families.”

Ireland’s authors and illustrators are great supporters of the MS Readathon each year. They include Sarah Webb, Cecelia Ahern, Oisin McGann, PJ Lynch, Nicola Pierce, Judi Curtin, Alan Early, Matt Griffin, Sheila O’Flanagan, Claudia Carroll, Marisa Mackle, and Pauline McLynn. They will share their advice on reading during the campaign.

MS Readathon’s story began in 1988 when the well-loved children’s author Roald Dahl launched the first ever campaign.

More than 9,000 people are living with MS in Ireland, with thousands more family members affected. Multiple Sclerosis, meaning ‘many scars’, is the most common neurological disease of young adults in Ireland.

MS affects the motor, sensory and cognitive functioning of the body and is usually diagnosed between 20 and 40 years of age. There is currently no known cause or cure for the condition. MS symptoms include impaired mobility and vision, severe fatigue and cognitive difficulties. Three times more women than men are diagnosed with MS.

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland is the only national services, information and advocacy organisation supporting people with MS and their families. Funds raised by young readers around the country directly support vital services, for example the MS Ireland Information Line, enabling one-to-one support for those newly diagnosed, physiotherapy and exercise classes to help people with MS remain independent, and respite care.

To increase awareness about Multiple Sclerosis for young readers, MS schools ambassadors, people living with MS visit their local schools and talk about the complexity of the condition and the nature of relapses, or attacks when MS symptoms flare up.

Young readers can get their reading lists ready by checking the 2018 lists on www.msreadathon.ie featuring great books for kids from the new to the classics.

Multiple Sclerosis Readathon rings in a new era for young readers was last modified: August 17th, 2018 by Stephen Maguire
FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint

Tags:
multiple sclerosisnews
Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

LEAVE A COMMENT

You may also like

Fantastic €10,000 total announced from fundraiser in...

35 minutes ago

ERNACT secures €4.65 million in funding for...

40 minutes ago

Dance the summer away as the Abbey...

3 hours ago

Donegal Dublin Network and Letterkenny Chamber form...

3 hours ago

Donegal director bringing filmmaking expertise to workshop...

14 hours ago

Exciting times as Mount Errigal Hotel begins...

15 hours ago

Watch: Stunning Arranmore Blueway videos entice explorers...

18 hours ago

World News: At least 29 injured in...

19 hours ago

Tragic Ella and Natalie’s former school pays...

19 hours ago

Donegal priest faces seven more child sex...

20 hours ago
Advertisement
Advertisement

Donegal County Council

Facebook
Donegal County Council
Advertisement
Advertisement
Donegal Daily Jobs

Read More

  • News
  • Sport
  • Courts
  • Jobs
  • Sales & Services
  • Obituaries
  • Features
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Council News

Information

  • Contact Us
  • About
  • Advertise WIth Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Terms & Conditions

Our Sites

Donegal Woman
Donegal Woman
Donegal Daily

© 2025 Donegal Daily. All rights reserved.
Website by owenod


Back To Top.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.