Maynooth Senior Citizens Committee

Maynooth Senior Citizens Commitee Josephine Moore Congratulations to all involved in the MEC Virtual 10K/5K Run as you celebrate your 10th anniversary. This event has been a wonderful success story so well done to all. How quickly time passes.

Our organisation is celebrating 55 years this year and although there is a huge gap between the two groups in terms of membership and duration, Maynooth Post Primary and Our Senior Citizens have been interlinked for almost all of that time. We have a great working relationship with our young people and through the years this has served to bridge the gap which is so important in order to understand and embrace age and diversity in all its forms.

Maynooth Education Campus continues to support our organisation and provide a forum for our activities when needed. Without the use of their hall, support of teachers, caretakers and students, running our sale of work, which is our main fundraiser, would present a huge problem indeed. Our committee and older people in turn support their activities such as their annual Musical and of course the 10K/5K Run. As Christy Moore would say “It’s a two-way situation”. While I’m on the subject of quotes, Tom Ashe, on his retirement said, “If you don’t respect your past you don’t deserve a future”. If this is so, then the young people in Maynooth have a very bright future indeed. So once again thank you all for your continued support and I wish you every success in all you do.