# Hospice sets €1 million target for Sunflower Days

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/05/27/hospice-sets-e1-million-target-sunflower-days/
- Published: 2008-05-27T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Irish Hospice Foundation is aiming to raise €1 million next month with its Sunflower
Days campaign. The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) co-ordinates the event for the
hospice movement.

RTÉ’s veteran personality Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, in launching the two day fundraising
campaign, asked people to come out and support their local hospice by volunteering
as collectors. All money raised locally from the sale of sunflower pins and sunflower
seeds for €2 each, stays locally.

The use of the funds depends on the needs of each area — in some areas it is used
to fund home care services and in others, it will be invested in the hospice.

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There are 22 home care teams around the country employing 150 specialist palliative
care nurses. Hospice chief executive Eugene Murray said there was a dependence on
the voluntary sector, supported by the public, to contribute 33% of home cares. 
In Galway, 100% of the home care service is covered through fundraising.

Mr Murray urged people to volunteer to raise funds for their local hospice on Sunflower
Days — June 13 and June 14.

www.hospice-foundation.ie

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