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Monday Dec 19, 2011

Happy Christmas

Apologies for not blogging of late, I've been so busy not sure where to start.

Since the Feile I've been involved in the Gas Yard 'Halloween Fun Day' which was a lot of fun and very busy, as I was on the door taking entrance fees, then throwing spiders at the children to try scare them during the story time (Someones had to do it. ha) and letting people know what was happening throughout the day. Before all of that though was the preperations and trying to get technology to work which was to be honest more annoying than fun; due to not being able to get a laptop to play sound track for the Halloween story time, but got there in the end.  here is a picture of me at the fun day.

Other than Halloween, where to start....

I found out 2 weeks ago that I got a distinction in my Youth in Community Leadership FETAC Level 5 - the equivalent to an A Level in England. So thank you to everyone at the Gas Yard who helped me with information to do it. I just have to finish off my campaign and lobbying now so fingers crossed for that. In the new year I will be doing OCN Trainer and OCN examiner training so that I'm sure will keep me busy if all goes well.

For a while though I've also been conducting a volunteer survey on the Volunteer Investment Project that I'm with at the Gas Yard. It has been interesting to do and I even completed the questionnaire myself so I know what I'm asking other volunteers to do. I even gave myself the title of Volunteer Development Officer not that the Volunteer Coordinator disagreed with it ha!

We had a volunteer night too at start of the month so that volunteers could meet each other. We had a little award ceremony for volunteers who took part in 'Lone Worker' training that I took part in October, was really interesting and useful to do.Not strictly volunteering but something I got involved in through volunteering with CEDAR Foundation.

Since October I've been doing Dance inclusive for those with disabilities called Illuminous Soul. So far we've had a few classes and an intense residential with a performance at the end which was fantastic. HopefullyI  will carry on after the New Year not sure what it will bring but it's been really good for me and I was able to show off my new moves at the Gas Yard Christmas Night out last week. Just shows what volunteering can lead to sometimes. So after all that I would just like to wish you all a Happy Christmas and Happy New Year and thanks for reading this.

Posted by Moira ( 6:01 PM )
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