A huge thank you to everyone who came and supported the recent Ice-Cream Party for the Wicklow Branch of Down Syndrome Ireland– a whopping €4,705 was raised. This is a huge amount of money which will help the Wicklow Branch immensely in the great work they do. Special thank you to Ballymanus Club for helping make this charity event happen year after year. A huge thank you to all the local businesses, juvenile parents and everyone who donated raffle prizes:
The Beauty Spot
LVP Renewable
The Grain Store
Woodside Nurseries
The Saltee
Bouncy Castles R Us
Vass Autos
William Tyrrell
Byrnes Stores Londis
Pure Beauty By Nicola
Lawlesses Hotel
Paddy Phelans
Arklow Bay Hotel
Super Value Wicklow
Sonia Darcy, The Irish House Tinahely
Byrnes Injury Clinic – Paddy Byrne
Michael Healy
Niamh Armstrong
Michael & Margaret Stapleton
Mary Monahan
Michael Collins Pharmacy Wicklow
Hugh Doyle
Pat & Ciss Byrne
Mairead O’Neill
Christine Byrne
Laura Hogan
Fiona Byrne
Helen Byrne Suzanne Kinsella
Ann Whelan
Also thanks to The Saltee Pub for sponsoring the prizes for the tug-of-war, Sean O’Neill (Bouncy Castles R Us) for his continued yearly help/sponsorship, Theresa and Byrnes Stores Londis for their continued support every year in sponsoring ice-cream along with Pettitts, Tesco and Dunnes Stores in Arklow, Britvic for sponsoring the drinks and Augustus Cullen Law Solicitors for sponsoring the sweets. Thanks to all who baked food for the day, our ice cream ladies (Anne, Agnes & Naomh), tea ladies (Aine, Deirdre’s, Marie) , our chefs Brian and Kev, Andy Doyle for the rope, and Gerry, Nicola, Fiona, Eimear, Micheal, Nicole, Sean and Mary for their help throughout the day. Thanks also to Knockananna for taking part in our tug-of-war with the Billies ! Well done also to Aughrim, Annacurra, Knockananna, Tinahely, Michael Dwyers, Kiltegan, Baltinglass, Clonmore and the Billies for the highly entertaining games which were played throughout the day and Padraig, Jackie, Sean and Adam for very kindly refereeing our games. Thank you to Sean Byrne, John Harmon, Mick Lynch and Sean Doyle for all their help with the electrics. Apologies if anyone has been forgotten!
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