This article is from page 28 of the 2008-06-03 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 28 JPG
Lough Graney Youth Club will be flying the flag for east Clare in the Gort branch’s section of the AIB Better Ireland Awards.
The east Clare group will be com- peting against two Gort groups to win the coveted text votes that could see them pocket as much as €10,000.
The youth club, which is in its sec- ond year, has already dared to con- sider how it could spend the gener- ous prize.
“We are delighted with this short listing and if we won the €10,000 we would be able to purchase com- puters and filming equipment for our youth club.
This would enable our young peo- ple to become more involved in the community and also we could do many different projects incorporat- ing other age groups,” said Kathleen McNamara, Chairperson of Lough Graney Youth Club.
“Winning this award would ben- efit the entire community including pre-school, primary school children, after-school, adult education and the older members of our area. In this way our youth would appreciate and value their own community and en- able it to grow more progressively or become community leaders of the JUUAb Kr
“We are in the Clar area of dis- advantage and we do not have any
amenities on hand for our young people. We do not have a commu- nity centre, which is a major disad- vantage for our youth. Also, we have to travel long distances for cinema, etc,” she said.
This does not limit the amount of work the Lough Graney Youth Club do in any given week, however.
Last Saturday, the youth club went to Caher House Estate for a barbeque while that night the Lough Graney Youth Club Singers performed for a pre-exam Mass in Kilclaran Church, which was officiated over by Fr Brendan Quinlivan.
The local, people can support the youth clubs campaign to win the coveted €10,000 by texting GortC
to 53099.
Even if the group don’t win they will receive a donation for every text KAAS Aor b
The two other groups competing for the prize are Ballinderreen Play- group and the Gort No Name Club.
To support the Ballinderreen Play- eroup text GortA to 53099, while you can support the Gort No Name Club by texting GortB to 53099.
All texts must be in before June 6 to count.