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ENJOYING a facial and a get-to- gether with the neighbours was all child’s play in Tulla at the weekend.
And the money raised from dona- tions for free facials at the Pamper Parlour and a meet the neighbours night are going towards building a playground in the village.
The campaign for the playground was launched last month with the ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign, in which residents and businesses are being asked to contribute the cost of one or more bricks to get the play facilities off the ground.
Planning permission has now been granted for the development of a play area after a year of work by a com- mittee of parents.
€110,000 in grant money has been made available for the playground but another €40,000 is needed to make the youngsters’ dream a reality.
At the weekend, Pamper Parlour boss, Mary Corry offered free forty minute facials to people willing to make a donation to the fund.
And customers were delighted at the chance to have a little pamper- ing, knowing the money was going to a great cause.
On Friday night, Mary invited 48 families to a “Get To Know the Neighbours’ night and offered spot- prizes, food and “a chance to social- ise, have a bit of craic and help the playground fund”.
Mary delivered invites all over Tul- la, from Meaghera Cross to Kiltan- non Cross.
“[ had a gathering in my own house two years ago and there are so many new houses since then, it was time for another one. Life 1s so busy now- adays that we only see each other passing in our cars. It was amazing, people were saying to me that they never knew one neighbour looked af- ter kids or another had such a trade. It was great for us to to get to know the people living in our area.”
Mary is fully supportive of the playground, having become a mother to baby Ava six months ago.
She is one of a many businesses in the area which are getting behind the fund and other events are being or- ganised.
The site for the playground was donated by a local man, Mick Ke- hoe and, said playground committee
member, Jim O’Sullivan, “we are very grateful for it”.
The “Buy A Brick’ campaign in- volves donating €100 or whatever people can afford. The donation will go directly towards the building cost and everyone who buys a brick will get a certificate to display on the wall Ome) es lerer
We recognise the fact that €100 is a lot of money for some families to donate so we would gladly welcome any contribution that people can make,’ he added.