Local Notes 8th March 2011

GRANAGH  UTD. F.C:

Lotto  Results:         Winning Nos.  2. 28. 29. 30.   No Winner.         Next Week's jackpot  €9,000.00

Lucky Dips:    Des O'Brien, Donegal, Sheila Treacy, Granagh, Jim Moloney, Gotoon, Kilmallock.

Next Week's Draw in Bennis's. 

Tickets available at O` Gorman's Foodstore Granagh, Hickeys Bar Croom, The Rock Bar Granagh, & Bennis'  Bar Ballyagran.

 

U10 League:  Sat 26th
Broadford Utd 2 -  Granagh Utd 2
Two second half goals from Eoin Clifford secured a share of the points in this evenly contested game.   I would like to compliment Broadford  on the condition of their pitch,  which was lined out to perfection - you don`t see this too often.

Junior Desmond Cup:
Pallaskenry A 0 -  Granagh Utd 1
Granagh travelled to Pallaskenry last Sunday to take on a side a Division above them and an own goal from Pallas proved to be                      enough for Utd to progress to the next round of the Desmond Cup.

John Giles - Walk of Dreams:

This is a national fundraising campaign to help build stronger clubs and communities throughout Ireland.   It is a unique opportunity

for all clubs in Ireland to walk together and demonstrate the importance of football in Irish life.    That's what we will all be doing on

Sunday 27th March at 3.00pm in O'Connell St., Limerick along with thirteen other towns throughout the country.   Over five hundred clubs

have registered to date, to join in the walk.
Through the ' Walk of Dreams' the foundation will support local clubs by giving them back 50% of what they collect, which in turn

will allow the clubs to  apply to the foundation for funding.   

So, contact Kevin Clifford on (086) 8431840, for a sponsorship card straight away.    Every donation, no matter how small , is important.   

HAITI  UPDATE:

One year after the Earthquake at Hospital Sacre Coeur:   Report from Peter Kelly.MD    

 The physical plant has expanded to include a new maintenance building/warehouse which  will house the maintenance department and housekeeping department as well as be a storage place for their supplies.    Next to it is the prosthetic lab and solar powered water purification system.    There is a garage and service pit for our vehicles as well.   Our new laundry building is on the rear of this property and the oxygen generating equipment is in a building next to the generator building. There are two new generators outside the building waiting to be installed.

  When I arrived there was a team of twenty volunteer electricians from California who were completing rewiring of our hospital.    All of the supplies needed to do this were donated.   These volunteers worked sixteen hour days to complete this job without disrupting patient care.

  A team from CRS arrived to discuss the addition to our lab.   They are instituting a post graduate training program for nurses and physicians and will fund the renovation of our auditorium and provide the equipment to allow us to participate in this program.  They will also fund the conversion of a room on our housing compound into a library with computers and internet access so the students have a place to study.     Finally they will  fund the conversion of our existing depot into a two story housing compound with rooms, bathrooms and common areas for    fifty two volunteers and students.

  The reason we are able to convert our existing depot into housing is that we now have a large storage building called a sprung building that was donated.   This building is 60x100 feet and 30 feet high.   We have shelving that extends to the ceiling and a forklift to enable us to move supplies. We  have  a contract with a bar coding company( thanks to a generous donation) to bar code all of our supplies. This will enable us to track our usage and needs.  We will be able to access this system by the internet so we can coordinate our donations and also volunteers can see what medications are available and what are needed for their trips.

 The cholera outbreak seems to be decreasing.   When I arrived there were fourteen cholera patients.   During the week it increased to twenty five  but had again decreased to the teens by the end of the week.   The patients are arriving earlier so they can be controlled quicker and discharged sooner.   Our public health teaching seems to be having an effect.   The bulk of the care is being provided by our Haitian staff with volunteers working side by side.   We try and adjust our staffing needs based on our volunteer numbers.

  At the present we have 119 part time Haitian staff in addition to our 250 full time staff.   Most of the part time staff are nurses and housekeeping.    None of the wonderful things that have happened at Hospital Sacre Coeur this past year could have been possible without the guidance of our board and support of our many volunteers and donors.  As HSC enters it's 25th year it is obvious that we are accomplishing our mission and improving health care in Haiti.   While most news reports focus on the lack of progress since the earthquake and question what happened to all of the money donated, you can be proud that all of the donations to HSC since the earthquake have been used to improve and expand the quality of care in Northern Haiti.   Ours is a success story that we all need to share!

 

COMMUNITY  GAMES:                                                                                                                                                                                               U/14 Talent:                                                                                                                                                                                                            Congratulations to Rachel Anderson who qualified in solo singing and also to Sean English and Sean Curtis who go through in group music category.   This round was held in Caherconlish on Friday night last and our thanks to all our competitors who did us proud.

Art and Handwriting Competition :                                                                                                                                                                                         On Saturday Mar 5th the next county round of the art and handwriting competitions will be held with Ballingarry/Granagh drawn to participate in Rathkeale from 10am to 1pm.    All children who have qualified to represent Ballingarry/Granagh need to be in Rathkeale at the Community Centre in good time for a 10am start.Upcoming Events:                                                                                                                                                                                                          Training for cross country running continues each Friday evening at O`Gormans field . Anyone who would like to take part is most welcome to join in.      Also on Friday evening our Cards 45 team are in action in Cappagh and we wish them well and hope the cards fall right for them.

 

BIRTHDAYS:

There were birthday celebrations on the double at the weekend in the Leahy household.   Congratulations to Patrick, who celebrated his 21st and Janet who celebrated her 18th.