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NCBI’s Official Sky Dive 4 Sight Loss.

Check out Rita’s story and get inspired!

75-year-old Rita will be blind 30 years this October. She decided she wanted to mark this milestone and raise money for NCBI, who have supported her.

Last Saturday 29th June, Rita skydived for people with sight loss and raised over €4000.

Rita went blind in a horror car crash when she was just 45, but never let her disability hold her back.

Daughter Geraldine, 48, told the Irish Mirror: “She crashed into a milk float while she was driving home from work and lost both of her eyes, she has prosthetic eyes so there was no chance of any operation or anything like that.

“It’s just a remarkable way of life she has, so positive. She was 45 at the time of the accident and my younger brother was only five, it was very tough on her.

Rita has since travelled the world raising money for others with sight problems.

Geraldine continued: “Over the years she’s done loads to keep her busy. She volunteered skiing in Switzerland, tandem cycling in Thailand, canoeing around crocodile lakes.

“She’s done a huge amount of fundraising over the years, most of them would have been fundraising trips.”

Want to know more about NCBI’s Official Sky Dive?

Contact Joanne Mc Carney  01 882 1970 / Joanne.McCarney@ncbi.ie

Photo of Rita Corley landing Photo of RIta Corley Skydiving Photo of Rita Corley and her instructor, smiling and wearing special skydive clothing

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