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Shear delight as Star Wars comes
to Burt
25.05.15
A campaign to increase
awareness of childhood cancer will get some
impressive help in Donegal next weekend, when the
magnificent Emerald Garrison visit the All Ireland
and International Sheep Shearing Championships in
Burt on May 31.
Ireland's largest independent Star Wars costuming
club has just announced a charity partnership with
Childhood Cancer Foundation and have attended a
number of their events in 2014. |
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Emerald Garrison members pictured
with some children from the Childhood Cancer
Foundation at the recent launch of their charity
partnership. |
The famed Star Wars
costuming club - that brings together enthusiasts
from all over the world - visited the county during
an Easter 'eggstravaganza' in Oakfield Park last
year.
“We are thrilled that Emerald Garrison are coming
along to the Sheep Shearing Championships where we
are hosting an awareness stand over the weekend.
They were really a storm-trooping success when they
came to Raphoe and we are certain that they will
create a massive buzz in Burt as well,” said
Childhood Cancer Foundation spokeswoman Maura Toner.
Maura, who lives on Inch Island and whose eight-year
old daughter Emer is in remission from stage 4
neuroblastoma, added that while the visit of the
Star Wars characters will add to the interest, the
main focus for Childhood Cancer Foundation over the
weekend is to raise awareness about childhood cancer
at their stand.
Maura explained that childhood cancer is very
different to adult cancer and is often
faster-spreading, requiring aggressive treatments
that can have a devastating effect on young bodies.
“Radiation and chemotherapy can cause life-long
issues ranging from cognitive deficits that require
special assistance at school to cardiac damage that
requires lifelong monitoring," she added.
More than 200 children are diagnosed with cancer
each year in Ireland and it is the biggest cause of
death by disease in Irish children. |
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