Dalata Hotel Group has raised over €363,000 for the Marie Keating Foundation‘s cancer outreach service as part of its ‘Drive to Defeat Cancer’ campaign.
Funds raised by Clayton and Maldron hotel operator will be used to purchase two new mobile information units and help to fund five new specialist nurses, up from two at the Marie Keating Foundation previously.
Dalata estimated that the funds will facilitate 63,000 more life-saving conversations as well.
An estimated 42,000 people in Ireland are diagnosed with cancer every year, meaning that one in two people will be affected in our lifetime.
Dalata and the Marie Keating Foundation have partnered to raise awareness through fundraising initiatives in support of the charity’s community nursing and mobile information units, and to help facilitate more than 100,000 life-saving conversations on spotting the early signs of cancer.
The mobile units, staffed by specialist nurses, offer free and accessible cancer education and support.
The units visit Dalata hotels nationwide throughout the year, …