JUNE 2008

Funding for Greencastle's new sports hall

The Greencastle Community Resource Centre Committee is launching a major fund raising drive over the summer months to enable them to complete the new sports hall facility before the end of the year.

The fund raising will take the form of a 'Time Capsule' into which families and organisations form the surrounding townlands will be able to place specially designed envelopes containing family trees and the history of local organisations and groups. These envelopes will be supplied by the committee and anything from photographs, letters, notes, newspaper cuttings, poems, CDs. DVDs. drawings, certificates etc. can be enclosed. The sealed envelopes will then be placed in a 'Time Capsule' built into the wall of the centre, not to be opened for 50 years.

The committee are requesting a donation of €50 per envelope returned, or if people wish to donate more than that, it would be greatly appreciated. The development of the Resource Centre and Sports Hall have reached this point by sourcing numerous grants over the years and this is the first time the local community have been asked to support the project financially.

A spokesperson for the organisers said: "The benefit of this facility to the local area and Inishowen will be invaluable for both the present and future generations. At the moment, the Centre has a number of staff employed both in the office and building. The centre is used at the present time by the locals playgroups during the day and can facilitate meetings, IT courses and evening classes. The spokesperson added when the sports hall was complete it would be able to offer indoor football, basketball, badminton and a host of other sports activities. In addition, a sports rehabilitation facility or fitness suite will be available in the near future.

The closing date for the return of the envelopes for the capsule is 31st August.

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