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PLEASE SUPPORT CLAN NáS-NAAS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BEFORE THE FIRST RACE!

Kildare Youth Services (KYS) are delighted to announce the Clan Nás Spring Fundraising Campaign which begins at the Punchestown Racing Festival next week. Clan Nás Building Project is a worthwhile local initiative building a local state of the art Family Support and Community Childcare premises in Sarto Park Naas.

This will provide therapeutic play and parenting support to all parents in the Naas area, to those that need support for themselves and their children. ‘Families need support for a variety of reasons’ said Catherine Boonstra Project Leader, ‘these can range from serious illness, bereavement, stress due to separation, redundancy and/or neglect. Parenting in these times for some can be very difficult. Family support and children’s services have never been in such high demand’ said Catherine.

Clan Nás is supported by the Naas Lions Club, Naas St Vincent de Paul, Naas Town Council and the HSE and local private benefactors. A site has been donated by the Naas Town Council. Significant funds need to be raised in order to match any support received from Government Departments.

KYS calls on all our local punters to support Clan Nás on Wednesday 29^th April at the Punchestown Festival. It’s your local development. Please help us to build a better future for children in Naas.

Should you require further information, wish to volunteer or to make a donation to the Clan Nás Building Fund please contact:

Liz O’Sullivan, KYS Regional Director- 045-897893

www.kys.ie

Call for submissions!

Summer Camps in County Kildare 2009

Kildare Youth Services, Youth Information Centre (YIC), are compiling their annual Summer Camp Brochure 2009, which will be available in May across the county.

The brochure will be free of charge to the public and also free to those who wish to promote their upcoming Summer Camps/Activities in it. This year we would particularly like to highlight non-profit making summer camps and unusual camps in the Kildare area.

It is our aim to encourage good child protection practices, we recommend an excellent book for summer camp providers, from the Department of Health & Children “Out Duty to Care”. This book can be downloaded from the departments website or alternatively from our website, along with information on the Garda Vetting Process.

If you are organising a summer camp in the Kildare Area and would like to be included in this brochure please contact the YIC for an entry form, alternatively you can download form from our website www.kys.ie or contact us by e-mail yic@kys.ie

Completed and signed the entry form and return to us no later than the 8^th April 2009

Such is the high demand for this brochure that we may not be able to include all submissions.

For further information, please contact The Youth Information Centre, Canal Stores, Basin Street, Naas, Co. Kildare. Ph. 045-897893.

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