Enterprise Rent-A-Car Charity Cycle for Barretstown

The Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Dublin Airport Team, recently cycled over 400 miles as part of a Charity Cycle for Barretstown.

The team consisting of Shauna Murphy, Ross Culligan, John Colgan and Trevor Yeomans cycled in relays for 12 hours from 6am to 6pm to raise funds for the children's charity in Co Kildare.

In total, 11 people took part in the cycle - cycling over 400 miles, and raised €1,200 for Barretstown, with more donations still due in.

George O'Connor, Managing Director of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Ireland especially thanked his management trainees who organised the charity cycle. He is pictured above with Archana Kumar, Financial Statement Account, Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Also helping with fundraising on the day were Breid O'Connor, Shauna Murphy and Emma Ryan.

Barretstown is a specially designed camp that provides therapeutic recreation programmes for children with serious illnesses and their families. It was founded by Hollywood Acvtor Paul Newman in 1994. Its mission is to rebuild the lives of these children and their families, and offers its services free of charge. It costs almost €5 million per year to run the programmes at Barretstown which covers travel costs, accommodation, food, medical care and activities.