Greenbarn set ‘Fair’ for cancer research fundraising day
By Christy Parker
The Emer Casey Foundation will hold a fundraising Christmas Fair at the Greenbarn Garden and Lifestyle Centre, Killeagh Road, this Saturday (Nov 22nd). Local artisans and crafts people will contribute to a day-long jamboree of flower arranging, cookery demonstrations, storytelling, Santa Clause, face painting and comedy, to name but some attractions.
The Casey Family
Greenbarn will “donate 10% of takings to the Foundation, while a raffle and voluntary donations will also seek to raise funds. All proceeds will go to DISCOVARY, a consortium directly engaged in research on the pathogenesis of ovarian/uterine cancer. This consortium is broad-based across several Irish colleges whose specialists work on individual yet linked projects, as well as linking their research with experts in the USA.
Youghal girl Emer succumbed to the disease in 2006, aged just 28. The solicitor with Dublin Dublin-based law firm, Matheson, Ormbsy, Prentice Solicitors, was known as a vivacious, caring girl who loved sport and travel. The youngest of five girls, she is survived by her sisters and parents, Brendan and Juliette.
Emer’s short life and tragic death continues to bequeath hope to others as her family and friends promote a Foundation that has contributed over €160,000 to cancer research since 2007. Most of the money has been raised through road an annual road race in Youghal, which is paralleled with similar events in New York and Melbourne. Other fundraisers include an Opera evening with Puccini in Edinburgh, the DSBA/SYS Legal Table Quiz in Dublin, an upcoming golf classic in Blarney and another classical concert in Edinburgh, with Soprano Lisa Milne.
2008 10k Emer Casey race
The Emer Casey Foundation has also agreed to fund two full-time post-graduate researchers for three years, based in TCD and UCD. They will focus their research on (a) protein signatures in early and recurrent ovarian cancer and (b) developing novel therapeutic approaches in cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer patients.
Amongst those adorning Saturday’s event will be entertaining landscape architect and horticulturist Andrew Cozzi, flower arrangers Anne Cooney and Kathleen McSweeney. Cooks Mary Kay Solomon of Sunflower Cookery, Mary Tattan of Ballycotton’s Spanish Point and Greenbarn’s own Margaret Browne, who can do just about anything. Local councilor Sammy Revins will transfer his roasting and toasting skills from the chamber to the centre to oversee a barbecue.
Schedule as follows: 11-11.45 am & 3.30-4.30pm: Christmas wreaths and flower arranging; 12.15-1.00pm & 2-3pm: seasonal food preparation; 1-2pm & 4-5pm: local choirs and music; 3-30pm: Comedy with Batchelors in Trouble.
Children’s special events: 11am-1pm & 2.30-3.30 pm: Santa’s Grotto; 11.30-12.30pm & 2.30 -3.30pm: story time.
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