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Family Day a huge success – thanks to everyone who took part

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Today is UN International Day of the Family, an annual celebration of the diversity of families and family life across the    world. To mark the day One Family and EBS Building Society came together to celebrate Irish families and family diversity by hosting The Family Day picnic in Iveagh Gardens, a free event with entertainment for all the family. Hundreds of families joined the fun for Family Day by either attending the picnic in Iveagh Gardens or by hosting their own event with their family to mark the day. All families who registered for Family Day are still in with a chance to win €1,000 by simply submitting a photograph from their ‘Family Day’ to www.familyday.ie. Pictured enjoying the fun today were Hunzah Alraqi(5) and Shafeeq Alraqui taking part in the wheelbarrow race, Jamie Duffy (2) with Twinkle Toes the owl from Dublin Zoo and Rocio & Belen Gonzalez (3) enjoying the face painters. Thanks to everyone who has helped to make Family Day such a huge success.

 

Family Day enjoyed by hundreds of families at Iveagh Gardens

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE FAMILY CELEBRATED WITH FAMILY DAY PICNIC & FREE ENTERTAINMENT IN IVEAGH GARDENS

PICNIC HELD BY ONE FAMILY AND EBS BUILDING SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE FAMILIES IN IRELAND

Sunday 15th May, 2011 – Today is UN International Day of the Family, an annual celebration of the diversity of families and family life across the world. To mark the day One Family and EBS Building Society came together to celebrate Irish families by hosting a free family day picnic in Iveagh Gardens. Hundreds of families joined the fun for Family Day by either attending the picnic in Iveagh Gardens or by hosting their own event with their family to mark the day.

Speaking about International Day of the Family, Aidan Power, Head of Marketing at EBS Building Society, said: “EBS is delighted to be partnering with One Family to celebrate International Day of the Family. It’s great to have so many families in the one place enjoying the day. Families are important to EBS and that’s why we partnered with One Family in the lead up to today. I’d like to congratulate One Family on all their hard work in making today a huge success.” Read more

Family Day is getting loads of media – are you ready to join us on Sunday?

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Thanks to Bonnie Brady and Brian O’Connell for bigging up Family Day and the need for an acceptance of Family Diversity on TV3. http://www.tv3.ie/shows.php?request=themorningshow 24 Mins in 11 May

And here’s a good piece from One Family Director Karen Kiernan on why Family Day is so important pg18/19 Metro Herald http://e-edition.metroherald.ie/2011/05/11/. Hopefully you will have heard and seen all the publicity our wonderful media supporters Today FM and The Evening Herald are giving us. And the pieces in Irish Times and Sunday Independent and so on so far – thanks to all our supporters!

 

Family Day, Sunday 15 May 2011

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One Family and EBS want you to celebrate families on Family Day, Sunday 15 May 2011 – and be in with the chance to win €1000!

All you have to do is hold a family-themed event. If you are an organisation, think about story telling events, arts and crafts projects or talks. If you are a family, think outdoor games, treasure hunts or family X-Factor competitions. www.familyday.ie will soon be up and running with details of how to register your event, upload photos of it – and then be in with a chance of winning the €1000.

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Join us for the Family Day picnic in The Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 2, from 1-5pm, Sunday 15 May to enjoy our family entertainers, workshops and games – all free of charge. Bring your own picnic! www.familyday.ie will have more information and updates on what we have planned.

 

Save the date: Family Day, Sunday 15 May 2011

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Celebrate Family Day 2011 and be in with the chance to win €1000…

One Family and EBS Building Society invite you to celebrate families on Family Day, Sunday 15 May 2011. You can either

  1. hold your own fun event – think arts and crafts projects, play days or story telling hours – and/or
  2. join us for Family Day in The Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 2, from 1-5pm, Sunday 15 May to enjoy our family entertainers, workshops and games – all free of charge. Bring your own picnic!

www.familyday.ie will soon be up and running with details of how to register your event, upload photos of it – and then be in with a chance of winning €1000.