Nazareth House PS pupils in Derry take on annual GOAL Mile Walk

Local people have been urged to consider doing their own GOAL Mile Walk in Derry this year to raise much needed funds for the Irish charity.
By Brendan McDaid
Published 24th Dec 2020, 12:18 BST
Dr Lee Casey and Mr Antoin Moran, principal of Nazareth House Primary School with some of the pupils who took part in the GOAL Mile Walk, raising A total of £560.Dr Lee Casey and Mr Antoin Moran, principal of Nazareth House Primary School with some of the pupils who took part in the GOAL Mile Walk, raising A total of £560.
Dr Lee Casey and Mr Antoin Moran, principal of Nazareth House Primary School with some of the pupils who took part in the GOAL Mile Walk, raising A total of £560.

The GOAL Mile is an annual event and normally sees people gathering to walk together on St Stephen’s Day.

This year however things will be different but people can still keep up the tradition by taking on their own GOAL Mile in December.

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Among those who have already completed the challenge are pupils from Nazareth House Primary School, who have raised an impressive £560 for GOAL during December by taking part in class bubble walks.

GOAL is an international humanitarian response agency established in Ireland over 40 years ago.

Sister Bernardine, former principal of Nazareth House Primary School, organised the first GOAL Mile walk in Derry back in 2004.

Following her retirement and return to her native Sligo, local GP, Dr Lee Casey decided to keep the walk going.

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A spokesperson for the local organisers said: “This year, because of COVID restrictions, there will not be the traditional GOAL Mile in Derry on Boxing Day but people are encouraged to do a ‘Martini style socially distanced’ walk (anytime, any place, any where’ instead).”

Donations to GOAL can be made online via www.goalglobal.org/goal-mile/

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