O’Neill and Hamill family present a cheque during a visit to the REACH Hub earlier this week.
A local community support group in Portrush is thanking the O’Neill and Hamilton family after making a generous donation to support its ongoing work in the North Coast town.
REACH Portrush is a group of volunteers who supports elderly and vulnerable members of their local community who have no one else to call upon for support, through food, essential item drops, and community events.
The volunteers and guests hosted some very special visitors at the REACH Hub earlier this week when Susanna O’Neill, and her sister Lauren Quigley, along with their parents Mr and Mrs Hammill dropped in on Tuesday, March 11.
The family kindly presented a cheque for £1,000 as a result of the Walk into Light event which is held annually in memory of young Mac O’Neill, who tragically died four years ago.
The Walk in memory of Mac is now in its 4th year and is growing in popularity year on year. Unfortunately, this year, the date had to be moved thanks to Storm Éowyn, but there was a great turnout, nonetheless.
The walk starts each year at Kelly’s at 7am in the dark, follows the beach along the East Strand around the Arcadia, along the West Strand and back to Kelly’s after dawn for a lovely breakfast.
The families always nominate a local charity to benefit from the donations and this year REACH was their nominated recipient.
Volunteers from REACH were at Kelly’s holding the fort while others joined the walk handing out sweets to walkers as they walked From Light into Dawn.
The walk raised £1000 and on Tuesday 11th March, Lauren Susanna and their parents called in for coffee, to meet some of the guests and volunteers and to hear where the money would be spent.
Everyone at REACH would like to thank, the O’Neill and Hamill families for their generosity, as this money will go a long way to helping our local community.