CASTLEMAINE

NOTICE

If people out there have anything they would like mentioned in the weekly Notes section for the Castlemaine area please do not hesitate to email daracastlemaine@yahoo.com or phone/ text 0862688674 prior to Monday of any week.

CASTLEMAINE COMMUNITY CENTRE

Though the Castlemaine Community Centre is closed at the moment due to the COVID 19 outbreak we continue to provide our service of Meals & Wheels to all those in our area.

The Laundry service is operating as well. All other activities are cancelled as well as the continued closure of the Gym until the Government and the HSE deem it safe to reopen.

We wish to thank you the public for your continued support in this difficult time and all your good wishes, and your support for the centre down the years.

We wish to acknowledge grant received from the Community

Enhancement Programme and Department of Rural and Community Development for recent grant to upgrade our tunne.

THADY O’SULLIVAN CANCER FUND

Organised By Castlemaine Community Thady O’Sullivan is a young college student who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called T Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. He requires a bone marrow transplant in St James’s Hospital Dublin, which is very costly. This fundraiser is to support the specialist treatment Thady requires to make a recovery. Please help our local Castlemaine man Thady with his recovery. Anything you can donate would be greatly appreciated by his family. This fundraiser is organised by family friends of Thady O’Sullivan. You can donate by logging on to http://www.gofundme.com/fundraiserforthadyosullivan

Alternatively you can contact Brendan Dennehy on 0876969841 if you do not have online access.

MAINE VALLEY FAMILY CENTRE

Anna Breen (Family Support and Community Development Worker) from the Maine Valley Family Centre in Castlemaine wishes to let people know that she is available for a friendly chat, family support or can be contacted for more specific information for families who need support at this time within the local Mid Kerry community.

Anna can be contacted through the following means:Phone: 0873694169E-mail: annacd.mainevalley@gmail.com

Anna can also be contacted by Zoom if community members wish to avail of face to face contact.

KEEL CASTLEMAINE EMERGENCY DELIVERY SERVICE

066 7174066 (no text messages) Keel/Castlemaine Community volunteers working with local businesses are very much aware that the recommended restrictions on movement as a result of the coronavirus pandemic may cause problems for some members of our community in the coming weeks.

In order to minimise problems, we as a group of volunteers are putting in place a collection service for prescriptions from Milltown pharmacies and a delivery service for local businesses and drop them to your house. This service will be manned from 1PM to 4PM, 7 days a week.

If you need to use this service, we ask that you telephone your prescription through to your pharmacy by 1PM and pay for it by card if possible as our volunteers will not under any circumstances ask for or accept cash. If you then telephone 066 7174066 (no text messages) and speak to our co-ordinator we will do our best to collect the prescription and deliver them to your house by the next day or sooner.

It would be of great help if you could have your eircode to hand.

Note that this is a free/confidential service and at all times our team of volunteers will respect people’s privacy and when delivering we will keep a safe distance to minimise the possibility of spreading the virus. Also note our volunteers will never ask you for nor accept cash.

If anyone wishes to volunteer please contact Ger on 087 6761740.