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Hike for Mike Fundraising Challenge

The Fundraising Structure:

 There will be both “Hikers” and “Fundraisers” to taking part in the “Hike for Mike” Mountain challenge to raise funds for the Michael Molloy Trust Fund. Each Hiker will be expected to commit themselves to raising €500 for the Trust Fund to be officially designated as a Hiker.
Each “Hiker” will then recruit a minimum of 4 “Fundraisers” to their team to raise target of €2,500.  The “Fundraisers” will be given 2 sponsorship cards with 50 sponsored lines on each card to fill.

An example of fundraising structure is:
1 “Hiker” commits to raising €500 for Trust Fund and is officially designated
1 “Hiker” recruits minimum 4 “Fundraisers” to their team, all get 2 cards each = 10 cards
1 Hiker team (1 Hiker + 4 Fundraisers) with 10 cards filled @ average € 250 per card = € 2,500
40 Hiker teams x € 2,500 per team = € 100,000 raised for Trust Fund

Interested!!! Please download application forms -Hiker Form  (Hiker_Form.pdf - 200Kb) and the Hiker Information Sheet - (Hike_Info_Leaflet.pdf 1Mb)

The Hikers Challenge:

Starting at Molloy’s House in Tourmakeady, the Mountain Hikers begin their Hike and cross the mountains over Derryveeney. The Mountain Hikers will follow an age-old pilgrimage trail from Tourmakeady to Croagh Patrick and walk to the foot of Croagh Patrick on the Drummin side.

Once the Mountain Hikers reach the foot of Croagh Patrick on the Drummin side, they will take a rest and freshen up before beginning the climb. All Fundraisers will if possible, join the Mountain Hikers at this point, to climb Croagh Patrick together. This will ensure that all people involved in the event will climb Croagh Patrick itself and be united as one Hiking team for this part of the challenge.

After climbing Croagh Patrick, the Mountain Hikers will descend to bottom of Croagh Patrick on the Clew Bay side and walk to Pat Gibbons Holiday House in Murrisk. Pat is a friend of the Molloy’s in Chicago and has very kindly offered to provide washing & sleeping facilities, food, refreshments & entertainment on site for all involved. The next morning, all Mountain Hikers will be transported by Bus to the Drummin side of Croagh Patrick for the return hike to Tourmakeady.

The Timing & Social event afterwards

1. All involved will meet at Molloy’s House in Tourmakeady at 9am on Saturday 5th May .
2. Mountain Hikers begin Hike challenge and should reach Croagh Patrick at approx. 5pm .
3. Fundraisers will join Mountain Hikers at 6.30pm and all climb Croagh Patrick together.
4. Mountain Hikers descend on the Clew Bay side of mountain and walk to Gibbons House
5. Hikers & Fundraisers freshen up and avail of food, refreshments & entertainment on site.
6. Mountain Hikers can then bed down for a good nights sleep on Saturday night.
7. Next morning Sunday 6th May at 9am, Mountain Hikers transported by Bus to Drummin .
8. Return Hike back begins, Hikers should reach Tourmakeady by Sunday mid-afternoon .
9. On completion of Hike, Mountain Hikers freshen up, eat a meal and rest for a few hours.
10. Reception for all people involved in event at Paddy’s Bar Sunday evening (starting 8pm).