As the club activities ramp up and teams are starting back, we would like to wish all parents and players back or second half of the season and hope you had an enjoyable summer break.
Our committees have been busy in the background working hard on delivering a number of fundraising activities
- Weekly Lotto
- Golf Classic
- O’Dwyers @ the Dogs
- Race Night
Our new club development is progressing well as communicated last month the tenders were received from a number of interested parties.
The Development committee along development project team are reviewing these tenders and the expectation is that tender will be awarded to the successful bidder in September
Fingal County Council has initiated discussions on the masterplan for Bremore Park and discussions are ongoing in relation to the integration with O’Dwyers. In addition final legal and contractual discussions are ongoing and progressing well.
Over the summer months, we were busy and we managed to raise €15,998 through fundraising activities, which are split across Club general fundraising and development fundraising.
We have a lot of activities taking place in the coming weeks, most notably our most ambitious and biggest ever fundraising Event:Broadway on 28th September in City North Hotel, we have a massive 90 dancers busy preparing for this massive event with an army of volunteers supporting to ensure the event is bigger and better than our last successful major event Strictly.
Over the upcoming weeks you will see a busy calendar of activities as the Broadway team commence on their team fundraising drives..
- Car wash
- Juvenile Disco
- Book & Cake Sale
- Table Quiz
- Teddy Bear Picnic
- 10K walk
- Golf Event
We also have some additional fundraising activities
- Drive-in Bingo
- All Ireland events
Our patron scheme after an expected slow summer, although we have seen an increase in the patron sign up’s over the recent weeks;
- 35 Patrons Fully signed up
- €41,500 Lodged/in progress to date in the account
- 40 expressions of commitment, but yet to start
We have broken our first milestone of 100K, so well done everyone for your contribution so far we are well on our way now, and we are just under 25% of the way to final fundraising total.
We would ask people that have committed to donate to the patron scheme to sign up as soon as possible to support the early development requirements that we have upcoming to get the Development to the next stage.
- €109,500 – FUNDING RAISED TO DATE
The delta of funds from July/August fundraising €9,498 has been allocated from fundraising to day to day club funding needs.
We look forward to seeing you at one of our many events in September, and if you are approached by one of our fundraising team, please support them in their efforts as they are working extremely hard to deliver for us and our club.
Keep an eye on our club website and social media for upcoming events and notes.
If you have any queries or suggestions, in how you can support fundraising efforts, please reach out to one of our friendly Fundraising Committee or email info@odwyersgaa.com
Your Fundraising Committee
