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Friends of St. Ita's

The Friends of St. Ita’s Community Hospital group was established on 28th March 2003 and officially launched on 22nd April 2003 as a voluntary fundraising group with a membership of 20 people from West Limerick, the catchment area of St. Ita’s Community Hospital.

We're a Registered Charity (RCN: 20053659) with a longstanding proven track record of enhancing the lives of staff and residents at St. Ita's Community Hospital. You can learn more about our history here.

View of St. Ita's Community Hospital from Main Gortboy Road including sections of the Older Original Building and one of the newer contemporary buildings.
View of part of St. Ita's Community Hospital's beautiful Original Buildings

Mission Statement

The Friends of St. Ita’s Community Hospital group was formed with the following Mission in mind:-

To support Management and staff at St. Ita’s community Hospital in delivering an effective service to the community.
To raise funds for the provision of services, equipment and aids for the elderly residing in St. Ita’s Community Hospital.
The raise funds for the provision of social activities for the elderly. Being socially involved and active gives people a sense of belonging & benefits health.
To assist in every other way possible to continue to improve the present very high standard of care, comfort and well being of the patients in St. Ita’s Community Hospital.

Current and forthcoming activities

Mass Rockers Sponsored Cycle

As the dust settles after a fantastic weekend we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped us out to those who cooked and kept us fed, to everyone that helped setting up and called in to support us and create a fantastic atmosphere through Friday and Saturday at the enterprise centre, thanks to Mike Pierce and the Community Council for the use of the premises and to Johny Shanahan for power for the marquee.

Thank you to all the lads that jumped on the bike over the 24hrs - the efforts were immense. A massive thank you to everyone that has donated we have been blown away by the level of support we have received.

Thanks to Bru Columbanus & Friends of St Ita's Community Hospital for all the support and assistance given to us leading up to and during the weekend. There are so many more that I have not mentioned that deserve a huge thanks - we appreciate everything ye done for us over the weekend.

Our GoFundMe page will remain open for a few more days for anyone that still wants to donate and we will over the coming weeks organise a presentation night and announce the total amount raised.

Annual Church Gate Collections

Friends of St Ita's representatives will be rotating collections around the West Limerick catchment area in the coming weeks, so please look out for us at your local church. Your support is greatly appreciated and put to good use to directly improve facilities and services in St. Ita's community hospital.

Sponsored Walks

The committe organise one or two sponsored walks each year, a great opportunity for a social get together whilst enjoying a pleasant walk in the local area. Members of the public are invited to participate and meet members of our committe where you can hear more about our work.

Looking to organise your own sponsored event in order to raise funds for St. Ita's?

Contributions raised by individuals, groups or organisations play a key role in helping to raise funds and meet or exceed our targets and are hugely appreciated.

If you'd like to organise any such sponsored event, call or email us and we will assist you in any way we can. We can help to promote your event online or through social media to maximise awareness and help to facilitate some events using our people network where appropriate.

Where next?

See all our News Stories or learn more about our History

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