Newsletter
No 16..................................................Autumn
2015
Our annual cycle held on Sunday Sept
6th was a great success with the sun beaming down on the 160 +
cyclists who took to the road for a 15km and 80km route.
A big thank you from the Board of
Management and from the staff if you supported or helped out in any way. To all of you who brought back sponsorship
cards and who encouraged family members to either take part in the cycle or to
steward on the day. Thank you.
The sum of money collected this year
is approximately €8,000. This money is
an essential part of our budget which we rely on to maintain our services.
Kerry County Council Community Fund
Following an application
for funding Castleisland Day Care Centre has been awarded money towards making
a C.D. through Kerry County Council Community Fund
This C.D. will be unlike other
C.D.’s. If you can recall in the past we
produced
“Never Grow Old” in 2007 and “ Forever
and Ever” in 2012 and Hugh Brosnan and friends recorded a fundraising C.D. on
our behalf in 2013.( All these C.D.’s are still available for purchase at the
Day Centre at a cost of €10.)
The current C.D. project is a
reminiscence project i.e. we are attempting to record any memories, stories,
yarns or songs from the past.
With society changing so fast it is
important that we have an accurate account of how people lived 60, 70, 80 or
even 90 years ago.
We would love to hear and record any
memories or experiences which you may have had as a child or young adult, from
the 1930’s onwards.
Pat Broderick who has visited us and
shown us some of our past customs is interested in this project and has agreed to
help with “interviewing” people for the purpose of recording your stories.
Ruti Lachs who visits us for musical
sessions will help out by trying to encourage any singers to sing some of our
older songs with a view to recording some of the less know local songs
Ger O Sullivan who has recorded both
of our past CDs will once again do the recording .
Dates set for recording are
Wed Oct 7th
Thurs
Oct 8t h Tues Oct 13th
Wed Oct 14th Thur Oct 15th
Fri Oct 16th
Mon Oct 19th Tues Oct
20t h Fri Oct 23rd
We are delighted to have Pat, Ruti
and Ger on board for this project and our thanks to Kerry County Council for funding the project.
KETB ( Kerry Education and Training Board)
KETB have always been very supportive
of Castleisland Day Care by funding classes. Over the past number of years we
have benefited with classes in art, yoga, dance, personal development,
gardening and arts and crafts.
This year once again KETB are
generous in their support by giving us dance and art and craft classes.
Dance classes will be with Natalie
and will be held on Monday mornings.
Art classes with Breda Galwey will
commence on Tuesdays Sept 29th.
Positive Ageing Week
This year Age Action celebrates 13
years of Positive Ageing Week and both young and old are coming out in force in
their towns and communities to celebrate ageing in a positive light.
This is evident in the diverse range
of activities that take place all over the country in the week long
celebration.
In addition to the 1,000 individual
events expected to take during the week, 12 towns will participate as Positive
Ageing Week towns this year .
Kerry does not have a Positive Aging
Town but there is lots happening in Kerry to celebrate and a list of these
events can be found on Age Actions web site.
In our area, the main event being
hosted is in Knocknagoshel Community Centre on Thursday October 1st
when Sliabh Luachra Active Retired Network are holding a Positive Ageing Day
with lots of guests, music and food on the day .
Cost €10 with buses going from all
the local areas.
Castleisland Day care Centre will celebrate
with music during the week of Monday Oct 5th to Friday 9th
Rugby
World Cup
At
this stage you probably all have a team with your name on it for The Rugby World
Cup. Rugby World cup which takes place every four years is this year being
hosted by England with the final being played in Twickenham London on October
31st .Irelands team captain
Paul O Connell will be retiring after the world cup
Ireland
are in with a good shot of qualifying from our group,(Group D) If interested in watching
Ireland play catch them on TV3 on Sat
Sept 19th , Sunday Sept 27th,Sunday Oct 4th
and Sunday Oct 11th with
further dates if they qualify .
Strictly Come Dancing
Best
of luck to our favourite heart throb Daniel O Donnell on his exciting venture
into Strictly Come Dancing on BBC.1
Programme
commences on Friday September 25th
on BBC1.
Will
Daniel O Donnells luck of the Irish work for him and his dancing partner
Kristina ??
Castleisland Day Care Centre will be voting
for Daniel all the way and lets hope he is voted to stay in right up to the final .
Dates to Remember ;
Sliabh Luachra Tea Dances
11th Oct 2015 –
Brosna Community Centre
8th November
- Lyrecrompane Community Centre
Social Sunday
Castleisland Day Care Centre Between 2.00 and
5.00pm
Sunday Oct 4th
and Sunday Nov 1st