Spotlight Charity

The Young Irish Fel­low­ship Club is ded­i­cated to pro­mot­ing phil­an­thropy within our com­mu­nity. Each month we will high­light a dif­fer­ent local char­ity to help raise aware­ness and fund­ing, and also pro­vide vol­un­teer­ing options for those who wish to donate their time and talent.

SPOTLIGHT CHARITY:

Maeve McNi­cholas Memo­r­ial Foun­da­tion
http://www.maevesfoundation.org/

Maeve McNi­cholas was only 2 years old when she died of a brain tumor that went unde­tected until 36 hours before her death. This foun­da­tion wants to pre­vent other fam­i­lies from going through the heart­break that Maeve’s fam­ily endured in the sum­mer of 2004 by rais­ing money to put towards the research of pedi­atric brain tumors.

Maeve sim­ply got sick at a fam­ily party on July 27^th, 2004 and only 36 hours she went to heaven at 4:37am on July 29^th.  She was only 26 months old.

This dis­ease didn’t give Maeve a fight­ing chance. She lost her bat­tle before she even knew it began. We need to con­tinue to fight this bat­tle for her and for other chil­dren and fam­i­lies, so that they may never live through this night­mare. Nobody should ever have to say “good-bye” to their child. PLEASE help increase aware­ness and fund­ing to learn more about pedi­atric brain tumors. Visit the Maeve McNi­cholas Memo­r­ial Foundation’s web­site (listed above) to read more about Maeve’s story and to learn how you can help.

Every year Maeve’s Foun­da­tion holds a fundraiser called “Play for Maeve” at Bev­erly Park on the south side to raise money and aware­ness for pedi­atric brain tumor research. This year the 5^{th annual Play for Maeve raised over $70,000!  Mark your cal­en­dar for the 6th Annual Play for Maeve which will be held on Sat­ur­day, August 7, 2010.}

How can you help?

Please make dona­tions payable to the:

Maeve McNi­cholas Memo­r­ial Foundation

Dona­tions may be made at or sent to:

Bev­erly Bank & Trust Company

c/o The Maeve McNi­cholas Memo­r­ial Foun­da­tion
10258 South West­ern Avenue
Chicago, Illi­nois 60643

Phone: 773–239-2265