Kildare town fundraiser raises €8,800 on Daffodil Day
Kildare turned yellow with the annual Daffodil Day fundraiser. As always, the team at The Silkon Thomas in Kildare Town held their annual fundraiser which included a coffee morning and collection Photos: Jimmy Fullam
KILDARE Town came together for the annual Silken Thomas Daffodil Day fundraiser, which saw a lot of support from local businesses and the community.
The tradition, which was started by the late Paul Robinson, has been going some 13 years in the restaurant, as community members donate whatever they can for the Irish Cancer Society.
Mr Robinson sadly passed away in 2019, but his kindness and compassion has lived on through the fundraising event and coffee morning which takes place each year.
Silken Thomas held a coffee morning on Friday, 20 March with a fantastic array of raffle prizes on offer, and of course, all funds made on the day went to the Irish Cancer Society.
Raffle prizes included hampers and restaurant vouchers as well as bottles of wine and spirits.
At the same time, fundraising group Dream Believers held a bucket collection outside Tesco in Kildare Town to contribute to the funds.
Due to the good weather, plenty of people were out and about which meant that the crew at Silken Thomas were able to come up with a brilliant donation amount.
Both the Silken Thomas and Dream Believers have raised approximately €8,800 in funds this year. However, Catherine Kelly from Silken Thomas believes that figure might rise.
Catherine believes that people want to do good, and will, given the opportunity.
“People need a place to give money,” she said. “People were literally putting fifties in and they don’t want anything for it.” After a busy day of fundraising, the Silken Thomas team was delighted with the community support shown this year. Until next year.
