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Pic: George Maguire
THE world’s first ever Random Acts of Kindness Festival held in Clonakilty last July has been awarded the top prize in the European Rural Youth Project of the Year competition.
The project was run by Clonakilty Macra with the aim to bring a smile to people’s faces and to show what people can do when they work together.
The motto for the weekend long festival was “cut the misery, spread the positivity”. [Read more...]
Pictured with Deirdre Garvey, CEO of The Wheel, organisers of the competition, are Ger O’Donovan, Jenny Murphy, Padraig Griffin and Noel Crowley from Clonakilty Macra.
Congratulations to Clonakilty Macra, winners of the ‘Volunteer Only category’ at the Better Together video awards.
Clonakilty Macra’s Know Your Neighbour Weekend event, the Random Acts of Kindness Festival, received nearly 3,000 votes in the Volunteer Only category. [Read more...]
The new festival proved a great success. Pic: Richie Tyndall
THE first ever Random Acts of Kindness festival that took place in Clonakilty recently was hugely successful.
More than 1,000 people gathered on Connolly Street from 6.30pm on the Friday evening for the opening event which was a bubble blowing ceremony.
by Sharon Whelton
THE town of Clonakilty is set to come alive this weekend, when it hosts the inaugural Random Acts of Kindness festival.
The festival, which will take place from Friday, July 20th to Sunday, July 22nd, will centre on the motto of “Cut the misery – Spread the positivity”. [Read more...]
CLONAKILTY will be the venue for a festival of goodwill on July 20th to 22nd celebrating Random Acts of Kindness.
All kinds of selfless acts will be performed to cheer others up with the view to promoting positivity. Businesses, bands, artists, community groups, families and individuals are quickly signing up to get involved to spread the festive cheer.
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