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Athlone native, Lavinia Connell, and her partner, Jason Hassett, both of whom are members of the Irish Defence Forces, are hoping that their collective years of army experience will prove beneficial as they prepare to ascend the world’s tallest freestanding mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro.

An Athlone native was one of 10 friends who united during during Covid-19 with the sole purpose of scaling Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for three charities.

A Midlands couple exchanged wedding vows during the recent August bank holiday weekend, grateful for their shared good health, made possible by the groom donating a kidney to his bride two years ago.

On Saturday last Athlone GAA were thrilled to hand over the keys of a brand new Nissan Juke Enigma to Lakshika Serashine from Galway, the winner of the club’s recently hosted mega draw.

Two transplant recipients from Athlone, together with family and friends, gathered at the scenic Burgess Park in Athlone, on the banks of the River Shannon, for a photocall to highlight the Irish Kidney Association’s third virtual Run for a Life (www.ika.ie/runforalife), a family fun run which will culminate on Saturday, May 28.

Organ donor families and grateful transplant recipients from around the country are supporting the Organ Donor Awareness Week 2022 campaign which will take place from April 23 to 30 and is organised by the Irish Kidney Association in association with the HSE’s Organ Donation Transplant Ireland.

Athlone GAA in association with Marsh Nissan Athlone/Tullamore, the Sheraton Athlone Hotel and the Irish Kidney Association launched the club’s car draw fundraising initiative on Friday night last.

A fifth year Ballyhaunis Community School student who was the recipient of a kidney donation, was one of three teenage kidney transplant recipients to receive their second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccination last week.

Galway organ donors will be honoured in a special Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving to be broadcast on RTE 1 on Sunday (11am).

The Galway branch of Irish Kidney Association’s largest annual fundraiser is the sale of forget-me-nots during Organ Donor Awareness Week, when volunteers take to the streets of Galway city and county. With the event now postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisation is asking people to donate online.