Offaly Hospice calendar dedicated to volunteers
The 5th edition of the Offaly Hospice calendar is now on sale and the 2024 calendar is dedicated to the numerous volunteers, donors, and friends who support Offaly Hospice.
The calendar was launched by Hospice patron and RTE star, Claire Byrne, alongside Professor Humphrey O'Connor, Chair of the Offaly Hospice Foundation. In paying tribute to its volunteers, the charity said the most important resource any charity is its people and Offaly Hospice could not exist or function without volunteers who give so freely of their time and energy. The collage of photographs in the calendar demonstrates the remarkable range of activities and events that volunteers have used to raise funds for Offaly Hospice. In partnership with the HSE, the funds raised by volunteers are directly used locally to help care for patients and families enduring the trauma of life-limiting illness. The ultimate aim of all our work undertaken by Offaly Hospice is to ensure patients receive excellent care appropriate for their needs at any point on their difficult journey.
Apart from fundraising, the work of volunteers also has other significant benefits, perhaps less well recognised. More than any other branch of medicine, the delivery of effective Palliative Care depends on consistent community support, local leadership, and close collaboration between Hospice Groups and the HSE who share a vision of how best to look after patients and their families. It is so important for people in the Midlands to feel ownership and pride in their local Palliative Care service. The work and enormous contribution from volunteers is the way to achieve that.
Offaly Hospice would like to extend a sincere thank you to Michael Carroll, their ace calendar volunteer without whom their would be no calendar. They also paid tribute to Claire Byrne, their excellent patron who makes the launch of the calendar that bit special.
Offaly Hospice c Calendars are €5 each for A4 size full colour and are available to buy from Offaly Hospice Charity Shop along with various other outlets.