Eilidh Lucey and Layla Keane.
TWO big-hearted Clare youngsters have raised almost €2000 for local charities.
Eilidh Lucey (11) and Layla Keane (11), both from Ennis, commemorated the one year anniversary of close family friends Nancy Jean Coote-Guilfoyle and Sinead Dillon with a charity bake sale raising €1740 for Down Syndrome Clare and Milford Hospice.
Nancy Jean Coote-Guilfoyle, a young girl with Down Syndrome was described by her family as a “happy little diva”. Nancy passed away at just 21 months old on the 1st of October 2023, just days after Sinead Dillon (51), a cousin of Layla, passed away from cancer . In honour of these two ladies the money raised by Layla and Eilidh was donated to the organisations which took excellent care of them throughout their lives.
Through a bake sale and raffle held in their housing estate on Sunday 22nd September the two Ennis National School students managed to raise €1650. Members of the community continued to donate to the worthy cause even after the event had taken place. Eilidg and Layla donated a total of €1740 through cheques and online donations.
All of the confectionery on sale was home-made by Eilidh and Layla. The two girls also paid for the raffle prizes out of their own money, except for the bottle of wine which was donated by Sarah and Jade, the very proud mothers.
Reflecting on their successful project Eilidh told the Clare Echo; “my favourite part of the experience is probably that I know that like I hopefully helped someone else from going through the pain of losing someone from having like cancer or someone that is going through Down syndrome, I feel like it helps, hopefully it will help them in their life.”
Eilidh and Layla would like to extend a massive thank you to everyone in the community who supported to make the bake sale a success.
