Naas Lions Club launch charity ball

THE NAAS Lions Club announced the highly anticipated return of the Naas Lions Club Gala Ball 2025, following the phenomenal success of the last event in 2023.

This year’s glamorous evening will take place on Saturday, 27 September at Lawlor’s Hotel, Naas, in support of the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation.

Announcing the event at Lawlor's Hotel was Munster captain and Irish rugby star Tadhg Beirne.

He was joined by Naas Lions Club President Luke Sparrow, Deirdre Walsh CEO of Jack and Jill, Sinead Ronan CEO of Kildare Chamber Commerce, as well as other representatives from The Naas Lions Club.

Jack and Jill is a nationwide charity based in Kildare that funds and provides up to 100 hours per month of in-home nursing care and respite support to families caring for children, up to the age of six, with severe learning disability often associated with complex medical needs.

The Foundation currently supports 427 children across Ireland, including 33 in Kildare.

Typically, these children may be tube fed, oxygen dependent, may not sleep, take seizures, need a lot of medication and require around-the-clock care.

Understandably, parents can be exhausted and need a break, which is where Jack and Jill comes in.

Jack and Jill’s service operates seven days a week, with no means test, no red tape and no waiting list.

Another key part of the service is end-of-life-care for all children up to the age six, irrespective of diagnosis, empowering parents to take their child home to die at this most difficult time.

With an evening of fine dining, entertainment, and fundraising for a fantastic cause, this is an event you won’t want to miss.

Tickets are on sale now and are priced at €150 per person or €1,500 for a table of 10, with every euro going directly towards The Jack and Jill Foundation.

Tickets can be purchased on https://www.tickettailor.com/events/naaslionsclub/1543862.