A Malin Head dad said he has been wowed by the number of people helping to coin in cash for vital research which may save his sick son and thousands more.
Jimmy Mooney and his family, along with the Lafferty family - based in Carndonagh - say they have been blown away with the amount of support they have received from people in Inishowen after they revealed their three children have muscular dystrophy disease.
After they were snubbed help by the Irish government to pay for ground-breaking research - being carried out in the UK - they revealed their sad story to the 'Journal'.
The two heartbroken families set about raising cash for the research which they hope may help save their three children, Liam Mooney, aged six, Tony Lafferty, aged seven and his brother Bobby, aged two.
But just days after their heart-rendering story went into the Journal they were contacted by fundraisers who have kindly pledged to raise cash.
Jimmy told the Journal: "I just cannot get over the generosity of people in our community.
"We are all so grateful for everything.
"It is so encouraging to see us getting a response from this." And this weekend there are two major events taking place. There is a dance being held on Saturday night for Duchenne Muscular dystrophy in the Malin Hotel. This kicks off at 10.30pm and the music is by sister and brother Sharon and Gary, followed by a disco with PJ the DJ.
Tickets costs 10 euros which includes door prizes.
While 20 adventurous people, 16 of which are from Inishowen, will be taking to the skies on Saturday in Belfast to take part in an abseil in aid of the charity. The event, organised by Brian McGilloway, will see the brave soles abseiling down the Europa Hotel at around 2pm. One of the abseilers, Chantal Howard, said the dare-devils were really looking forward to the event. She told the Journal: "We are really excited - and it will be great to raise the profile of Duchenne Ireland.
"Hopefully we'll raise lots of cash."
And Malin GAA are in the process of holding a massive raffle to also rake in money.
Jimmy added: "On behalf of my family and the Laffertys I just want to thank everyone. "We are so touched by all these events and we know from experience that a lot of hard work goes into them." For more information about the dance contact 0861574454 or 0861664760.
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