We’re sleeping out against homelessness
This October 4th something a little different is happening at our school. Instead of heading home after the final bell, our school will be swapping our warm beds for sleeping bags for our School Sleep Out as part of Focus Ireland’s Shine A Light, proudly supported by Bord Gáis Energy.
It might sound a little crazy, but the reality of homelessness is even more so. Think about it: over 4,000 children in our country don't have a safe place to sleep to call home. They can’t relax and be carefree after a long day at school. Instead, they are faced with stress and uncertainty that no child should have to deal with.
That’s why I think it is important for our school to take part in the sleep out – it’s a chance to experience, in a small way, the challenges faced by young people experiencing homelessness.
Childhood should be about dreams and hanging out with your friends – not wondering where you lay your head at night. Please support our school fundraiser by donating to our fundraising page: every contribution, big or small, gets us closer to creating a future where everyone has a safe place to call home.
Our Achievements
Shared Page
50% of Fundraising Target
Reached Fundraising goal
Increased Fundraising Target
Completed Sleepout
Thank you to our Sponsors
€300
Amaia Mcneece
€155
John Downey
Best of luck grace and well done👍👍
€125
Kevin Blake
Will done Rebecca Sheehan
€125
Odran Dunne
Rebecca Sheahan
€125
Derek Moriarty
Well done for such a brilliant initiative and the success
€100
Stephen And Margaret Cardy
Well done Katie
€100
Dowling Family
Good woman squid 🐙
€100
Andy Anderson
Well done Rebecca sheahan
€70
The Grinch
Good luck Aoibhe🥶
€70
Rebecca Sheahan
€70
S & C Colman
Lovely to see empathy from a teenager. Well done Éibhín 💚
€70
Mark Sheahan
€70
Lisa Richardson
€70
Anonymous
€70
Josh Kneeland
Best of luck and good on ye Rebecca Sheahan
€70
Lochlan & Roisin
Well done Eirinn and your year, a brilliant cause!
€70
Barbara Brangan
Go Aoibhe
€70
Paul Moran
Good luck Marie-Clare!
€70
Damien Rowney
€60
Anonymous
€50
Susan Brown
€50
Niamh Grehan
€50
Veronica Rowney
€50
Granny And Grandad
Best of Luck Eibhlinn - from Granny and Grandad
€50
Claire Collins
Good luck Julie! A great thing to do! Xxx
€50
Nicolas
€50
Anonymous
€50
Jonathan Benson
Well Done Rebecca Sheahan
€50
Anonymous
€50
Trish Deegan
Well done Niamh, I'm so proud of you!
€50
Claire Donovan
€50
Ger & Pat Donnellan
Good Luck Caoimhe
€50
Sharon
Thank you for raising awareness and raising funds for this amazing charity Julie. Wrap up. Sharon.
€50
Paddy And Niamh Lee
Best of luck Méabh and all taking part. A great cause
€50
Janice Allen
€50
Nanny R
Besof luck Nan
€50
Mary Kesrns
Best wishes Kate & all participants
€50
Bren Cullen
Best of luck gingersnaps, love uncle Bren 🥰🥰
€50
Linda Richardson
Best of luck Nan and all the team. A super charity and worthwhile cause
€50
Siobhan O'driscoll
Well done Eibhlinn for supporting such a worthy cause! Xx
€50
Carol Smith
Well done Marie Clare
€50
Tracey
€50
Deirdre Murray
€50
Elizabeth
Good luck Julie
€50
Paula Gartland
Well done everyone
€50
Ella Nicholson
€50
Nicholsons In Maugherow
€50
Maureen Mckittrick
€50
Graham Bassett
€50
Maria O'dowd
€50
Anneliese
Great cause , well done
€50
Deirdre & Kevin Curley
Enjoy Emma!
€50
Marian Mallon
€50
Enda
€50
Madeline&john
Best of luck
€50
Keith Mcevoy
Proud of you Caoimhe.
€50
Shane Loughrey-grant
Well done Lucy. Great cause, fair play to you all for raising awareness and much needed funds
€50
Ann & Denis Twohig
Best of luck Caoimhe
€50
Rachel Dunleavy
Well done Sophie Dunleavy and all the girls 🥰
€50
Auntie Caroline
Best wishes Ella and friends xx💚
€50
Mary Farrell
Good Luck Nessa From Grandma & Grandad
€50
Thomas Archbold-manning
Well done Lucy. All the best from Scott and Thomas
€50
Cormac Macawesome Smith
€50
Anonymous
Well done M
€50
Dermot
€50
Aidan Curley
€50
Karen
We are so proud of you for doing this Skye. Lots of love, Mam and Dad
€45
Terry Brosnan
Dada, Nana and your favourite uncle
€40
Flo And Caroline Derham
Best of luck Grace from Flo and Caroline
€40
Aoife
€40
Gemma Boylan
Well Done Kayla and all of the other TY students taking part ! 💕
€40
Richard
Best of luck to Rebecca Sheehan and all
€40
Rebecca Sheehan
Best of luck to Rebecca Sheehan an to all involved Well done
€40
Lola Charito
Hi Erin, This is Lola Charito. I am glad that you're giving back to help the homeless community! I love you and keep up the good work, mmuahh!💕😘
€40
Angela Allen
Well done Niamh , a great cause.
€40
Lisa Richardson
€40
Yvonne
Great, cause .. good luck!
€40
Ed Leonard
Best of luck Abbie x
€40
Ger Collins
From Anne and Michael
€40
Claudia
Wrap up warm, Méabh!
€40
Sile
€40
Anonymous
Good Luck
€40
Emma Mcevoy
€40
Gary Healy
€40
John Warde
Well done Heather
€40
Niall Downey
Well done Grace - playing a stormer like your team Liverpool - keep up the good work - very proud of you 💪
€40
Aoife Cotter
Well done Eibhlinn xxx
€40
Roanna Byrnes
Great cause!
€40
Dave Gaffrey
Go Rebecca Sheahan
€40
Aine & Brian Brangan
Best of luck!
€40
Gillian Leech
€40
Siobhan Mcdermott
Good woman Aoibhe Brangan x
€40
Maureen Allen-roche
A great cause Niamh, well done 👏
€40
Anonymous
€40
Anonymous
€40
Fiona Macken
€40
Fiona Mcmaster
Well done everyone
€40
Sean Mcnally
Best of luck Aoibhe love Nana and granda x
€40
Mad Auntie Clare
Well done Keeva
€40
Jacek Zengteler
Well done Lila:)
€40
Anonymous
Good luck MC from all the Mc Graths xx
€40
Anne Marie Hegarty
Well done Eibhlinn, from Daideo xxx
€40
Anne Hegarty
Well done Eibhlinn, from Mamó xxx
€40
Tom
€40
Adebukola Okusaga
€40
Nunu
Great Cause - Well Done Kayla xx
€40
Jenny Farrell
Good luck Nessa!
€40
Colm Roche
€40
Remtol
€40
Granny&grandad
So proud of you keep it up
€40
Michael Downey
Best of luck Grace on the sleep out Mick
€40
Anne Boylan
€40
Anonymous
Mum and Dad
€40
Anonymous
€40
Catherine Murray
€35
David Ambrose
Well done Nessa for doing this
€30
Shane Roche
€30
Mark Culleton
Well done Sinead, great cause!
€30
Shirley Dentith
Sleep well 😀 love Nana and Grandad xx
€30
Brian Mccarthy
Hi Katie, Great work, fantastic effort by your school. All the very best wishes, Your cousin, Brian Mac in Mtcolllins
€30
Dympna Macken
€30
Des Culletob
Well done Sinead and all your school pals.
€30
Anonymous
€30
Ruth Mckenna
Well done everyone 👏🏻
€30
Lisa Sk
€30
Claudia O'sullivan
Well done Jayla! ❤️
€30
Katherine Fox
Have fun and good luck :)
€30
Anonymous
€30
G & Al
Sleep well 😍
€30
Niamh Rowney
€30
Johanne & David
Good luck Lily Rose 🌹. Hope it's not too cold tonight
€30
Jennifer Nugent
Well done Aoibheann 👏👏
€30
Marie O'sullivan
Well Done Jayla! Great cause! Love Nana Marie xx
€26
€1 More Than Jenny
You're an absolute beauty through and through x
€25
Liz Dentith
From Uncle Michael and Auntie Liz x
€25
Mark Lynch
Good luck, Mya 🙌🙌🙌
€25
Michael Hearty
Best of Luck Lou Lou
€25
Lisa Hollywood
Fair play Kayla xx
€25
Anonymous
€25
Anonymous
Great cause! Don’t forget you nighttime nappy.
€25
Orla Browne
What a great cause. Well done for taking this on Skye ❤️
€25
Susan Grehan
€25
Anonymous
Good luck Marie-Clare!
€25
Gary
Yup Kayla
€25
John Browne
€25
Wilma Panelo
€25
Tillie
Great stuff Nayeli
€25
Elena Soto Del Pecho
€25
Aisling Byrne
Huge well done Julie and team! A fantastic cause.
€25
Dave Barnes
Well done Kayla. Love from Grandad
€25
Aidan Lynch
Pack your thermal undies Mya!
€25
Eilish Lynch
Best of luck Mya .. go cause
€25
Jacqueline Simpson
Well done Lily Rose. A very worthy cause
€25
Sandra Ward
Well done Meghan
€25
Mary Lynch
€25
Rob
Well Done 🔥👍😀
€25
Rowan Bray
€25
Zoe And Bronwyn Downey
Best of luck Grace 💪💪💪
€25
Bernie Cashman
Well done Aoibhin on a great cause!
€25
Anonymous
Goodluck, Erin. So proud of you for doing this. We love you!!!
€25
Micky G
Great cause!
€25
Anonymous
Best of luck
€25
Tanica & Dwyne
Best of luck xxxx
€25
Zuzanna Buczak
€25
Lucy Morgan
€25
Harry Okoebor
€25
Elayne Browne
€25
Emma Tusamba
€25
Susan
Best of luck Marie-Clare and well done on doing this for a very worthy cause.
€25
Adrienne Newman
€25
Robyn Foster
€25
Tracy Kelly
Well done xx
€25
Eilis Fitzgerald
Well done!
€25
Grandad Patrick
Good luck to Ella and all the girls. Great cause. ❤️❤️
€25
Shiteen Lloyd
Enjoy! Have a great time x
€25
Anonymous
€25
Enda And Kathryn Delaney
€25
Ingrida Rondziene
Hi
€25
Rob White
€25
Ronan Kelly
Well done Girls👏👏
€25
John Colman
Well Done Éinhín !
€25
Eoghan Connor
€25
Jen Archbold
Well done Lucy 🤗
€25
Anonymous
Good luck clo
€25
Anonymous
Well done Katie from Healing Streams Newcastlewest
€25
D Egan
€25
John Donnan
Sweet dreams
€25
Claire Heffernan
€25
Mark Collins
€25
Carol Sweetman
Such a worthy cause,well done Grace
€21
Anonymous
Go girl
€20
Michelle Harkness
€20
Des Culleton
Best of luck to Grace and all her school friends.
€20
Erin Angela Porlante
€20
Eamhair
Well done Katie, proud of you xx
€20
Anthony Lee
€20
Mark Stack
Well done Katie...great cause.
€20
Cian O’byrne
€20
Leonie Boylan
Best of luck Proud of you
€20
Mossie Mccarthy
All the best Katie
€20
Hetta Bryans
€20
Rachel Young
€20
Caoimhe Darcy
€20
Tom Mccarthy
Best of luck Katie
€20
Erin Kennedy
Amazing cause. Well done to Keeva and all involved. xx
€20
Rachel Howard
€20
Erin Mcfadden
€20
Maria Broderick
Well done Katie xx ❤️
€20
Trudie And Mark
Enjoy the sleep over and we'll done From Ciano and Sophie x
€20
Jean Lynch
€20
Annette O'brien
€20
Sarah Pop Buia
€20
Janice O Brien
Well done Lucy
€20
John Boyd
Good cause Meghan.
€20
Mary Greally
Well done Aisling & good luck, Nana
€20
Mary Lee
Best of luck
€20
Tom Collins
Great cause and happy to donate Julie
€20
Olivia O'sullivan
€20
Anonymous
€20
Natasha Cox
Best of luck on the fundraising sister x
€20
Anonymous
€20
Helen Farrell
€20
Meghan Ward
€20
Lana Farrell
€20
Heather Newman
€20
Nayalia Mcdonagh
€20
Meghan Ward
€20
Emily Dunne
€20
Siobhan Newman
Well done Heather 👏👏
€20
Alan Plummer
€20
Jean Casey
€20
Saji Kurian
€20
Phil Hendrick
€20
Catherine O'connell
€20
Rachel & Eddie
Well done girls!
€20
Anonymous
€20
Eugene Lynch
€20
Marianne Vicidomina
€20
Damien Keogan
Well done Kate and all your pals from Anne and Damien
€20
Mandy Rossi
€20
Ger Collins
Good luck Julie
€20
Melissa Boylan
€20
Barry Ambrose
€20
Nita And Kadie
Well done Katie xx
€20
Vera Brazil
€20
Rebeca Pop
€20
Anonymous
€20
Michael Plummer
€20
Grainne & Brian Reidy
Best of Luck Nan x
€20
Louise Feeney
€20
Janet Mcevoy
Great cause, well done to all involved.
€20
Maimuna Adams
Keep up the good work
€20
Anya Velychko
Mairead friend Anya to support Aaliyah Very proud of you you Aaliyah 🙏❤️🙏
€20
Brian Reidy
Well done Nan.
€20
Liz Fletcher
Well done Nayeli 👏👏
€20
Aisling Ní Aonghusa
€20
Sandra Christie
Love Sandra
€20
Martina Brosnan
Well done Katie, such a great cause
€20
Annie D
Good luck Niamhy
€20
Luke
Well done Aoibhe. Great cause!
€20
Grainne Donnellan
Well done caoimhe
€20
Catherine Branagan
Good luck Julie hope weather is good xx
€20
Dave & Liz Cullen
Good luck on the 4th.
€20
Keith Farrell
€20
Sam
Goodluck Grace well done!
€20
Eugene Allen
€20
Auntie Tess X
Good luck Caoimhe proud of you❤️
€20
Claire
Well done Aoibhe!
€20
Sinead Roche
€20
Grace Donnellan
€20
Aoibhe's Favourite Aunt
Best woman..
€20
Nick And Nicola Mcguire
Best of luck Sienna and well done on your charity work! From Nick, Nicola, Quinn and Freya xxx
€20
Carl Gilroy
Best of luck grace!
€20
Therese And Mac Sammon
Good on ya Kate
€20
Ej Fallon
€20
Aidan
€20
Teagyn
so proud of you xx
€20
Donal Duffy
Well done Grace
€20
Mary Stack
Hi Katie, hope this helps with your fundraiser xx lots of love ❤️
€20
Jim Noone
👏👏👏
€20
Kathleen Farrell
€20
Margaret Lee
Best of luck, Lots of love granny and grandad
€20
Elaine Archbold
Good for you Lulu
€20
Mary Kavanagh
Well done Nan,. Great cause.
€20
Nana Colette
Well done
€20
Eddie
€20
Grace Keogan
Enjoy the sleepover and we'll done!
€20
Nana & Grandad Nicholson
Good luck on a great cause to Ella and the girls.❤️❤️
€20
Lisa Caraher
€20
Lofty Mccarthy
€20
Eva Bridgeman
€20
Tommy Mccabe
€20
Donagh Farrell
€20
Anonymous
€20
Darley Joseph
Best wishes
€20
Ruth Hill
€20
Yes
From Nana & Gaga
€20
Terry O’connor
€20
Rosalind Downey
€20
Catherine Colman
€20
Suzy Sprout
Hope the night goes well Grace, you angel.
€20
Brendan Lee
Best of luck
€20
Grace Nicholson
€20
Catherine
Well done Lucy 👏👏
€20
Deleep Mathew
€20
Serena Nolan
Well done LR 👏 XX
€20
Tomas Roche
€20
Uncle Gareth Aka Gd
€20
Anonymous
€20
Mark Kavanagh
Well done Nan!
€20
Anonymous
You’re great 😊
€20
Anonymous
Proud of you
€20
Brian
Best of luck grace
€20
Jackie Mcgovern
€20
Daragh Farrell
Well done Nessa!
€20
Noleen Malone
€20
Trish Broderick
Well Done Katie x
€20
Valerie Cahill
Good luck Aoibheann…… well done.
€20
Stephen Long
Good luck to Ella and all students. Well done. From favourite cousin Stephen
€20
Bibi Brosnan
Well done Katie, such a great cause.
€20
Betty And John James Mckenna
€20
Bryans Cousins
Will done Katie
€20
Mum
Looking forward to seeing you in your new beanie🤣 Great work 👏
€15
Roisin Delany
€15
Shinto Paul
€15
Anonymous
Good luck on this mission.I hope you can make a difference.
€15
Anonymous
€15
Aisling Mowlds
Good on u Kayla. Worthy cause.
€15
Anonymous
Well done Lily Rose
€15
Maya Donnelly
€15
Anonymous
€15
Helen Collins
Good Luck Julie
€15
Zara Bradvica
€14
Phoebe Macken
€10
Aine Logan
€10
Tracey Curtis
Well done a great cause
€10
Maureen Coughlan
Well done Kayla
€10
John Mohan
€10
Emma Morgan
Well done Sophie
€10
Janet Johnston
Best of luck Rebecca Sheehan & to everyone involved. Fantastic initiative. X
€10
Hannah Tighe
€10
Nan Richardson Kavanagh
€10
Anonymous
€10
Saoirse Mcpeake
€10
Ruth Duignan
For a great cause Julie. Well done
€10
Judith Lloyd(nanni)
Best of luck. Hope you sleep well 💓
€10
Lauren Snook
Good luck Aoibheann! L x
€10
Rebecca Coburn
Best of luck with your sleep out Sienna xx
€10
Philip Richardson
From Philip, Lisa and Izzy
€10
Graham Doran
€10
Anonymous
€10
Anonymous
€10
Carolyn Plummer
Well done Kate!
€10
Mim
Best of luck Lucy
€10
Anonymous
€10
Anonymous
€10
Holly Mccaffrey
€10
Odriscoll
€10
Kate
€10
Linda Sweeney
Good luck Kayla. Great thing to do!
€10
Nanny R
€10
Michael Corcoran
Well done Kayla
€10
Nanny Fran
Well done Anna
€10
Mary Watters
Best of luck Anna :-)
€10
Czarina Porlante
🥰😘
€10
Alan Watters
Enjoy Anna!
€10
Paula Mcgee
Good luck abbie. Love you lots
€10
Roisin Long
Well done Ella, such a great cause x
€10
Mel Morrissey
Well done Anna!
€10
Ruairí Lehane
Slay charitable queen
€10
Trisha Donnan
€10
Gary Baxter
€10
Aneesh Mathew
€10
Adrienne Byrne
€10
Eileen Leonard
Well done abbie, super proud of you. Love you lots
€10
Robyn Foster
€10
Pauline Lehane
Pauline Lehane
€10
Caroline Young
€10
Katie Bryans
€10
Tom Selleck
I love you Abbie, good luck from Aunty Dewedra Roche
€10
Anonymous
€10
Eli Morris
€10
Clara Farrell
Good on you xxxx
€10
Paul Donnelly
€10
Kathleen Keary
€10
Amanda Mcgarry
♥️♥️♥️
€10
Manaal Garana
€10
Deirdre Newman
Well done Heather
€10
Crown Okusaga
€10
Deirdre Mccrea
€10
Mannant Ihsan
€10
Sam
From your favourite cousin
€10
Aoibhín Prendergast
€10
Anonymous
€10
Keeva Murray
€10
Emilia Merfeldaite
€10
Anonymous
€10
Emily Collins
€10
Hannah Tighe
€10
James Leonard
Good luck Abbie.
€10
Fran
👍👍
€10
Laura Conmy
€10
Salu Jijo
€10
Noel Watters
€10
Anonymous
€10
Eoin Donnelly
€10
Cardwell Muvungani
€10
Elizabeth And David Browne
Well done, Aoibheann and best of luck with your fundraising!
€10
Barbara Farrell
€10
Sadhbh Culleton
€10
V
Very proud of you
€10
Anonymous
€10
Sam
€10
Gillian Caraher
€10
Méabh Lee
€10
Trevor Lloyd
Well done. Will you get any sleep 😴
€10
Elaine Dunne
Well done Sinead x you’re brilliant x
€6
Lauren Tyrrell
€5
Kate Donnelly
€5
Fiona L
€5
Kupakwashe Maforo
€5
Anonymous
€5
Carla Downes
€5
Zofia Marek
€5
E.farrell
€5
Anonymous
€5
Anonymous
Well done Katie ! Love Lisa xxx
€5
Sumeia Lloyd
€5
Anonymous
Good stuff
€5
Emma D
Good luck Grace! - Emma 😄
€5
Libbeh
Well done so proud of you pookiebear💕💕💕💕 number one supporter here!!!🥰🥰🥰
€5
Mary And Martin
Well done Kate!
€5
Marie-clare Delaney
€5
Sinead Van Den Berg
€5
Arlene Beirne
Go on
€5
Anonymous
€5
Grandma
I'm very proud of you. Lots of love Grandma
€5
Caoimhe O’brien
👏👏
€5
James Gleeson
€5
Emma Kearney
€5
Lisa & Dane
€5
Paige & Ayda
€5
Alexandra Quinn
€5
Kelly Bourke
Saint Theresa reincarnate
€5
Aisling Mcgee
Well done Abbie x
€5
Sangeetha Chattukulam
€4
Lauren
€2
Sophie Malone
€2
Anonymous
€2
Anonymous
Keep up the good work… ❤️❤️
€1
Anonymous
€1
Ni Dhuinn
€1
Anonymous
€1
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