Childcare Centre children raise money for Sarah Swaine Run

The children from the Kilcullen Community Childcare Centre recently undertook a sponsored walk to raise money for the upcoming Sarah Swaine Memorial Run, writes Brian Byrne.

Doing their walk five times around the soccer pitch end of the Kilcullen Community Centre campus, they raised a terrific total of €515. Some of them are pictured here handing over the cheque to Carrie Swayne and Gretta Swaine.

The children with the cheque are Fabia, Naoise and Alanna, and Gda Joanne O'Sullivan is included in the picture with the youngest 'walker', Mollie. A great achievement.

Sarah Swaine passed away at the age of 19 on 7 January 2016, following a long battle with cancer. Carrie is leading the Memorial 10K Run and 5K Family Walk project, on 7 January 2018, to aid the charity CanTeen Ireland.

CanTeen works with young people who have or have had cancer, which allows them to meet up in a relaxed and informal setting with other teenagers who are in the same situation as Sarah was.