Christmas appeal to help finish purpose-built home for 'Join Our Boys' brothers
Roscommon mum Paula Naughton is appealing for public support as she and her husband Padraic build a purpose-built home for their three beautiful and courageous sons, Archie, George, and Isaac.
In 2012, when Archie was six and the twins George and Isaac were two and a half, all three were diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
DMD is a terminal muscle wasting disease which will eventually impact on the boys’ ability to walk, use their limbs, or even hug the people they love.
Archie, George, and Isaac are all paralysed and in wheelchairs, and they are now struggling to use their arms.
The 'Join Our Boys Trust' was set up in 2014 following a conversation with a consultant in Temple Street Children’s Hospital who advised the family to "go home and love their children".
The trust was established with the aim of designing and building a purpose-built house that would accommodate Archie, George, and Isaac for as long as they require it; and also to fund research into finding a cure for DMD.
Since the 'Join Our Boys Trust' began, enough money has been raised to build the house, in Roscommon town.
However, an additional €300,000 is required to ensure the house is fully kitted out with the equipment needed to ensure the boys’ complex needs are adequately met.
This includes a ceiling hoist, automated doors, specialised beds, a therapy area, specialist IT equipment, specialist toilets, landscaping, a road and many other things. The family also needs to fund the ongoing running costs of the property.
On what is traditionally one of the biggest Christmas shopping days of the year, this Wednesday, December 8, the 'Join Our Boys Trust' is appealing to the public, employers, and businesses all over Ireland to join together to help raise €300,000 to get the family into their home for Christmas.
Everyone can help Archie, George, and Isaac and their Mum and Dad get into their home by Christmas by donating here.
The specially-built house is owned by the 'Join Our Boys Trust', not the Naughton family, and everyone who works with the ‘Join Our Boys Trust’ is a volunteer.