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 €4,000 was raised. This is a huge amount of money which will help the Wicklow Branch immensely in the great work they do. What an amazing community we have! A huge thank you to the parents of the Billies and Knockananna juveniles for donating raffle prizes along with the following local businesses:
The Beauty Spot
LVP Renewable
Woodside Nurseries
Woodenbridge Hotel
The Saltee
BOK Construction
Paul Lancaster
Gerry Keogh
Bouncy Castles R Us
William Tyrrell
Byrnes Stores Londis
Lawlesses Hotel
KK Styles
Tinakilly Country House
Paddy Phelans
Aughrim Pharmacy
Arklow Bay Hotel
Earls Newsagents
The Grand Hotel
Sean Byrne Ballymanus
Super Value Wicklow
The Coffee Shop
Sonia Darcy, The Irish House Tinahely
Martina O’Connell
Byrnes Injury Clinic – Paddy Byrne
The Edge Hair Salon
Eoin Walsh Carpentry
Gavin Byrne
Joe O’Tooles
Glenmalure Lodge
Ann Whelan
The Stonecutter
Also thanks to The Saltee Pub for sponsoring the prizes for the tug-of-war, Sean O’Neill for the sumo suits, 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 (Deirdre, Laura, Marie Mary) , our chefs Brian, Gerry and Kev, Andy Doyle for the rope, and Fiona, Nicola, Eimear and Micheal for their help throughout the day. Thanks also to Kiltegan and Knockananna for taking part in our tug-of-war with the Billies – hoping next year this will be bigger and better! Well done also to Aughrim, Annacurra, Knockananna, Blessington and the Billies for the highly entertaining games which were played throughout the day – a more skilful display you would find hard to see at adult level !
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