{"id":2221,"date":"2012-08-23T11:18:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T11:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2012-08-23T11:20:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T11:20:47","slug":"on-your-bike-for-barretstown-enterprise-rent-a-car-charity-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/on-your-bike-for-barretstown-enterprise-rent-a-car-charity-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"On Your Bike for Barretstown; Enterprise Rent-A-Car Charity Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2222\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/enterprise.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2222\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2222\" title=\"enterprise\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/enterprise.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/enterprise.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/enterprise-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George O\u2019Connor \u2013 Managing Director &amp; Archana Kumar \u2013 Financial Statement Accountant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Staff at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Dublin Airport Team turned to pedal power in a charity effort to raise money for Barretstown. A team of 4 cyclists geared up for the challenge and cycled in relays for 12 hours from 6am to 6pm to raise much needed funds for the children\u2019s charity.<\/p>\n<p>The team consisting of Shauna Murphy, Ross Culligan, John Colgan and Trevor Yeomans were helped by people working in Dublin airport during their break times\u00a0and in total 11 people took part in the cycle \u2013 cycling over 400 miles. Through their hard work \u20ac1,200 was successfully raised for Barretstown, with more donations still due in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>George O\u2019Connor, Managing Director of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Ireland, said \u201cI was delighted to be part of this charity event and I want to especially thank our management trainees who organised this charity cycle. Having my own children, I was particularly delighted that they chose Barretstown as the charity that would benefit. I also wanted to participate myself, to help the team raise money to bring more families and children affected by serious illness to Barretstown.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barretstown is a specially designed camp that provides therapeutic recreation programmes for children with serious illnesses and their families. Barretstown was founded by Hollywood Actor Paul Newman in 1994 to serve children affected by serious illnesses \u2013 primarily cancer and serious blood diseases. Barretstown mission is to rebuild the lives of these children and their families. Barretstown offers its services free of charge so it relies heavily on charity donations such as this 12 hour cycle. It costs almost \u20ac5 million per year to run the programmes at Barretstown. This covers travel costs, accommodation, food, medical care and activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23rd August, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Staff at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Dublin Airport Team turned to pedal power in a charity effort to raise money for Barretstown. A team of 4 cyclists geared up for the challenge and cycled in relays for 12 hours from 6am to 6pm to raise much needed funds for the children\u2019s charity. 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