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Sunday June 16th in Tralee: concert in St. John’s ParishA Choir Concert in Tralee – come to listen to beautiful music and the finest voices of Ireland! St. John’s Churh Choir, Kerry Chamber Choir, Kerry School of Music Orchestra, with special solo performances.
A truly unforgettable evening – all proceeds in favour of Lebanon Trust’s charitable projects. Tickets EUR 10, at the door on the night.
In the two years since my last 3 Peaks challenge much as changed, and not for the better.. including the hardship endured every day by innocent children supported by Lebanon Trust. Their need is still great.
This fundraiser sees me traveling to Nepal for a personal challenge – To attempt to climb 3 mountains close to or over 6,000 metres – Lobouche East, Pokalde and Island Peak. All classic mountains in the Khumbu region.
I will be doing the trip with the memory of some very special people in my heart, including my wonderful brother Gary, who died from Covid, and a beautiful young person, Sailor Court who died far too young. Both within days of each other in September 2021.
In their memory, I will have their names on prayer flags that I will leave at the highest points on the 3 mountains..
If you leave a donation, please let me know if you would like a loved one’s name included on the prayer flags, so that I may pay respect to your memory of them, along side my own loved one’s, especially Gary and Sailor.
Thank you so much. Wish me luck.
Kevin
You can donate directly to Lebanon Trust, or through Kevin’s JustGiving page.
Confirmed!
Don’t miss this event !!!!
On Saturday, Nov 21, 2021, at /.70 pm, at St. John’s Parish RC Church in Tralee, a great Choir Concert will take place, featuring:
St. John’s Church Choir
Siamsa Tire Choir
Kerry Chamber Choir with the KSM Orchestra
and special solo performances
All invited. Tickets on sale at the door – all proceeds in favour of our projects for Lebanon.
Thank you to all the singers and organisers!
Fantastic news: thanks to our loyal friend Mick Halpin, Amazon will donate USD 5000 towards Lebanon Trust’s charitable projects! This has been a difficult year for everyone, in Lebanon and everywhere else, but it is so comforting to see that our friends are there in the hour of need.
Thank you Amazon and Mick for your amazing generosity!
Despite the rain, on Saturday Sep 5th a great bunch of people who live on St Peter’s Cresent and in the surrounding area came out to enjoy a night of open-air Bingo and to support Lebanon Trust’s projects in favour of the children’s institutions that we support.
It was a brilliant night, with friends and supporters clad in their rain gear, standing in doorways or sitting in car booths, raising a total of EUR 941! EUR 170 went towards the Bingo prizes and the hiring of a sound system, leaving a whopping total of EUR 771 for Lebanon.
Paul Horace, the organiser and Lebanon Trust’s Treasurer, would like to thank all those who helped and participated, and in particular Luke Creagh, Eileen Creagh, Amy Whelan, James Laughran, Rachael Dempsey.
Thank you friends!
Dear friends,
not that anyone ever doubted it – Kevin made it!! Here is his message:
The 3 peaks-3 crosses one day challenge was completed yesterday in tough conditions on each of the three mountains. Thanks to all who helped make the challenge possible, and thank you for all your generous donations that made this event a fundraiser rather than just a tough day in the mountains. Your money will make a direct difference for the better for the children in Lebanon supported by our Charity. Every day is a challenge for them, and you have all helped in a big way to help them.
Thank you so much..
Kevin
Kevin, the hero of the “3 peaks-3 crosses one day challenge” is raising funds for Lebanon Trust’s projects. Many friends have responded generously to this great initiative. We would like to express our immense gratitude to them: (in inverse chronological order)
the many, many “Anonymous” donors
Mark Drummond
Colin
Micheál
Leahy family
Kathleen Curtin
Kieran o Shea
Gerardine Cotter
Joanne
Susan McNamara
Stacey
The Halpin Family
Deirdre, Joe, Anton and Mary
Don and Siobhan
Una and Kieran
Kevin & Noreen
Uncles and auntie Mary
Stephen
Kayla and Amelia
Sharon O S
Christine, Nora & Danny
Nicola
Karen Condon
Dee, Tom H, Mike O’D, Sean, Joanne, Niamh, Shane, Adam, Chris, James, Donie, John, Michael H.
Anne and Jerry casey
Patrick Sullivan
Ken and Lisa
Joan & Peter
The luckiest son in the world
Mum
Ken and Liz
Mike Higgins
Bryan and Gráinne
Aidan and Sharon
Gary, Judy, Lauren and Kerri.
Pen and John
Monika and the kids.
Ryan Boyle
Grainne
Damien Ginty
Michele and Fergus
Tracy O Keeffe
Sandra and Sean O Keeffe
Peter White
Trevor Devereux
Marion O’Mahony
Andrea and the O’Donoghues
Gerardine Gardezi
Sam
David
Bernie
Dear friends,
not even a global pandemic can stop Kevin and his challenge (described here) – this daring adventure has just been delayed by a few weeks. It is now going to take place on Saturday July 25th, 2020.
We hope that many of you will support Kevin’s fundraising to help our projects, especially in this difficult time: Lebanon has been hit not only by the Coronavirus pandemic, but also by a terrible economic crisis which has seen its currency lose a staggering 60% of its value. Prices have become sky-high and a large part of the population cannot afford basic goods. Of course, the poor and the refugees – the most vulnerable – have been affected disproportionally hard.
You can donate on Kevin’s Just Giving page or directly here.
Many heartfelt thanks to Sam, Gerardine Gardezi, Andrea, Marion O’Mahony, Trevor Devereux, Peter White and the many anonymous friends who have donated generously so far! The world is wonderful because you are in it.
Thank you!
The Three Peaks Challenge – a message from KevinThere are three mountains in beautiful Kerry (Ireland) that have crosses at the top: Cnoc na Tober, Carrauntoohil and Mt. Brandon.
As a fundraising challenge for Lebanon Trust, our friend Kevin Boyle intends to climb to the summit of the three mountain crosses in the same day, Saturday 6th June 2020.
We all sincerely hope that this is a fundraising challenge that is worthy of your support, along with the charity that I hope to raise funds for – Lebanon Trust.
Kevin will have a small number of friends supporting him on the day, including KCC’s own Kenneth Leahy who will climb with him, and John Lynch who will provide logistical support. Kevin thanks them in advance for their time and effort, given freely.
This year Kevin will carry the Kerry flag with him to the top of the three mountains, and again when you make your donation/pledge, you will be able to nominate two names to be written on the flag, as a gesture of remembrance, spirituality and intentions for your nominated loved ones.
All the funds raised will go to Lebanon Trust’s charitable projects, to help those who can’t help themselves. We all hope you can support the effort.
Thank you in advance from Kevin and all the volunteers of Lebanon Trust.
This was our volunteer’s 12th consecutive visit to FAID, School for the Deaf, in Beirut.
We painted and renovated the Vocational Training room, where FAID’s children will be trained to become hairdressers; did many maintenance tasks at the school; cleaned up the garden and fixed and re-installed the clinic door.
At the end of our stay, we all shared chocolates & cheers with the all the children.
Thanks to our donors, we were able to help the school with
– USD 8000 for the speech therapy,
– USD 2000 for heating fuel
– and we financed the renovation work that we carried out
We look forward to next year’s visit!
Once again, a generous donation of USD 1500 will support Lebanon Trust’s charitable projects in favour of the disadvantaged and refugee children of Lebanon. Our deep gratitude and a special thought go to Kathleen and Mick Halpin for their friendship and constant help. We would lke to thank to all staff and members of the Foundation as well.
