Enjoy “A Summer’s Evening on the Quad” with Peter Corry and Cara O’Sullivan In aid of The Hope Foundation and Bee for Battens
Friday 10th June – UCC Main Quad
UCC Security and Community Policing, Barrack Street are delighted to once again present their annual charity conce
rt, “A Summer’s Evening on the Quad”, which this year, raises funds for The Hope Foundation and Bee for Batte
ns. This intimate concert, now in its 6th year takes place on Friday 10th June in UCC.
The spectacular surroundings of UCC’s Main Quad provide the perfect setting for this very special, outdoor, all-seated concert, which boasts an exciting line-up of performers including Ireland’s Premier Operatic Soprano, Cara O’Sullivan and Peter Corry, along with The Band of the Garda Siochána and musical director David Munro. This year’s concert is kindly sponsored by Bam Contractors, Heineken Ireland and media partner the Evening Echo.
The Hope Foundation is one of the beneficiaries of this year’s event, and funds raised will go towards helping the slum children of Calcutta, improving their quality of life, and giving them a brighter future. Currently funding over 60 projects, HOPE reaches out to the most forgotten; offering protection, healthcare, nutrition, education, rehabilitation and a family for life; and to date has reached out to almost 25,000 children through education alone and hundreds of thousands more through primary healthcare, in partnership with Irish Aid.
The other beneficiary is Bee for Battens, a newly founded charity which supports children affected with Batten’s Disease and funds research, whilst also promoting the participation of other Irish children in medical treatment trials. Tony and Mary Heffernan have been fundraising and raising awareness of their plight with Battens Disease following an emotional appearance on The Late Late Show in March 2010. They founded the All Ireland Battens Disease Charity in March 2010 after their daughter Saoirse (aged 4) and their son Liam (aged 2) where both diagnosed with this terminal disease.
Saoirse passed away at age 5 in the arms of her parents on January 18th 2011 from Battens. Liam has under gone potential life saving brain surgery in recent weeks, he is the world’s youngest candidate to partake in the treatment trail and it is hoped that this will give him a chance at life and pave the way for other children with this devastating disease.
Tickets are just €30 for this very special evening and are available now from The Hope Foundation on (021) 4292990 or office@hopefoundation.ie, Bee for Battens on (083) 0044444 or buzz@beeforbattens.org, UCC Visitor Centre on (021) 4901876, or Pro Musica on (021) 4271659.
