THE annual Donegal Volunteer Awards were presented at a ceremony in Letterkenny recently to recognise those individuals and groups who serve their communities.
Winners were presented with specially commissioned certificates and art pieces by Ramelton based designer, Laura Buchanan.
Six of the community groups were given €350 Shop LK vouchers for their groups.
The 2024 Volunteer Award Nominees for projects include: The Teen Club: Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter CLG: Leadership for Life Projects: Local Transport Survey nominated by Kilmacrennan Foróige: Donegal Ladies GAA: Recipes from the Heart nominated by Kilmacrennan Foróige: Female Teens Sports: Christmas Lights nominated by Kilmacrennan Foróige (Kerry Peoples): Sunshine Chronicles nominated by Kilmacrennan Foróige (Olivia Doherty): Clonmany Mental Health Association: Clonmany Community First Responders: Ard Baithin Residents Group: Bundoran Community Development: Letterkenny Pride: Kidz Club St Johnston: ‘Time’s running out’ by Rathmullan Community Art Project (Rathmullan Tidy Towns): Síoraí Charity Shop, nominated by Spraoi agus Spórt: Letterkenny Lions Club: Donegal Branch Irish Kidney Association: Donegal Branch of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind: Cloughaneely Community Celebration, nominated by Coiste Pobail le Cheile and Kerrykeel Tidy Towns.
Clan Uí Dhomhnaill – Mum Sinead and daughters Grainne and Róise performing at the Donegal Volunteer Awards 2024 in the Radisson Hotel Letterkenny.
Clan Uí Dhomhnaill’s, Súin Ni Dhomhnaill playing the Harp at the Donegal Volunteer Awards 2024 in
the Radisson Hotel, Letterkenny.
Neil Blockley, Letterkenny Tidy Towns, with John Curran DVC.
Pamela Reid and Amanda Wiseman, Kilmacrennan Foroige, with John Curran DVC and Margaret Larkin DLDC.
Cloughaneely Community Group with Angela Wren, Donegal Local Development Company (DLDC), and John Curran, Donegal Volunteer Centre, at the Donegal Volunteer Awards 2024.
James Farrell and Teresa Farrell, Kerrykeel Tidy Towns, with Margaret Larkin DLDC and Shane McBride DVC at the Donegal Volunteer Awards.
Winners of the Projects Section in the 2024 Donegal Volunteer Awards at the Radisson Hotel Letterkenny on Thursday last.
Kilmacrennan Foroige Group winners at the Donegal Volunteer Awards 2024.
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