Kelly’s Toyota and Letterkenny Rugby Club teamed up last Saturday to push a brand new Toyota Yaris from Kelly’s Toyota showroom in Mountcharles to Letterkenny Rugby Club’s Dave Gallaher Park.
This was the second year that this was done and with the support of Brendan Kelly from Kelly’s Toyota, they did it again this year.
[adrotate group=”51″]Some months ago the captain of the Letterkenny firsts, Terence Gallagher decided he would like to do a charity event at the end of the season.
He contacted Denise Nolan, the fund raising executive from the Jack & Jill Foundation and asked could the Letterkenny Rugby Club partner with the Jack & Jill Foundation and she was delighted to agree.
Denise told Terence that their charity have currently seven families in Donegal under their wing at the moment and those families would be so appreciative of the club’s support. They provided TShirts, Baloons, Posters and everything needed for the event.
[adrotate group=”67″]The day started off at Kelly’s Toyota Mountcharles where the lads were fuelled with a hearty breakfast by the team at Kelly’s which gave them the strength to start the push, firstly onto Donegal Town, where they were met and greeted by everyone who was out and about in the Diamond.
They pushed, stopping off for another refuel at Biddy’s O’Barnes, headed straight for Ballybofey and Stranorlar where they were welcomed and supported. Onto Letterkeny and when they got to the top of Lurgybrack, it was downhill and straight to the finish line, but that was not before they pushed the Toyota Yaris through Letterkenny Town.
[adrotate group=”63″]Commenting on the push itself, Terence Gallagher commented: “ We were absolutely delighted with the support that the public along the way gave us, they supported our charity event, they encouraged us and we are just delighted that we did it”.
“I would personally like to thank Brendan Kelly & his team at Kelly’s Toyota, Mountcharles and Letterkenny, without whom this event could not have been possible. Brendan has been just a fantastic support to the club for many years and nothing is a bother when events like this are put forward.
“I would like to thank the lads who took part on the day along with myself, Chris Digimis, Shaun Mc Gill, Mark Quigley, Collie Farrell (Coach), Conor and Dermot Dunleavy, Caoimhín Mac Lochlainn, Keelan Kreel, Ronan O Donnell, Micheal Moran, Ciaran and Ciaran O’Dowd, Martin and Ryan Mortimer, Sean Morris, Paul Madigan, Micheal Carr and Stephen Devine.
[adrotate group=”46″]“They were all fantastic. I would like to thank McGettigan Coaches who drive our lads to Mountcharles and stayed with us until we got back to the clubhouse, giving us support along the way.
“I would like to thank Letterkenny Rugby Club for their support and to Denise Nolan, the fund raising executive from the Jack & Jill Foundation for partnering with our club for this event. I would also like to thank Grace Ann McGarvey, with her help in promoting the event and getting awareness for our charities.
“To know that seven families in our county will benefit somewhat from this event, makes it all worthwhile.” Thanks to everyone for your support.”
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