Coiscéim Eile Lokomat Appeal

Joan Ryan was partially blinded in a car crash and her daughter Adele was paralysed from the chest down.That was six years ago and Adele is now 12 years old. They've moved on, and they live with their injuries. They're good people, from a good, solid, rural community that doesn't lie down under adversity, but looks to the future.

The sort of strong community and family, in other words, that set up a charity like Coiscéim Eile to help people recover from their traumatic injuries.

The Lokomat machine is a device that helps people with partial paralysis and many other debilitating disorders, and while it won't give Adele back the power to walk, it provides her with the exercise she needs. Apart from Adele, this machine has helped many local people to walk properly again after serious accidents and also helps to keep people's organs working even if they can't learn to walk again.It's available six days a week in Patrickswell and it does the work of five physiotherapists.

It costs a fortune and the charity needs to collect €150,000 before November to keep it in place.

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Bruff Rugby Club is on the case, and has organised a range of fundraising events, like this:

But they don't expect you to pull a jeep or even do a bungee jump.

All they want you to do is enjoy an evening of music and insane humour with Jon Kenny and friends, and maybe join in the auction of sports memorabilia. You never know what you might manage to grab.

Here's what you can do:

• Buy a ticket at €15 for the show on the 7th August, turn up and have a great night.
• Donate some decent sports memorabilia for the auction.
• Donate a few euros to the fund. They're not asking a lot: even a €5 donation (the price of a pint or ten cigarettes) will go a long way. Please leave your name and address, and other necessary details in the €œAdd instructions to Seller box in Paypal to get a receipt. It's safe and secure. You can use either your own Paypal account or just a credit card to donate and nobody will see any of your financial information.

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