Laois hurler urges people to go Up The Hill for Jack and Jill this summer

Laois hurler and member of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA), Ross King wants people to become charitable All-Stars for a great local cause this summer and go Up the Hill for Jack and Jill.

Going Up the Hill for Jack and Jill is easy! Simply identify a local hill or mountain to suit your fitness and ability, and invite your family, friends, neighbours, or colleagues to join in the fun. Each €18 registration fee (per adult participating) will help fund one hour of in-home nursing care and end-of-life support for children with highly complex and life-limiting medical conditions, up to the age of six years.

There are families in communities across the country being cared for right now by the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation, including nine families in Laois. In fact, a total of 48 families have been supported by Jack and Jill in Laois since the charity’s foundation in 1997.

2023 will be the ninth annual Up the Hill for Jack and Jill, kindly supported this year by the global healthcare company, Abbott. Organisers are hoping to raise over €75,000 for Jack and Jill’s vital services – equivalent to 4,167 hours of in-home nursing care and respite support – which is a lifeline for over 400 families currently availing of the service across the country.

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For Laois hurler and GPA member, Ross King, every game is an endurance test. But the endurance capacity of Jack and Jill families in supporting their children day in, day out, is next-level:

"Jack and Jill is a gift of time for so many families who face very tough challenges in their home life. These families have a massive amount of resilience, but they need, and deserve, a break to enable them to recharge and face the next challenge. As a proud member of the Gaelic Players Association, I’m inviting our wonderful community of players and supporters to go Up the Hill with Jack and Jill, and the GPA, this summer, as we support these inspiring families who just need a helping hand every once in a while, from their Jack and Jill nurse."

For more information or to register for Up the Hill for Jack and Jill 2023, visit www.jackandjill.ie, email info@jackandjill.ie or call 045 894538.