We love the Positively Newsworthy section of our magazine, in which we share the most happy news stories we can find, designed to make you smile. Enjoy the Spring 2021 edition of Positively Newsworthy below.
Fundraising
Relax, unwind, tune in at the Mind & Body Equinox Fundraiser at 56 Central.
A holistic health event will take place at 56 Central on Wednesday 21st September from 7pm to 10pm in aid of Alister Fund
The evening will offer an opportunity to learn about and experience reiki, reflexology, EFT, aroma touch, shiatsu, NLP, acupuncture, kinesiology, massage, cranio sacral therapy and life coaching or have your angel cards read on the night.
There will also be a full schedule of speakers giving talks and presentations on Health, Fitness, Well Being, Feng Shui, NLP and Mindset throughout the night.
Mini Sessions Available in Nutrition & Health, NLP & Life Coaching, EFT Practitioner, Shiatsu Massage, Cranio Sacral & Sound Healing, Reflexology, Angel Cards, Accupuncture Tarot Cards, Bio Energy, Indian Head Massage, African Bone Readings & Womb Blessing, Aroma Touch Hand Massage, Crystal Healing.
Admission is €25 which includes one mini consultation with a holistic practitioner of your choice along with admission to the talks and presentations or participate in a gentle yoga class or qi-gong session.
Complementary teas/coffees and juices will also be available.
Places are limited.
Ticket to Equinox Holistic Night Fundraiser (€25)
About Alister
Our baby boy Alister is a miracle baby.
When Alister was born he had a range of medical problems the basics being he is fully blind, can’t eat, walk, had heart surgery at three days old and has developed seizures. He has 22 medications.
But Alister is a miracle, he is here and is doing better than anyone thought. He is our lovable rogue, a complete charmer.
Alister requires 24 hours a day specialist care and with so many complications this means it’s us or a nurse.
Jack and Jill provided the respite needed to survive and the flexibility to have it when would benefit us the most. How much Jack and Jill has meant to us is so hard to quantify but put simply is has allowed us go to family weddings, spent time with our other two sons from simply doing homework, cooking dinner, watching a movie to going to support them at a match and attending their Christmas plays. We are together as a couple because of Jack and Jill, they have given us sleep, time to escape the house even to go for a coffee or a walk. But most importantly they have allowed us to get Alister home from hospital from the start.
Unfortunately Jack and Jill finish with all children at the age of four, we are missing them so much. We have set up an account called All Things Alister where people can donate to or friends and family have raised money. We are using the money for Alister, to provide nurses to care for him so we can get a break.
Alister spent his first eleven months in hospital bar two short visits home. Each time Alister has been back in hospital which is a lot we have been able to get him home earlier due to being able to organise nurses to look after him so that the doctors have felt confident he would be in good care.
We are lucky to have wonderful nurses who Alister loves and provides interaction that he loves (a lot of singing and music) while giving him the medical care he needs.
Alister is like a new born baby but is bigger and doesn’t sleep and unfortunately it isn’t a phase he will be growing out of, and like all new parents lack of sleep is number one and the ability to book a nurse for a night’s sleep is invaluable. I hope this gives you a little picture of our boy and where any money we raise goes.
Thank you so much for considering us,
Yours Sincerely,
Kierra Adams Kelly (proud Mum)
Ticket to Equinox Holistic Night Fundraiser (€25)
Let’s Give Denise Ryan Twenty Thousand More Things To Be Thankful For, by Elva Carri
Denise Ryan wrote to me recently asking if there was anything I could do to help her raise funds for a very important cause, her health. Denise turned 30 this year. So did I! Denise has a girl crush on the amazing Susan Jane White – so do I! Denise loves Scrabble – I love Scrabble! I want to be friends with this girl and hang out and have coffee and go walk the dog she’s going to get one day, but at the moment she’s generally confined to being at home and so I need to enlist your help with this.
“When you reach the milestone of turning 30, you think you’ll be building a life for yourself, with somewhere to live, friends, a job and maybe a family. Noone prepares you for the possibility that you might be so ill that you need you need your mother to dress you, or learn to give yourself a sponge bath, struggling to eat and keep weight on.”
In some emails exchanged between the two of us, Denise told me what her aspirations were, “I’ve never had huge aspirations, I just wanted to be a librarian, have a big dog, play Scrabble, and do things that made both myself and others happy.”
Denise has had digestive and immune system problems her whole life but in the past few years contracted lyme disease. She’s raising funds so she can go to a specialised clinic in the states. You can read more about Denise and her condition here. And while this is all hard for Denise, and her first trip over must have been exhausting, she spoke beautifully about the people around her helping her.
“A month ago I bundled together all of the energy, money and hope I had and made the journey to a treatment clinic in California. I was worried as I did not have the funding to afford care assistance, but was amazed by the kindness and generosity of three ladies I met there. Despite also being quite ill, they helped me with groceries, transport, picking up medication and making sure I had everything I needed. One of these amazing women even invited me to Thanksgiving with her friends and family, and while I struggle greatly in social situations now due to neurological and physical symptoms, it warmed my heart to meet the people she loves and how kind, welcoming and accommodating they were towards me. I am forever grateful for their assistance, and for their friendship.”
Let’s give her a million more things to be thankful for and touched by, in the form of donations, sharing the link and/or messages of support and love. http://www.gofundme.com/3000tenners. Find my scrabble-buddy to be on twitter too @irishmcginger and tell her she’s lovely and brave and wonderful and send her pictures of cute puppies for when she’s choosing what type of dog she’ll get. If she hasn’t decided already. #HappyDenisemas #3000Tenners