The 54321 Challenge
Teams of 5 People over 4 Days doing 3 Cycles and 2 Mountains for 1 Cause
This year saw the 54321 Challenge enter its 7th year and took place between Thursday August 22nd and Sunday August 25th.
We had eight teams of five people to take part in this epic challenge to raise much needed money to support three very deserving Kerry charities; The Kerry Hospice, The Skellig Stars & Dingle Cliff and Coast Rescue.
We will be presenting a cheque for the total amount raised to the 3 chosen charities on Saturday 2nd November at the Victoria House Hotel at 8pm.
Last year the challenge raised €42,456 for The Skellig Stars (children and adult athletes with special needs), Sera Husky (Animal Rescue) and GROW (World Community Mental Health Movement in Ireland), and in the 7 years of running we have raised over €140,000 to date for various Kerry charities.
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Volunteer Ireland Awards Spotlight: Frank Heidtke
Frank Heidtke has given 30 years of total dedication to the Dingle Coast Guard Unit as Team Leader. He has not only responded to people in distress at sea, on the cliff and on mountains, but dedicates his time to his team training and duties as Officer in Charge.
He has inspired people to join the Dingle Coast Guard service and has improved the capabilities of the team. He was instrumental in initiating an extension to the original small building and making the Coast Guard building what it is today.
Read his story: www.volunteer.ie/events/vi-awards/safety-emergency-services-2019/
Great to be able to raise funds for this great charity that means some much to so many people! Thanks for all your support before, during and after the event!
#54321challenge2019 #kerryhospicefoundation
Congratulations to you all... Amazing stuff !
Well done to all involved. Well done Tj T.J O Connor
Well done guys !! And galls 😊😊😊
More press coverage - this time in The Kerryman and Kerry's Eye newspapers - of our Cheque Presentation night in Killarney last Saturday to our 3 nominated charities - Skellig Stars, Kerry Hospice Foundation and the Dingle Coast and Cliff Rescue Service. This year our participants raised a massive €72506 for these 3 great Kerry charities. A big thank you to all involved in such a successful event, and we look forward now to the 54321 Challenge 2020!
#54321challenge2019 #skelligstarsky #kerryhospicefoundation #dinglecoastandcliffrescueservice #kerrycharities #54321challenge2020
Fantastic, well done to everyone involved 👍🏼💓
Great achievement, Well done to all involved 👍🏽
Another great article in the Killarney Advertiser magazine this week of our recent cheque presentation night to our 3 nominated charities, who will receive a massive €72556 raised by this year's Challenge participants. The presentation night took place last Saturday evening in the Victoria House Hotel in Killarney.
We'd like to thank all the participants, volunteers and anyone who helped out in any way for this year's most successful event to date.
If you would like to be part of next year's 54321 Challenge 2020, watch this space for announcements.
#54321challenge2019 #skelligstarsky #kerryhospicefoundation #dinglecoastandcliffrescueservice #kerrycharities #54321challenge2020
A nice write up in the West Kerry Live. magazine this week of our recent cheque presentation night to our 3 nominated charities, which took place last Saturday evening in the Victoria House Hotel in Killarney. This year our participants raised a massive €72556!
Thanks to all the participants, organisers and anyone who helped out in any way for this year's most successful event to date.
If you would like to be part of next year's 54321 Challenge 2020, watch this space for announcements.
#54321challenge2019 #skelligstarsky #kerryhospicefoundation #dinglecoastandcliffrescueservice #kerrycharities #54321challenge2020
Today we headed to RTE Studios to meet up with our very Obliging Patron Katie Hannon and the lovley Miriam O Callaghan .
They officially launched our virtual Tree which is now officially live on line .
You can now get your "light To Remember" light for some one special and leave a tribute in the live tribute book .
The lights will be availble until the end of december .
All can be got on line but we also hope to have a few days of where we will sell them around the county .
Click in to the link below.
lighttoremember.com/
