THE OFFALY CAMINO CANAL WAY WALK 2025 on Saturday the 1st of February St. Brigid's Day

Name: THE OFFALY CAMINO CANAL WAY WALK 2025 on Saturday the 1st of February St. Brigid's Day
Start: 2025-02-01T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-01T15:30:00+00:00
Location: Grand Canal Court, Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland

Schedule

Sat Feb 01 2025 at 09:00 am to 03:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Grand Canal Court, Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland | Offaly, EM

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE ANNUAL OFFALY CAMINO CANAL WAY 2025 CHARITY WALK THIS ST.BRIGID'S DAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND ON SATURDAY THE 1st OF FEBRUARY 2025 AND HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR A SELF HELP AFRICA LIVELIHOOD AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME IN BARINGO IN KENYA - Register here
https://selfhelpafrica.org/ie/offaly-camino-canal-way-walk/
The countdown is well and truly on for the annual Offaly Camino Canal Way Charity Walk in aid of Self Help Africa. The organisers are hoping for a massive response to the event this coming year February 2025 as they celebrate their 8th Annual Offaly Camino Canal Way Charity Walk which starts at the Fiona Pender Memorial along the Tullamore Canal Way at 9am on St. BRIGID's Day BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND ON SATURDAY THE 1st OF FEBRUARY 2025 for the Irish Charity Self Help Africa and we have plenty of sponsorship cards to give out to anybody who would like to join in and walk a few miles for charity on Saturday the 1st of February along the Canal way from Tullamore to the famous Croghan Hill. If you require a sponsorship card please do get in contact with me at [email protected]. Or to register or set up a fundraising page for the event go to https://www.idonate.ie/event/offalycaminocanalwaywalk2025 or further information at https://selfhelpafrica.org/ie/offaly-camino-canal-way-walk/

Also donations on the day of the event will be gratefully received and will go directly to the charity. Food and beverages will be supplied throughout the walk and we thank local sponsors for this. ALSO after the walk there will be a special Mass at 2.30pm on Croghan Hill with Fr. Greg and the local Croghan St. Brigids Choir for everyone and anyone and a BBQ and tea/coffee for all walkers. It is advised to pack a change of clothes which can be transported to Croghan hill for you. On Saturday the 1st of February 2025 we would like you to join us with our Fundraiser walk along the Grand Canal from Tullamore to Croghan Hill.

The walk begins at 9am sharp in the morning at the Fiona Pender Way memorial in Tullamore on Saturday the 1st of February. As we take our voyage along the Canal there will be water/snack stops and toilet breaks at Ballycommon and Daingean and people can join us at any point along the way as we make our way to Croghan Hill for mass at 2.30pm. This walk will incorporate a spiritual journey for many as it is in conjunction with the Camino way (The Way of Saint James), our Canal Way walk is the way of St. Brigid. We plan to be back in Croghan Hill for 2.30pm for mass and after mass where walkers will receive complimentary mid day BBQ refreshments .

All donations on the day of the event will be gratefully received and will go directly to the charity and this year we are collecting funds for a specific Livelihoods and food security project in Baringo in Kenya. Self Help Africa is dedicated to ending hunger and poverty in rural Africa especially in East Africa in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda where some 26 million people are hungry and thirsty at this time and where someone is dying every 48 seconds. In Africa some 250 million people, farmers and their families, suffer hunger and malnutrition, struggling in extreme rural poverty without enough food; left behind by rising economic growth. Self Help Africa is a leading international development charity with an expertise in small-scale farming and growing family-farm businesses and has many Agri-Finance programmes and responds to emergency situations within the 14 countries they work in Africa. We are motivated by injustice, by our expertise in small-scale agriculture, family-farm business and agri-business, and the opportunity we have to help small farmers change the lives of their families. Self Help Africa is also the charity of the Irish Farmers Association.
Also you can donate online at various facebook/social media fundraising pages set up by the participants taking part that has been set up with the online donation going to the charity. We would encourage everyone and anyone to take part, enjoy the beauty of nature, take in some exercise and do something very worthwhile for charity and also enjoy yourself in the company of your family, friends and other participants as you walk along the scenic Canal to Croghan Hill. If you would like to participate or join us and others in walking any distance over our Canal Way Charity Camino Walk on St. Brigid's Bank Holiday weekend on Saturday the 1st of February morning 2025 please feel free to join us either in person or maybe you might want to do it virtually from the area of where you live. Either way we would love you to join us and support in any way a very worthy Irish Charity – Self Help Africa see www.selfhelpafrica.org

If you would like to be part of this special event or to make a donation towards the charity or to sponsor a participant for such a special charity cause please contact Laz Molloy on 0866778807 or Aislinn Molloy 0870688530 or Ricey Scully 086 8153047 or Paul Galvin 087 8375407 or Nora Kavanagh on 087 9945964 or Siobhan Dunne Kelly at 087 8557796 Mark Plunkett on 083 0459377 or Dave Kavanagh on 083 3720950 or Vanessa Shortall on 087 7936794 or Tracey Dooley on 087 9557160 to receive your sponsorship card or to make a donation to find out further information about this event.
Also if any company or business or individual wants to offer sponsorship we are looking for people or companies to sponsor one of the KM’s of the 20Km walk and we will dedicate that KM to the sponsor with signage and info about them. The walk will maintain a pace which is suitable to people of all levels of fitness. Also if anyone would like to sponsor a kilometre of the 20Km walk we will be more than welcome. Please see details about the Offaly Camino Canal Way Walk Challenge 2025 and further details about the charities work on www.selfhelpafrica.org
You can also contact Ronan Scully on (087) 6189094, visit https://selfhelpafrica.org/ie/offaly-camino-canal-way-walk/ or email [email protected]