{"id":12507,"date":"2025-04-02T15:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/?p=12507"},"modified":"2025-06-13T15:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:35:52","slug":"hell-and-back-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/index.php\/hell-and-back-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Hell and Back Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12507\" class=\"elementor elementor-12507\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b26bef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5b26bef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71095bc\" data-id=\"71095bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a7b316 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a7b316\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hell and Back Fundraiser<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-299a568 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"299a568\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-427d2f8\" data-id=\"427d2f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1542659 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1542659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Huge thank you to VLM volunteer Luke Hogan and friends for taking on this challenge &#8211; Hell and Back! They did it to raise funds for a brand-new sewing vocational training centre in Ambo, Ethiopia. This centre will help graduates from the Ambo Lazarist Deaf School, run by the Vincentian Fathers, gain valuable skills and a pathway to employment.\u00a0<\/p><p>Feeling inspired? Why not take on Hell and Back or a marathon for VLM? 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They did it to raise funds for a brand-new sewing vocational training centre in Ambo, Ethiopia. This centre will help graduates from the Ambo Lazarist Deaf School, run by the Vincentian Fathers, gain valuable skills and a pathway to employment.\u00a0 Feeling inspired? Why not take on Hell and Back or a marathon for VLM? Get in touch and do one thing, do something. 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