Santa Truck coming to Milltownpass this Christmas
Fundraiser for LauraLynn - Ireland's Children's Hospice
The Santa Truck is coming to Milltownpass on December 6 and the event is a fundraiser for the LauraLynn - Ireland's Children's Hospice.
Organised by Milltownpass Tidy Towns, the truck will arrive at Milltownpass Community Centre at 6pm that Friday.
The Tidy Towns committee are planning festivities to make the evening extra special for families before they head home to watch the Late Late Toy Show that evening.
In exchange for a donation, attendees will have the opportunity to visit Santa, Mrs Claus, and the Elves in the grotto in the truck itself.
There will be a Jingle Bells disco for the kiddies, a raffle with lots of great prizes and Late Late Toy Show Treat Boxes – proceeds going to LauraLynn.
LauraLynn is Ireland’s only children’s hospice and provides specialised palliative care and support for children with life-limiting conditions and their families, both at its hospice facility and through community care programmes across Ireland.
The Santa Truck will enter Milltownpass from the west of the village and will stop at the community centre, where Tidy Towns volunteers will be stewarding the waiting queues.
Neurodivergent children and those with special needs will be catered for as a priority. They will be invited to wait in the quiet environment of the community centre for the Santa Truck to arrive and will be welcomed on the truck to visit Santa first.
Event organiser Ronan Lynskey said: “It’s been three years since we initially put the call in to Noal (the owner of the Santa Truck) to see if he’d be willing to bring it to Milltownpass. We’re absolutely delighted to have secured the truck this year, as one of only two stops in County Westmeath.
“Our volunteers are working hard to make this a special Christmas event to raise money for a great cause and we hope that people come out and support it.”
To keep up to date on this event, follow Milltownpass Tidy Towns on Facebook.
Other Santa Truck stops this year
November
23rd 1pm Punchestown racecourse
5pm Ballymore Eustace the square 5pm
24th Athy 6.15pm
26th Baltinglass the square beside credit union 6.30pm
30th Juntion 14 mayfield 1.30pm-4pm, Portarlington 5.30pm
December
1st Ballyboughall Gaa 5pm
3rd Enfield credit union 6.30pm
5th Kilcock Gaa 6pm
6th Milltownpass community centre 6pm
7th Ashbourne credit union 5pm
8th 2.30pm O’Reillys Crookstown then, Kilkenny outside Castle for 5pm
10th Prosperous Spar shop 6.30pm
11th Kidspace - Rathcoole 6.30pm
12th Mr Price, Athlone 6.30pm
13th Naas Racecourse 6pm
14th Ballinrobe, Mayo 4pm
15th Kilmuckridge 4.30pm
17th Rathangan, Kildare 6.30pm
19th Allenwood GFC 6pm
20th Portlaoise plaza 6.30pm
21st Dundalk 4.30pm
22nd Toughers restaurant, Naas 6pm