Take a look at some of the great Big Picnics that were held around the country! You can share your stories and pictures too here.
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"hi my name is mary and i am nearly 13 i heald a big picnic for barretstown on the 14th of august 2010 with my friend kathryn we spent 3 weeks planing it but all of our hard work paid off as the day..."
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- Mary O'Reilly, Thursday, September 02, 2010
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"The Blue Jean Country Queen Festival hosted by Meath Macra na Feirme held and Avonmore Big Picnic for Barretstown raising over €500 on the day. "
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- The Blue Jean Country Queen Festival, Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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"From RTE Sales Dept June 2009
Just to let you know that we hosted a number of Picnics across RTÉ sales departments in June 2009. Attached are some pics from their Picnic on the TV Sales floor, which..."
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- RTE Sales Department, Thursday, April 22, 2010
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"The children of Happy Feet Early Learning Centre in Rathcoole, Co Dublin held a Big Picnic last week raising €360 for Barretstown. Face painting and a bouncy castle added to the fun day."
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- Happy Feet, Monday, August 23, 2010
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"Bridgets Montessori in Duleek, Co Meath raised €265 from our Picnic on the 24th of June. It was great fun and everyone really enjoyed it. "
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- Lucy Crosby, Thursday, July 01, 2010
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"My name is Áine O'Doherty, I hosted an "indoor" big picnic for Barretstown, in my place of work, The Dept. of Agriculture labs in Celbridge, on the 14th July. The event was a great success, the..."
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- Áine O'Doherty, Monday, August 23, 2010
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"Limerick City Community Safety Partnership (LCCSP) is a partnership between Limerick City Council, An Garda Síochana and the HSE. LCCSP launched a Community Coordinator pilot scheme in March 2007..."
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- Sarsfield Park, Monday, August 23, 2010
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"To all at Barretstown,
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to host a picnic in your name to raise funds for this wonderful organisation.
I held my picnic in my back garden on Sat June..."
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- Eileen, Thursday, April 22, 2010
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"Hi, my name is Susan and with the help of my brother and sister we organised a surprise Big Picnic for our father on the 9th of May 2010 for his 60th birthday. It was a great day and the good..."
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- Susan Nolan, Sunday, May 09, 2010
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"The Boroimhe community in Swords held an Avonmore Big Picnic for Barretstown last week with dozens of families. Face painting and a World Cup Shootout made the day a great success and over €1500 was..."
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- Boroimhe Big Picnic, Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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"We held our Big Picnic on the 4 July 2009 and were lucky that the day stayed bright and dry. The local shops were a great help in providing food - Superquinn, Swans on the Green, Eurospar, Tesco and..."
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- Pat Clear, Thursday, April 29, 2010
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"My name is Neasa, and this summer i decided to organise a big picnic/BBQ for Barretstown on June 30th 2010. I'm writing this to encourage teenagers like myself to host a Big picnic for Barretstown!..."
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- Neasa, Friday, July 09, 2010
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"Hi,
we held our picnic on Friday 31st July 09. The weather was terrible but the kids still had fun with tree house, trampoline and inside toys. The good news is that we raised €265 which we are..."
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- Sueanne, Thursday, May 06, 2010
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"The sun shine stayed shining in our back garden for our Avonmore big picnic for Barretstown on Saturday 17th July 2010. Family, Neighbours and friends arrived bringing their very generous donations..."
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- The Sullivan family, Swords., Friday, August 13, 2010
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"Fabian Macken’s 10th birthday is on the 14th of July, in 2009 he decided to bring it forward and celebrate it on Friday the 26th of June, the last day of school so all the boys in his class at The..."
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- Sandra, Thursday, April 29, 2010
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"We held our picnic in Emo, Co Laois on Saturday 07th August. Myself and my 5 children stayed up late on the Friday night to bake buns & cakes. It rained on the day but that didn't dampen the..."
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- Natalie Smith, Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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"My friend Lydia and I hosted an Avonmore Big Picnic for Barretstown on Saturday 25th July in Phoenix Park. We invited a number of our friends to attend and everyone brought something for the picnic...."
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- Fionnuala , Thursday, July 01, 2010
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"The Community of Killeen in Laois came together to host an Avonmore Big Picnic for Barretstown recently. There were bouncing castles and face painting on the day and over €5,000 was raised."
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- Killeen Big Picnic, Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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"My niece, Eabha Brennan was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma during a routine eye exam in February of 2009. Eabha was 18 months old at the time. During this eye exam the tumour was detected behind her..."
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- Mags, Thursday, April 22, 2010
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"The retailers of Dublin St in Monaghan got together to organise a Big Picnic for the community on the 19th June. It was a great success raising over €1,200."
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- Big Picnic Dublin St, Thursday, July 01, 2010
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"My name is Magali and I am writing to you from Co. Cork. My husband and I hosted a Big Picnic on August 8th, 2009 and I am writing today to tell you a little of what happened on the day. We invited..."
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- Magali, Thursday, April 22, 2010
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"The O'Connor Family from Clondalkin held an Avonmore Big Picnic for Barretstown in 2009 and were rewarded with some fine weather and a big turnout of family, friends and neighbours. They used their..."
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- Carol, Thursday, April 22, 2010
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