With the magical million euros mark now within touching distance the North West 10k Committee is inviting applications for the 2025 Charity Run and Walk which takes place on Monday 5th May in Letterkenny.
It will be the 28th North West 10k whose first event was staged in 1997 and to date has raised €983,924.
So the Committee hopes to reach €1 million next year and the goal now is to raise at least €16,076 to do just that. It will be up to the selected charities to take on that challenge with the support of the North West 10k organization.
Chairperson Neil Martin is now asking interested charities to email their applications to toni@letterkennychamber.com.
Closing date for applications is Saturday 11th of January.
Neil said: “We are heading towards the million euros mark so hopefully the selected charities can make that happen. It would be great to reach that milestone but a lot of hard work will be needed from ourselves and the charities. So my message is for community organisations to submit their applications as soon as possible and before the deadline of 11th of January We will conduct the interviews and the successful charities will then be named at the North West 10k launch on Monday 10th of February.
“We couldn’t do this without the support of our sponsors so once again I want to thank Brian McCormick Intersport, Century Complex, Donegal Daily, the Mount Errigal Hotel and the Value Centre for their generosity that has helped to keep the North West 10k right up there as one of the biggest fundraisers for charity in the County.
“All monies raised stays in Donegal to benefit local organisations that are doing so much good work. Since 1997 when the North West 10k we have made donations to 40 charities.
“It’s very important to remember that it is the voluntary work of committee members past and present who have got us to this point. Our current Honoury President Charlie Kelly was the first Chairperson back 27 years ago and it’s people like him and other founding Committee members that had the courage and foresight to take on the challenge as a successor to the Rockhill 10k.”
Interested charities are invited to email their applications to toni@letterkennychamber.com. The closing date for applications is Saturday 11th of January.
North West 10k Committee invites charity applications
