Principals called for a ‘no homework day’ in memory of a Cork schoolgirl

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School principals across the country are asked to have a ‘no homework day’ in exchange for students performing random acts of kindness to raise funds in memory of a nine-year-old girl who died after surgery to open heart earlier this year.

Béibhinn O’Connor, of Riverstick in Co Cork, who had a rare congenital heart defect survived major surgery.

However, he passed away on September 16 after cardiac arrest during a routine postoperative procedure.

Her parents, Irene and Eoin, are asking the directors to support their efforts to raise funds for the Make a Wish Foundation.

The charity has been hit hard in terms of fundraising during the Covid crisis.

Irene says that Béibhinn had a smile that lit up a room. Seek comfort by raising funds for Make a Wish and promoting acts of kindness in a dark and lonely time for many across the country.

“Béibhinn liked to have fun and laugh. She loved the Toy program and was obsessed with Ryan Tubridy!

“The only thing he couldn’t cope with was homework, so he would love this.

“Ideally, we would love for every school in Ireland to accept a challenge. Instead of giving the children homework sometime next week, their homework would be to do a random act of kindness.

“It could be things like helping your parents around the house. I’d like Facebook to light up these random acts of kindness. I want kids to think about being nice.

“They do something nice. But then they come and talk about what they did and that idea is planted in the other thirty children in their class. Hopefully, that will instill kindness.

Irene also hopes that each child who participates in the challenge will donate € 1 or € 2 raised by the schools for the Make a Wish Foundation.

“At the Béibhinn school, there are 958 students. That will pay for the wish of a sick child. The wishes generally cost around € 2000.

“This year is very difficult for all the charities. But the children of Wish can’t wait. It’s not something they can do. They have a lot of overdue wishes that they must fulfill.

How awesome would it be if all the schools participated? All schools in Ireland grant a wish to a child from the Make a Wish Foundation.

“There are children right now who could die without their wish being granted.”

Irene finds comfort in promoting acts of kindness after her daughter’s death.

He runs a company that brings Erasmus students to Ireland. However, that business has come to a halt in a Covid era.

Irene was used to being available for the medical needs of her only son Béibhinn 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

He sank into total darkness when he died.

“I went from being the busiest person I know because Béibhinn had a lot of medicine and attention and was running my company to nothing.

“I was going crazy after she died and then it occurred to me. I was in his grave and I told Eoin that ‘there must be something we can do. She can’t be dead. ‘

“Then we came up with the idea of ​​random acts of kindness because she was so incredibly kind.

“She loved animals and children. She would go crazy if someone got upset. She was always joking.

“She has already raised € 12,500 (for charity) on her theheartangel.com page and people are also donating directly to the Make a Wish Foundation.

“Béibhinn is our angel now and he is taking care of us. Hopefully, he will spread his kindness.”

Béibhinn spent her fourth birthday at Disneyland Paris where she met all of her favorite characters.

She was delighted and proud that ‘Make a Wish’ shared her photo to help them raise funds to help other children in their situation.

The Foundation helps fulfill the wishes of critically ill children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 18.

Donations can be made to the Make a Wish Foundation at makeawish.ie/donate

You can also make a donation at theheartangel.com/supported-causes



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