One of our members was recently invited to join the Green Army at the Fleadh Ceoil n Eireann last Sunday. As Austen had done us a great favour the previous week our member felt somewhat obliged to accept his invitation.
Wearing a Green Army Vest they set off into the crowds brandishing a pick-up stick, gloves and a black rubbish bag…
To cut a long story short, our good friend was the person with permission to use the centre that Saturday. Austen was holding a recruitment day for Scouting Ireland and we are pleased to say that he was only too delighted to help us out and share the stand.
As the previous post implies, the Offaly Dyslexia Group had a great day out and so did Scouting Ireland. Both received a ton of enquiries from interested parties.
A number of our members are scouts or scouters (adult scouts). With the permission of the group leader we added to the scout presence (in uniform) while working for our own very worthy cause. Things worked out very well indeed. Collages were provided of scouting activities involving the 1st Offaly Scouts and Austen provided the rest…
(returning to Sunday) …determined to get our group noticed our enthusiastic member donned the fluorescent vest and volunteered their services with gusto. A group of maybe twenty volunteers set forth along the streets of Tullamore intent on cleaning things up so that revellers could enjoy themselves safely.
Sadly, they were unable to flash the Offaly Dyslexia Group vest at the crowd, as an official green version was required. Apparently this turned out to be an advantage when the hot late summer’s day suddenly became wet, windy and dark!
While it was intense; the rain was warm. Dressed in shorts and a t-shirt, the double layer of protective clothing sheltered our intrepid member from the pounding rain leaving only a couple of damp spots that could be hidden under our very own Offaly Dyslexia Group vest!
So, we got to advertise for the Offaly Dyslexia Group after all…