Something for everyone at Athy family fun day
Tate and Pauline Doyle
A family fun day was a wonderful way spend a beautiful day in Athy recently.
The sun shone down at Castle Park for the merry group who enjoyed community spirit at its best.
There was fun, games, food, many laughs, chats, medals, music, sports, and much more importantly the children and adults who call this area of Athy home.
There was something for everyone to enjoy and the delight on the faces of the children said it all, especially when they received their medals in our Lilywhite Olympics with Kildare Sports Partnership.
There was plenty of entertainment from the crew of festival in a van and Creative Places and local talented musicians. Slainte Healthcare were on hand to provide healthy snacks and information on all free services and programmes available in Athy.
The HSE team were also on board providing free blood pressure checks and information on national screening and cancer awareness, and plenty of information regarding measles and other vaccinations.
Happy Days community creche provided and manned a sensory play area for all the toddlers and great fun was had by all. Organisers in the Athy West Urban Community Group would like to thank Kildare County Council for the green area where the event was held and to Empowering Communities Athy, Athy Family Resource Centre, Kildare Traveller Action, The Civil Defence, and the many volunteers who all came together to make this a day to remember for one and all.
Athy West Urban Community Group is an amalgamation of five community groups in our area. Castle Park, St Dominick's Park, Greenhills, Carbury Park and Townpark. The group’s aim is to enhance our areas and our community spirit, work together and support each other. They strive to be inclusive to all members, and we aim to provide social and educational activities for our community. The group have a green area and community hub at 1306 Townpark (R14 RD79).
This building houses community and research library. The building is also used for knitting, crochet, craft, art groups. Through Empowering Communities there have been many educational workshops including, soap making, candle making, sewing workshops, bicycle repair workshop, every week there are mindfulness, yoga classes among other varied classes and events. Easter even saw 100 local children travel to Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park to see the Easter Bunny.
