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KILKEE woman Fionnuala Whelan is preparing for the challenge of a lifetime in Cuba.
In March, the Rathfarnham based garda will cycle 335 kilometres over five days in the Caribbean island with the group expected to cycle 67 kilometres per day. Fionnuala is undertaking the challenge to raise money for the Dublin based ARC Cancer Support Centre.
The first of its kind, the aim of ARC House is to provide a professional support service to adults affected by all types of cancer, no matter where
they are being treated in Ireland.
An holistic approach to support 1s used as a complementary adjunct to primary medical treatment.
Fionnuala explained the work done by ARC. “ARC Cancer Support Cen- tre charity is a very worthy cause and we would very much appreciate your support in helping us to raise funds for this charity.
It offers a variety of courses and programmes such as stress man- agement, learning to live with can- cer, stress management for carers, a drop-in centre and Ta’i Chi classes to name but a few.”
The route is classified, as moder-
ate to challenging and the terrain is quite steep in parts. Expected tem- peratures are around 28 degrees for the month of March, all of which make the cycle more demanding physically. There will be thirty cy- clists in total from various parts of the country.
Fionnuala hopes to raise €10,000 with all proceeds going to directly to ARC.
To do this she is organising a number of events with the first, a quiz, planned for the Strand Bar, OT rer
Fionnuala said she is looking for- ward to the challenge. “There are 30
of us going so it should be an amaz- ing experience. Cuba is meant to be a very beautiful country. I really wanted to highlight the work done by ARC. Hopefully we will get good support.”
She added, “You can donate by log- ging on to Www.mycharity.ie/event/ cubancyclefidanni/. We are current- ly organising a variety of events in Dublin and also hope to hold a fund- raising night in The Strand in Kilkee and possibly a table quiz.”
Further details on ARC Cancer Support Centre can be obtained from their website www.arccancer- support.ie.