Christmas Activities 2023

Christmas Activities 2023

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Senior Citizens' Party

Malahide Lions Club was delighted to host the annual Senior Citizens' Christmas Dinner on November 25th in the Grand Hotel.
The guests were treated to a three course meal followed by music and dancing, with Peter Finnegan Music and an exhibition by the Mary Grimes School of Irish Dancing. The Club is grateful to our generous sponsors- Mc Cabe's Pharmacy Yellow Walls, Fingal Community Development Office, Irish College of English, SuperValu Malahide, Cllr. Jimmy Guerin, Mischief Malahide, Malahide Credit Union and the Grand Hotel and our many friends who donated raffle prizes.

Of course, the event would not have been possible without the sterling work carried out by Mrs. Jo Morris, who has been serving the community in many ways for "more years the we care to remember". Thanks also to those volunteers and family members who ferried our guests to and from the event.

Christmas Appeal

Christmas Appeal 2023
This year's Christmas Appeal was an outstanding success. A lot of hard work and long hours on the street resulted in over €9,000 raised which will be converted into vouchers to be distributed among the less fortunate. In addition, on the afternoon of Saturday 16th, we were delighted to be joined at the Diamond by members of CÓRus Singing Classes "Easy to Join, Easy to Learn, Easy to Love" who regaled us with Christmas favourites. They brought a tremendous buzz to the Diamond and, no doubt, helped to fill the buckets even faster. We also had invaluable help from the TY students in Malahide Community School. A big thank you to all who helped or contributed in any way to make the project such a success.
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Christmas at A Dó.
In recent times Krishna Padayachee and his hardworking staff at "A Dó" Coffee in New St. have opened on Christmas morning to serve their delicious coffee to passers by and donated all proceeds to Malahide Lions Club's Christmas Appeal . If you happen to be around on the morning please support this kind initiative.
Update: What an amazing Christmas morning we had in New St!
The turnout was truly heartwarming (as was the coffee) and the people of Malahide came in numbers. €2,645 was donated on the morning. Our grateful thanks to Krishna and the crew at a Dó.
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Ollies Walk to North Pole.

Each year at Christmas the children of St. Oliver Plunkett School in Grove Road under the Chairmanship of Tara Tobin of the Parents' Association embark on an ambitious fundraising initiative where they set out to walk the distance to the North Pole, a distance of some 4115km. Monies raised go, in the main, to St. Vincent De Paul but they also kindly make a donation to Malahide Lions Club This donation becomes part of our Christmas Appeal Collection, making Christmas a little easier for the less fortunate among us.

We wish to thank the parents, family & friends for their generous sponsorship of the children and the staff of STOP for their continued support over the years. We wish the children and their parents and teachers the best of luck and favourable weather over the coming weeks. Update- at the weekend we received €1000 from the parents, staff and children of "Ollies", which will go towards our Christmas Appeal total. Well done to all.

Little Blue Heroes.
On Saturday, September 9th,Malahide Lions Club travelled to Barberstown Castle to present a cheque for €3,000 to Little Blue Heroes*. It was a fantastic day out for over 600 children who all participated in fun activities and, of course, met Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and Minister for Justice Helen McEntee. Lion President Ger and Lions Mary, Anne and Rose said it was such a privilege on the day to meet the children and their parents who were all wholeheartedly enjoying their day out.
* Little Blue Heroes, founded in 2017 is a not-for-profit registered charity voluntarily led by Garda members, retired Gardaí and civic minded people from the community. It is independent of the Garda Siochána and is funded entirely by donations and fundraising. Its vision is to support families of children with serious illnesses, to provide practical and financial support and to grant the wish of children to become honorary members of the Garda Siochána. Find out more at www.littleblueheroes.org.