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Youthreach students hosted a successful fundraising coffee morning, raising over €700 for Women’s Aid Dundalk and Women’s Aid Ireland
Students at Youthreach Dundalk hosted a successful fundraising coffee morning on Thursday 12 March in the centre for continuing education, raising over €700 for Women’s Aid Dundalk and Women’s Aid Ireland.
The event brought together the local community and parents for a morning of coffee, tea and baked goods, with every cent of the proceeds being donated directly to the charities.
This event was organised and planned as part of their Vocational Preparation and Guidance module. Students made all the goods as part of their Hotel, Catering and Tourism module and Both modules are part of the Leaving Certificate Applied programme that they are completing at Youthreach.
Every aspect of the event planning was the student’s responsibility from the budgeting and event planning to marketing and getting local sponsorships. This event was a hands-on experience allowing the students to apply their classroom learning to a real-life nonprofit Enterprise.
“This event was a great success with a huge turnout compared to what we were expecting it was a great feeling seeing the community come together for such a valuable and important cause", said student chairperson, Morgan Lamph.
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“The event was a huge amount of work and took a lot of time and effort to make it a success, but after seeing the amount we raised for both charities made all the work worth it.”
The students say that of the €779.60 in funds raised, €510.60 was donated to Women’s Aid Dundalk, and €269 to Women’s Aid Ireland, and was directly donated to the organisations through a QR code. These funds will support their ongoing work against domestic violence.
The students say they also want to give a special thanks to the following sponsors for providing donations used as prizes for their raffle: Conlon’s Food Hall, Ma Bradys, Byrnes Chemist, Sitar Restaurant, Country Fresh, Costcutter Dundalk, Traynor’s Butchers and the Greenmount.
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