Memorial Walk again goes global as Galway Hospice hosts its biggest fundraiser

For the first fourteen years of its existence, participants in the Galway Memorial Walk formed what looked like a human chain from the Claddagh to the end of the Prom – all joined together, remembering a loved one, and doing their bit for the Galway Hospice.

Last year Covid put paid to that – but that also brought the walk to a whole new world, as Irish people the world over joined in…remembering those who are gone, from wherever their own lives had taken them across the globe.

This year’s 16th annual Galway Memorial Walk in aid of Galway Hospice on Sunday week, September 12, will again be a global event – because Covid-19 still precludes a gathering along that familiar route from the Claddagh to the Prom.

Last year, the Hospice cared for almost 1,000 patients and their families living with a life-limiting illness – and demand for its service continue to grow.

This year’s ‘virtual walkers’ will again be able to create another lasting legacy – because all who registered will receive a packet of sunflower seeds, sponsored by McD’s Home & Garden.

The Walk, which is also sponsored by the Connacht Tribune Group and Galway Bay FM, is the Hospice’s single biggest fundraiser each year – and it is firmly embedded on the local social calendar.

You still have time to register for the Galway Memorial Walk at www.galwayhospce.ie/walk or 091-770868.

T-shirts and seeds will be available for collection between 12-4pm at the Coral Leisure, Tuam today (Thursday); McD’s Home & Garden, Loughrea; Coral Leisure Ballinasloe, and Peacockes Maam Cross tomorrow (Friday), and at McD’s Garden & Home, Galway Crystal this Saturday, September 4.

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