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PA Committee 2024/25

2024/25 Fundraisers

Pre-loved Uniform Sale (August 2024)

A sale of pre-loved uniform items was held in the school tunnel ahead of

the new year and raised €1027! Thank you to all the parents who

donated and purchased items.

No Smartphone Voluntary Code (October 2024)

The PA had a very positive response to its ‘No Smartphone Voluntary

Code’ initiative, in conjunction with Gen Free: Free to be Kids. 94% of

parents/guardians responded and 91% agreed not to give a smartphone

device up to and including 6th class. These results surpass many other

schools that have participated in the initiative so far. This is an ongoing

project that we hope will support parents/guardians throughout their

daughters' primary school years. It will be relaunched annually to our

new Junior Infants and any other new entrants to our school.

Hallowe’en Costume/jersey Swap and Sale (October 2024)

The PA hosted a very successful and useful costume/jersey swap and

sale before Hallowee’en. In addition to being a sustainable event and

teaching the students about reusing resources and a circular economy,

€597 was raised! Thank you to all the parents and students who donated

costumes/jerseys and purchased items on the day.

Fiona Forman: Raising Resilient Children talk (November 2024)

Despite the poor weather, there was a good turnout for Fiona’ talk.

The PA organised tea/coffee and biscuits on the evening. Fiona very

kindly shared her slideshow with us, which is available at: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DRuFc0c80PY_W9NpMccrB0SG2dg7XmIy?rtpof=true&usp=drive_fs

Coin Drop Fundraiser (November 2024)

Our Coin Drop fundraiser was a huge success. Thank you to all the girls

and their families for digging deep and diligently bringing in the loose

change all through the week. Mid-week spot prizes were awarded to the

following classes:

JI and SI - Ms. Sweeney 1st and 2nd – Ms. Codd

3rd and 4th – Ms. O’Shea 5th and 6th - Ms. Conlon

And the overall winners at the end of the week were Ms Burns Dooley’s

Junior Infants. The grand total raised was €3287! The monies were used

to cover resources for the individual year groups that will immediately

benefit the students, including materials for the new project maths

curriculum, art supplies, hula hoops for play time, buddy benches and

flagpoles for our school flags.

Pre-loved Occasion Wear Night (November 2024)

A fantastic night was had at the Pre-loved Occasion Wear event,

with a great atmosphere and many happy shoppers on the evening.

A total of €1260 was raised. We would also like to thank all of our very

generous sponsors who provided raffle prizes for the event.

Pre-loved Christmas Jumper Sale (November 2024)

We had lots of satisfied customers picking up additions for their

festive wardrobes and €233 was raised.

Christmas Cards (December 2024)

Christmas cards were extremely popular this year, with a big jump in

sales compared to last year, bringing in €2,483! Thank you to all the

parents who purchased cards and well done to all the girls for their

hard work and creativity in designing them.

Christmas Charity Appeal (December 2024)

Our Christmas Charity Appeal was for “Feed Our Homeless”, a

Finglas-based charity. They are on Dublin streets every night helping

homeless people and they also support homeless families living in

emergency accommodation. The charity was blown away by the

generosity of the parents and pupils of Hollypark – the van had to make

two trips to their base just to transport all of the donations!

Tesco Community Fund (February 2025)

€502 was raised from blue token donations in Tesco Stillorgan. Thank

you to all of the parents who supported us while shopping!

Hollypark Table Quiz (April 2025)

Lots of parents (and some teachers !) had a great night at the

quiz, raising over €11,000 across ticket sales, raffle and auction !

World Down’s Syndrome Day Collection (March 2025)

Both online and bucket collections were held to support this great cause,

with Hollypark students also wearing their odd socks to school to

raise awareness.

Mary’s Meals Bucket Collection (April 2025)

€519 was raised by parents and students for this great cause, with funds

being used to support schools in Liberia, Malawi and Zambia.

Sports Day Cyclothon and Skipathon/Jumpathon (May 2025)

Over 95 cyclists, including parents, students and siblings, covered a

distance of 450.2km during the school sports day. The Parents'

Association also treated all students to an ice cream van after their hard

work on the pitch !

With thanks to McSport for donation of stationary bikes.

Mid-Summer Cake Sale Raffle and Fundraiser (May 2025)

The Mad Hatter themed Mid-summer cake sale was a huge hit,

with the students getting a chance to bring and buy some sweet

treats, and prizes awarded for the best show cakes. Over €1600

was also raised from the raffle!