Corinthians do their bit for two local charities
What started as a small fundraiser for Galway RNLI and Cancer Care West has grown into something bigger as the players and members of Galway Corinthians RFC have raised more than €8,500 to date for both organisations through two fundraising efforts.
The first of the two fundraisers featured the senior players in the club with Jack Noone and Kenneth Casburn behind the organisation of a ‘Movember’ event where players, management and committee members grew facial hair of some kind or other for the month of November.
The second featured the artistic talent of club president, Kieran Faherty, who provided one of his paintings, Brewing Up A Storm, a ‘Stunning’ view of Galway Bay that has proved very popular this Christmas with prints and cards selling out incredibly quickly.
Casburn, senior team manager, explained how the idea for Movember came about.
“After the first lock down, we started getting back into training with the focus of the games ahead. Unfortunately, there was uncertainty of the structure of the season and whether matches would proceed or not so we focused on the now and tried to lift the mood in the squad.
“I came up with the idea of doing Movember and I spoke with JP Cooney, Michael Harding and Simon Gillespie [senior team coaches], and Aaron Broderick [first team captain], and I mentioned it to them about the lads getting behind the idea and raise money for Galway RNLI and Cancer Care West.
“Galway RNLI have been rescuing people throughout the year in all weathers and the successful rescue operation of the two girls during the summer off Galway Bay lifted the spirits of people of people not only in Galway but worldwide during what has been a tough time for everyone.
For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.
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