A fundraising walk will take place at Inch Wildfowl Reserve, Burt, this Thursday morning to raise money for three organisations who came to the aid of a local family in their hour of need.
Letterkenny Children’s Ward, Temple Street Children’s Hospital and Hugh’s House were saviours for the Devenney family from Newtown when their newborn son James contracted meningitis and sepsis at only 18 days old in September.
Baby James was treated in Newtown and Letterkenny before he was rushed to Dublin, where he fortunately made a recovery after three weeks of antibiotics.
Parents Gareth and Ciara were so thankful for the care and assistance that they received that they wanted to give back to the hospitals and Hugh’s House family accommodation charity this Christmas.
“We want to hold this walk and raise much needed funds for these three amazing organisations that certainly saved our sons life. We would also like to thank everyone for all their thoughts and prayers that really helped us through this tough journey,” they said.
The walk will take place at Inch Wildfowl Reserve, Burt on Thursday, December 26, at 11.30am starting at the Pumphouse Car-park.
“Let’s make this a great fun morning between family and friends and support these amazing charities,” said Gareth and Ciara.
All are welcome to join, and if you want to support the fund please visit the GoFundMe page at: www.gofundme.com/f/james-boxing-day-walk
