Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Roses Trek to Kilimanjaro

There is another side to the Rose of Tralee festival. Five Roses and five Escorts will be travelling to Tanzania and Kenya in June 2010 to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

One of the aims of the trek is to raise vital funds for VSO.

The five Roses are;

■Aideen Reilly Manchester Rose 2009
■Kelly O’Shea Queensland Rose 2009
■Ashling Colton New York Rose 2009
■Tara Cunningham Cavan Rose 2009
■Melanie Carroll Limerick Rose 2009
 
They well be accompanied by five escorts ;
 
■Sean McGarrell from Meath
■Colin Conway from Tyrone
■Patrick Foley from Kerry
■Noel Judge from Galway
■Ciaran O’Connell from Clare
 
To see the aims and objectives of both the trek and VSO, please visit their website at VSO.

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