The time has come…

By Florencia | Published: April 29, 2011

Tomorrow is the day we all in K.I.D.S. look forward to all year long! The start of our yearly walk. It is so exciting! This year we start our 4 year challenge in Portugal. All our walkers are all looking forward to it and getting everything ready.

If you would like to sponsor any of the walkers, you can still do so through paypal on our website or via MyCharity.ie

Thank you to all who have already sponsor them and a special GOOD LUCK to all the walkers!!

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Pre-walk walks :)

By Florencia | Published: April 4, 2011

Oh my goodness, what a fantastic walk! Weather was on our side and so was the scenery! Absolutely amazing pre-walk from Bray into Dublin’s city centre in preparation for the big one in Portugal!!!

Next one will be in Glenmalure to Glendalough/Laragh, a superb walk with breathtaking views of the Glenmalure Valley, the Lakes of Glendalough and its 6th Century Monastic City. This monastic settlement was the hob of learning in Europe from the 6th until the 12th century.
Distance: 14Km, Height Gain: 450m

Do join us! We really do have a fantastic time!

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Yet more awesome THANK YOUS…

By Florencia | Published: March 29, 2011

We want to say an other big massive THANK YOU to an other of our greatest supporters, Lorraine.

Lorraine joined us in 2010’s walk and ever since she has been one of our most constant supporters. Not only with fund raisers but also in creating awareness of the problem our children in Argentina have to face.  She single handedly organised an incredible quiz night in Clonmel on the 26th of March. She raised an incredible amount of money for the Portuguese Camino Challenge of 2011.

Lorraine, it is a pleasure to count with you as a big part of our NGO. Thank you.

Also, a special thank you to Peter, Pauline, Cora, Aoife and P.J.

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1st K.I.D.S. Pin day sponsored by NCI

By Florencia | Published: March 16, 2011

The 10th of March was our very first PIN DAY sponsored by the lovely students of the National College of Ireland. They did such an amazing job, not only selling the pins, but also creating the signs, putting the ribbons together, explaining people about our organisation and sporting our t-shirts so fashionably! (Check out our Facebook to see the photos!)

Sincere thanks to Rebecca, Sarah, Kev, Laura, Ethan, Gary, Chris and Tracey.

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Want to sponsor a walker?

By Florencia | Published: March 8, 2011

Hi to all,

We received a number of queries on how to sponsor our walkers on their fundraisers or simply for the walk. To do so, please go to our home page and, at the bottom right, click on the PAY PAL button. Enter the amount you wish to donate and, if you are sponsoring someone in particular, please make sure to state the name of that person!

You can also support them through MyCharity.ie directly to their events.

Thank you all for the help and support!

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Message from Johnny to all his supporters

By Florencia | Published: March 8, 2011

Thank You!

by Jonathan Nicolas Mascaro on Monday, 07 March 2011
We finally had our Party and Raffle Event last Friday 4th of March at the Waterloo Bar in Baggot Street.
I’m really happy with the results of the event and I’m even happier that many of my friends have taken their time to join the party with great enthusiasm. Sometimes words are too predictable and obvious for each occasion; they can also be unnecessary overwhelming and honestly I can not find all the exact words that I need to express how grateful I feel. If there are any type of blessings in life, meeting an amazing group of people in Dublin, has been one of them for me! There are many people that I would like to thank and I don’t want to forget anyone. (Forgive me If I do!).
During the last couple of month, while I decided to be part of this great initiative from KIDS; Cora and Florencia have been helping me so much, with ideas, prizes and giving me a lot of courage to engage this adventure; I wouldn’t have even started without them.
Lucho once again has showed interest in the activities and as usual has been of a great help by promoting the event.
Daniela has given an amazing hand by sponsoring me with her friends and buying a huge number of raffle tickets.
Juanjo (Alatryste Photography) as the first Sponsor! Joel, for creating a beautiful logo for my adventure!
Tommy as well has gotten quite a few tickets and has contacted me with a great Sponsor: Lorcan, representing Foxford and Admiral Brown Society, who has provided us with a great Prize for our Raffle.
Adam from Jameson Ireland has provided the Big Price for the nigh.
Francesco, as usual, has been really supportive during all this time, along with his Friend Ivan, who has printed the raffle tickets at a really convenient price.
Renato, unfortunately couldn’t make it to the party but he has been really kind helping and sponsoring the event. Gabriela for arriving always punctual, with a great energy and inviting friends, helping with the raffle and the usual good mood.
Eddie as well has been really supportive during the last two months and providing me with great ideas. Buying 2 tickets for the Jameson Raffle has paid of for him and everyone was glad he was the winner as he had to leave the party to cover his shift at work!
Juan Pablo from “Argentino Grill”; Tony and Gabriela from “Bondiola Argentina”: thanks for all your help and for joining us on Friday.
My Friends from Genoa Club Dublino, who are always involved in all the events with lot’s of enthusiasm and are, along with the Argentineans, the best football supporters in Dublin: Thank you!!
To all the people that bought from 1 to 20 Tickets, thanks again and I’m sorry that not everyone could go home with a prize. I’m sure the best outcome of this is to be part of this good cause and initiative from Kids.
Gabriel, despite the distance he has been in touch, has bough his tickets and would have by far a better DJ than the one we had: all of us can’t wait to see him again in Dublin.
I’m delighted to have the chance of being part of such a wonderful event and a great cause.
In May, I’ll be walking for KIDS, for my own personal experience and also I’ll be walking because of you.
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New amazing prize for the raffles of the 4th of March!

By Florencia | Published: February 21, 2011

We are delighted to count with Jameson as sponsor for the Retro Party in the Waterloo Bar (4th of March)!! We got an amazing Limited Jameson Box: 12 years, 18 years and Gold Reserve. Raffle Tickets €10 on the night! You really can’t miss this one!

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Loads of events happening in March and April

By Florencia | Published: February 13, 2011

As part of the preparation and fund raising activities for our walk in Portugal, there are loads of events happening.

We are doing a number of walks every three weeks in order to get those hearts pumping and ready for the main walk. Please check our Current Events page for more details.

Johnny with his retro party in the Waterloo Bar on the 4th of March, is gonna be so awesome!

The lovelies Elaine and Anne are organising yet an other Comedy Night in the Laughter Lounge. It was so good last time that they couldn’t resist doing it again. This one will be held on the 31st of March

And soon to come with more information about a Truco tournament. We’ll keep you posted on this one shortly!

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Comedy Gig – a complete success

By Florencia | Published: January 31, 2011

Last Friday 28th, we had a Comedy Night at the Laughter Lounge organised by two lovely supporters: Eileen and Adrianne. They managed to raise a wooping €700 for K.I.D.S. as part of the found raising activities for the Walk Challenge in Portugal (1/4) and it has really created a buzz to keep at it!

Thank you ladies for the constant support and Well done on the amazing work!

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Amazing support by Johnny! Support him to support us!

By Florencia | Published: January 17, 2011

Jonathan has decided to join us in our Portuguese walk and for that he has decided to organize some events and raffles. He is welcoming any kind of support. You can get some more information on the blog he has set up or the group in Facebook. Please help him to support us!

He has now created a new event as part of his fun raising activities on the 4th of March at the Waterloo Pub in Dublin 4. If you want to see more info or reserve a place, go to the event’s page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188855137808878

Thank you Johnny for the constant commitment to KIDS!

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