AND THE WINNER IS….. (WSTCYS MARCH AROUND IRELAND: STEP CHALLENGE)
On the 1st of March, those involved in our Community Youth Projects began our March Around Ireland Step’s Challenge.
Over the course of the month of March, this Challenge engaged our young people, parent’s, community members, staff and volunteers. It’s initial intention was to get young people out in the name of mental and physical well-being, while keeping Covid Safe. It has done just that based on the numbers as well as the fact it has grown beyond just the young people we work with.
Amidst it’s evolution of engagement, our community youth worker’s felt it would be a good idea to try raise some funds for our youth projects. Since the beginning of March, our GoFundMe has raised €3,906.
Before I announce the overall winning project, young person, parent and volunteer, I would just like to thank everyone involved on behalf of our Community Youth Work Team.
NOW, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR,
***I KNOW I SAID THE LAST DRUM ROLL WAS THE LAST ONE, BUT ONE MORE PLEASE…..***
IN TOTAL OUR ORGANISATION TOOK A COLLECTIVE NUMBER OF 39,892,327 STEPS OVER 31 DAYS.
- The Project with the most steps, and the winner of the €100 One4All voucher is the Farronshoneen Youth Centre Project with a whopping 9,428,892 steps in total. Congratulations to the FYCP.
- The Young Person with the most amount of steps across our Youth Projects and the winner of a €50 One4All voucher is Jake from the Farronshoneen Community Youth Project clocking in with a staggering total of 524,663 steps so well done Jake!
- The Parent who clocked in the most amount of steps and winner of a €50 One4All voucher is Eimear Douglas from the Farronshoneen Youth Centre Project who racked up an insane 624,923 steps. Well done Eimear.
- The Volunteer who stepped up this March and the winner of the last and final €50 One4All voucher is Ciaran Delaney from the AXIS Project in Ballybeg. Ciaran racked up 528,832 steps, which I can stand over as I seen him strolling passed the Manor at least 2 days a week, congratulations Ciaran and well done.
With the winners announced all that is left is to hold tight and your community youth worker will be in touch regarding your prize.
I would like to congratulate every single person again just once more, as a collective, reaching 39,892,327 steps is amazing and means we took more than 1.2 million steps a day.
Congratulations to all the winners, well done to all involved and let’s hope we haven’t done any lasting damage to the footpaths in our communities.
