.Participants in the Inspired IWAT summer camp at their final day in Tralee Bay Wetlands on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE finale of the Inspired IWAT camp was held in the Tralee Bay Wetlands on Thursday.
During the month of July, young adolescents and adults from special needs schools and various services all over Kerry participated in the camps.
Participants and students enjoyed theatre and dance, music and ukulele, role-play and storytelling, physical fitness and games, boating, yoga, mindfulness, and a host of other activities, such as putting their culinary skills to the test and making personalised tie-dyed t-shirts.
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The IWAT camp also featured a creative art project where campers created fashion pieces from junk and recycled goods as a nod to the wilderness and saving our environment.
The camp finale featured all campers and together they hosted a Junk Couture Fashion show, which included music, dance, and some heartfelt testimonials from the campers themselves.
THE Woodie’s Tralee Team are fundraising once again this year for four deserving Children’s Charities.
They are holding a Table Quiz on Friday, August 5 at 8.30pm in The Mall Tavern. The team hopes to raise €6000 this year, and the quiz night will help towards this goal.
The four charities to benefit from the campaign are Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland; Make-A-Wish Ireland; Down Syndrome Ireland and Childline by ISPCC.
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Over the past seven years, the Woodie’s Heroes campaign nationwide has raised over €2.5 million for Irish children’s charities and the Tralee store staff have excelled in their own contribution to that total.
They’re hoping for a big attendance at the event next week, where there will be loads of great raffle prizes. Tables are €30 (max 5 people). You can pre-book tables by texting 0876472330.
.President of Tralee Chamber Nathan McDonnell; Linda Flynn from RelateCare; Mayor of Tralee Mikey Sheehy and AIB Tralee Branch Manager Stephen Stack at the Tralee Chamber Alliance Summer Networking Evening at Roundy’s Bar on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
ROUNDY’S Bar was the venue for a special event on Thursday evening organised by Tralee Chamber Alliance.
Their Summer Networking Event explored ‘Kerry as a place to live, work and visit: Opportunities and Challenges’ and was very well attended by members and guests.
Guest speakers included Sean Golden, Chief Economist with Limerick Chamber and Maeve Lyons, Programme Manager with the RDI Hub.
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“We explored the opportunities for living and working in Kerry and the challenges we face when it comes to housing, the lack of rental accommodation and what we can do as a Chamber,” said Chief Executive of Tralee Chamber Colette O’Connor.
“Maeve Lyons of RDI Hub in Killorglin told us about the work that’s going on there and the community they are growing. Sean Golden of Limerick Chamber did a case study of the housing situation in Kerry and that’s available to our members by request,” added Colette.
Tralee Chamber thanked The Ashe/Manor West Hotel Group for facilitating the event in Roundys. Scroll down for photos…
Sandra Rusk, Niamh Hanley and Martha Farrell of Tralee Chamber at the Tralee Chamber Alliance Summer Networking Evening at Roundy’s Bar on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Margaret Kissane of Connect Publications, Siobhan Donnelly of Cara Credit Union and Pamela Prendiville of The Ashe/Manor West Hotel Group at the Tralee Chamber Alliance Summer Networking Evening at Roundy’s Bar on Thursday. Photo by Dermot CreanMichele King of The Rose Hotel and Mags O’Sullivan of the Aqua Dome at the Tralee Chamber Alliance Summer Networking Evening at Roundy’s Bar on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Ronan Deasy of Kerry Group and Tim Kelliher of Kelliher’s Toyota at the Tralee Chamber Alliance Summer Networking Evening at Roundy’s Bar on Thursday. Photo by Dermot CreanKerry County Council Chief Executive Moira Murrell; Cathaoirleach of Listowel MD Aoife Thornton; Mayor of Tralee Mikey Sheehy and President of Tralee Chamber Nathan McDonnell, at the Tralee Chamber Alliance Summer Networking Evening at Roundy’s Bar on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Chief Executive of Tralee Chamber Colette O’Connor; Chief Economist at Limerick Chamber Sean Golden; Economist at Limerick Chamber Diarmuid O’Shea and Maeve Lyons of RDI Hub Programme Manager, at the Tralee Chamber Alliance Summer Networking Evening at Roundy’s Bar on Thursday. Photo by Dermot CreanRose Wall from Listowel Business and Community Alliance; Conor McAuliffe of Ballybunion Community Forum and Chief Executive of Tralee Chamber Colette O’Connor at the Tralee Chamber Alliance Summer Networking Evening at Roundy’s Bar on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Mayor of Tralee Mikey Sheehy; Tralee Chamber Chief Executive Colette O’Connor; Cathaoirleach of Listowel MD Aoife Thornton; Anne Marie Fuller of Ireland’s Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate and Community Action at MTU and Martha Farrell MTU/Tralee Chamber at the Tralee Chamber Alliance Summer Networking Evening at Roundy’s Bar on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean.
THE Woodie’s Tralee Team are fundraising once again this year for four deserving Children’s Charities.
