Encinitas Students Raising Money for Injured Athlete

Encinitas resident Ronan Nelson, a sophomore at Cathedral Catholic High School, suffered a spinal cord injury during a rugby match April 7.

Ronan's younger sister, Niamh Nelson, is an 8th grader at St. John Catholic School in Encinitas. To show support for their classmate and to help raise money for Ronan's recovery, St. John students sold shirts to the school community before and after school on April 27.

As Ronan continues to recover throughout the remainder of the school year, students will continue to show their support by wearing those shirts every Friday instead of their uniforms.

If you’d like to help, you can make a donation the ‘Team Ronan’ fund at St. John’s main office or at the Encinitas bank listed below. All donations will go directly toward building a ramp for Ronan's wheelchair to get inside his house and hard surface flooring.

San Diego Bank & Trust 
Attn: Mary Purviance
FBO Team Ronan Recovery Fund
781 Garden View Ct, Ste #100
Encinitas, CA 92024