First Team Players, Management and Club staff spent Tuesday afternoon in the company of children as the club called into the Children’s Ward at University Hospital Kerry for their annual visit.
Now a Christmas tradition in Kerry FC, first-team stalwarts Sean McGrath and Darragh Foley, First Team Head Coach Conor McCarthy, Sporting Director Billy Dennehy and Media Officer Ivan Hurley called to the Cashel Ward in UHK in Tralee. The players gifted children with Kerry FC merchandise and gifts to make sure they were the envy of the house this Christmas time.
Now in its third year, the annual Kerry FC visit to the Children’s Ward in UHK always brings joy to families who need it most this time of year. As uncertainty can remain regarding children spending Christmas at home or in hospital, the club’s visit formed a small few minutes of comfort to the children. The Christmas visit is another example of Kerry FC’s dedication to the community in Tralee and the wider county. Last year’s Christmas food drive was a huge success while the Charity Legends game last February raised nearly €40,000 for the Fitzgerald Family.
Speaking after the visit, Kerry FC Media Officer Ivan Hurley said, “The Christmas visit to UHK is one of my personal highlights every year. It’s very easy for us to get caught up in on-field activities on a daily basis, but trips like these just make you stop and think again. I would like to thank the fantastic nurses in the Cashel ward for facilitating the visit, and I hope the club’s visit to the hospital gave families some well-earned festive spirit a week out to Christmas.”
