Santa Run 2011

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Published: Saturday, 03 March 2012 13:10
Written by Narraghmore Vintage Club

picTHE fourth annual Narraghmore Vintage Club Santa Run took place the 28th of December 2011 and while the totals aren’t in, it’s anticipated that well in excess of €3,000 will have been raised for St Vincent’s Hospital Athy. According to club secretary Aideen Treacey huge numbers turned out for the event. “We had 100 tractors, 40 cars and 15 bikes taking part. The weather was excellent; we have always been lucky with the weather even in the past few years. For the past two years bikes couldn’t take part because of the frost and the ice so when it became apparent that the weather was going to be mild the bikes came out in force.” Money raised from the Santa run has in the past been used to provide an orchard and vegetable gardens for the patients of the hospital and the produce of these gardens is used in the kitchen for the patients’ own benefit. The proceeds also went towards the provision of patient sitting rooms and they also went to providing recreation facilities for the patients which the club say have been hugely beneficial to both the patients and their families and friends. Aideen says that the club picked the hospital because most people know of someone who has been or is being cared for by the hospital in Athy and the wonderful care that is given by the carers and staff. “This is the fourth year that the event has been run and it has always been a huge success. There are many different fundraisers held at this time of the year for variousdifferent hospitals so it is fitting that we have one for the hospital in Athy.” The Santa Run began in Narraghmore Wednesday 28 December with registration between 10am and 11am and the run itself left around 11.30am. It followed a route to Athy where it stopped at the hospital and Emily Square before going back to Narraghmore again. Again this year all participants were asked to dress in their Christmas out-fits and there were prizes for best turned out vehicle in each category.

 

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