Your support is greatly needed. A friend of mine, Pádraig Schaler, was badly injured last summer while cycling to work in America on a J1 visa, and has remained in a coma since. After receiving an operation in Boston, he came home and spent a number of months in Beaumont Hospital. It...
A chairde,
Your support is greatly needed. A friend of mine, Pádraig Schaler, was badly injured last summer while cycling to work in America on a J1 visa, and has remained in a coma since. After receiving an operation in Boston, he came home and spent a number of months in Beaumont Hospital. It soon became clear, however, that Ireland did not have the resources necessary to care for someone in his condition, so he has since been moved to Hamburg where the quality of his care is much higher and more satisfactory. Pádraig is an incredibly brave and strong man and bit by bit, he is getting better. However, his family have been placed under a huge burden financially.
So a group of Pádraig's friends have decided to undertake a challenge this April the 13th - to swim off every coastal county in Ireland(17 counties) in total over the course of two day period. It will be a challenge but nothing compared to the challenge Pádraig and his family are going through at the minute. I would really appreciate any support you can give to the cause. It would mean so much to so many. All the money raised will go directly to the Caring for Padraig fund, administered by a Committee independent of the family.
You can find out more about Pádraig story here: http://caringforpadraig.org/ or on his father's blog: http://hospi-tales.com/
Snámh Phádraig/ Swim for Pádraig For Caring for Padraig
Words of support
G'wan ya good thing.
Good luck xxx
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Donation summary
Total raised:
€375
Offline donations
€50
Online donations
€325
About the Cause
Caring for Padraig
Padraig Schaler, a 2013 TCD graduate from Glasnevin, Dublin, acquired a very severe brain injury when he was hit by a van on 27 June 2013 as he cycled to work on Cape Cod. Nobody was ever prosecuted.
He is now living with his family in Dublin. He requires 24-hour care and is fully dependent.
All proceeds go to the Caring for Padraig fund, administered by a Committee independent of the family.