Southside volunteers honoured at event

SOME of the Southside’s finest volunteers were honoured at a special event recently where they were praised for their efforts.

A total of 103 nominated volunteers from across the county were applauded at the ‘Celebration of Volunteers’ event that was hosted by the cathaoirleach, Cllr Barry Saul.

The occasion was organised to recognise each of the volunteers for giving up their valuable time and expertise for the betterment of their community and, in turn, for the betterment of society.  

The object of the celebration was to honour and recognise individuals who are representative of the body of volunteers that contribute their time and effort to help their own communities in the county in areas such as sports, arts, community, environment and heritage. Each volunteer at the event was nominated by members of their community so that they could be recognised for their time and commitment to volunteering within Dún Laoghaire Rathdown.

As he appluded the volunteers, Cllr Saul said: “The community believed that each person in attendance should be recognised for consistently and unselfishly offering up their time and effort for the good of their community, group or club.

“This is indeed a high honour.  I hope they take every encouragement from it.”

Each of the volunteers in attendance received a certificate and token to remember the occasion.

Cllr Saul thanked everyone for their dedication.

 “I hope that what you take from this event today is the sincere and clear message that your efforts are greatly appreciated by other volunteers, by the people you help in so many ways, by the wider society and by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council,” he added.