Mayor’s Ball, 2007
April 17th, 2007One of the highlights of my term as Mayor of Letterkenny was my Mayor’s Ball. On May 5th of last year, nearly 500 people attended the event in the Mount Errigal. The event went fantastically, raising just over E50,000 for Donegal Hospice. (update: total raised was €50,326.89)
Cllr Ciaran Brogan, the current Mayor of Letterkenny and the first person to have organised a Mayor’s Ball (back in 2002) is now organising this year’s Ball, which will take place on May 11th in the Clanree Hotel. Below is an excerpt from the notice for the event :
This Council is hosting the 2007 Mayor’s Ball and has agreed that all proceeds will go to charity. The Mayor’s Ball will be held in the Clanree Hotel on Friday, 11th May, 2007.
The nett proceeds of this function will be donated to the Children’s Charity H.U.D.T. (Help Us Dry the Tears). This Charity works to help homeless, abandoned and suffering children in Eastern Europe and was established by our Irish Apostolate in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Communist regime. H.U.D.T. attempts to give these suffering children a decent life by setting up Houses of Mercy and by organising and paying for operations that these children would otherwise never obtain. This is a completely voluntary organisation and I appeal for your support to this very worthy Charity.
A limited number of corporate tables are available for this function at a cost of €750 which would accommodate 10 people.
If your organisation is interested in supporting this event, tickets are available by contacting Frances at Letterkenny Town Council Offices on 074-9194222.
Yours sincerely,
CIARAN BROGAN
MAYOR – LETTERKENNY TOWN COUNCIL
I’d like to wish Ciaran and Frances Friel, assistant Town Clerk, all the best with this. Frances was a great help with my Ball last year - it wouldn’t have happened without her hard work - and, together with Ciaran, everyone at the Clanree and the representatives of H.U.D.T they are sure to pull off another great event.