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People across Westmeath are being encouraged to get involved in the National Day of Volunteering which takes place on Friday September 30.

People across Mayo were rallied to get involved in the National Day of Volunteering which takes place on Friday September 30. Last year more than 8,000 volunteers participated in hundreds of charity and community projects across Mayo and the country – and an even bigger number is anticipated this year. Research carried out by Volunteer Ireland in advance of the National Day of Volunteering has found that being affected by the economic downturn makes people more likely to volunteer. The flagship event of this year’s NDV is a national ‘Knit-a-thon’ which will see hundreds of knitters across the country attempt to break the world record for the most number of people knitting simultaneously. In Mayo, Knit-a-thons will take place in Tacu Family Resource Centre, Ballinrobe, and Le Chéile Family Resource Centre, Castlebar. For information call Marie Munnelly, manager, Mayo Volunteer Centre, 087 755 5899 or Shauna Jackson, outreach/placement officer, Mayo Volunteer Centre, 087 679 6937.

“Ireland’s greatest indigenous renewable energy source, worth €3 billion per year, is neither wind, wave, solar, nor biomass — it is volunteering”.

Are you interested in volunteering with the Order of Malta? If you join up you will be trained in first aid, learn life-saving skills, and meet new people as part of this very active organisation in the Castlebar area.

The first County Mayor’s Awards for Galway are to be held in November of this year and as part of this Galway County Council is seeking nominations for the award of Volunteer of the Year 2011.

The Cove Youth Cafe, its staff, management, volunteers and especially the youth, would like to thank the Westport Family and Community Resource Centre for the vital role it plays in the cafe, in helping the youth of the area.

Care to join the bunch and be part of the fun on Daffodil Day? Daffodil Day is on the way and Athlone volunteers are needed to climb on board with preparations to make Friday, March 25, the best success it can possibly be. This your help is needed more than ever if the provision of vital cancer information is to continue, offering support and care to those who so badly need it.

To commemorate the European Year of the Volunteer 2011, the Westport Family and Community Resource Centre has organised a full day event in The Castlecourt Hotel, Westport, on Friday March 11.

Athlone Midland Samaritans give emotional support to those experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. They are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at 1850 609090.

European Year of Volunteering 2011 was officially launched last week. Over 300 individual volunteers and non profit organisations from all over Ireland came together for the colourful ceremony, sponsored by Intel to celebrate the commitment of up to one million active volunteers in Ireland at RHK, Dublin.