JUNE 2006

SAVE MOVILLE'S BOAT BUILDING SKILLS - SPONSOR A BOAT

Moville has a long, proud heritage of boat building. With the changing times there is a real risk that the skills of traditional boat building could be lost. This project wants to save the skills for the future generation.

We are planning to build a Foyle Class Punt in Moville this autumn at the Moville Community College. The college has offered the school as the venue for the building and has donated money to help make it happen. McDonald's Boat Builders will be teaching people, young and old, how to build a Foyle Class Punt.

The aim of the project is to keep the skills of boat building alive in Moville. The school will use the boat so that the young people of Moville can learn how to row a traditional boat. The Moville Community Traditional Boat Building Project is a partnership between the Foyle Rowing Club, Moville Activities for Men (Moville and District Family Resource Centre) and the Moville Community College.

We need to raise money to build the boat and are approaching businesses in the town for help. All businesses and people who donate will have their names put forward for six prizes and the chance to have their names put on one of the twelve oars for the boat.

If you want to help Save the Skills of Boat Building by donating money please contact Lucy White 93 82058 or David Simpson on 93 81244.

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