This article is from page 71 of the 2008-10-28 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 71 JPG
TWO novel new ways of raising cash for the playground in Scariff were announced at a special launch on Friday night.
Most people are happy to support raffles in a good cause without know- ing what they might win but in this case, what the punters don’t know is how much they will have to pay for the raffle ticket.
“What we are asking people to do is to buy an envelope and when they open the envelope, they will get a slip of paper telling them how much their raffle ticket will cost. It can
be anything from one cent to €30,” explained Joan Crotty of the play- ground committee.
There will be 3,000 envelopes sold and the draw will take place on De- cember 28. First prize is €3,000, with ten prizes of €100 and 20 prizes of €50.
The second fund-raiser will start after Christmas and will involve peo- ple buying a virtual brick for €100 a pop.
“We won’t know how many virtual bricks we need to sell until we see how the raffle goes,” said Joan.
So far, the fund to construct a play- eround in the Riverside Park has
been boosted with grants of €60,000 from Clare County Council’s play- ground fund and €27,000 which has been raised locally through events such as the Thousandaire and the fashion show.
“There are 150 children in the na- tional school here and more in the Steiner school and in Tuamgraney, so we’re hoping that the parishes around Scariff will support the draw as well,’ said Joan.
Plans for the fabulous new facility were on show in Ryan’s bar for the fundraiser launch on Friday night.
The playground is being construct- ed by “Go Play” and will include
separate areas for older children and tiny tots, climbing towers, swings, Slides, roundabouts and wheelchair accessible play equipment as well as the super-safe and hard wearing wet- pore surfacing.
The playground will be the latest addition to the facilities in the Riv- erside Park, which has been an on- going project in Scariff to create an amenity by the river for the village.
For a chance to help boost the playground fund, Mystery Raffle envelopes can be bought from any member of the community council and have been available since the (ete Conte w