Six youths complete Gaisce bronze medal

DUNDALK FC PLAYER PRESENTS DESERVED AWARDS

DUNDALK Youth Centre hosted an Awards evening on May 10th to celebrate the fantastic achievement by six young people who have successfully completed their Gaisce Bronze award.

The Awards were Presented by Karolis Chevdukas and Liam Burns from Dundalk FC who joined for the celebration.

On the night Mary Yore from Gaisce spoke about the journey the young people had been on over 12 months to complete all four sections of the Gaisce programme. Gaisce or Presidents Award is a nationally recognised award for young people who undertake a Personal, Physical, Community and Team Challenge over a number of months. The awards have three tiers Gold Silver and Bronze and are endorsed by President Higgins.

Receiving their awards on the night were Josh Challoner, Sonia McKeown, Jordan McK- enna, Maeve McCourt, Katie Conway and Chloe Gernon. Family and friends were in attendance to see the young people receive their awards along with Cllr. Maeve Yore and Joanne Murphy from Louth Children and Young Peoples Services Committee.

Gaisce is supported in Dundalk Youth Centre by youth worker Stacey McVeigh who was very proud of the young people for giving their com- mitment and energy to developing themselves through the programme.

If you want to find out more about Gaisce or Dundalk Youth Centre contact at 042-9329532.

Sonia McKeown, Medbh McCourt, Joshua Challoner and Jordan O’Callaghan, with their Bronze Gaisce-The President’s Award at Dundalk Youth Centre, along with Stacey McVeigh, Dundalk Youth Centre, Mary Yore, Regional Development Officer at Gaisce along with...