SuperValu Tidy Towns

With many goals to the competition we hear about some of the things planned and needing your help and participation.

It would be difficult not to notice the impact that The Tidy Towns Volunteers have already made to Johnstown in the few months since forming Nov 2016. A simple regular clean up every fortnight has got residents out in large numbers and has made a huge difference.

There's more to Tidy Towns than just litter picking. It's a community project and as the recent Posting on Navan South Communities Unite explained we're in it for the long term with plans to involve the community in so much more.

Here's the posting in case you missed it:

We have a fantastic sequence of events planned over the coming months with Johnstown Tidy Towns in the Johnstown area.

All the members of our committee will be flat out trying to make sure these events as enjoyable and successful as possible. In order to do that we need the people of Johnstown to get involved and help.

We will be forming project teams to look after plan and organise each event. I have listed all the events below, so if you feel you have the time the energy or an individual skill set that would help any of the project teams please come on board and get involved. Some of these events are fund raisers for Johnstown Tidy Towns with all funds going to improve the look of the area.

We hope to have a meeting organised for next Wednesday 10th May and we would love as many people as possible to turn up and get involved. Venue to be confirmed.

Formal Registration

We will be entering the National Tidy Towns competition officially on the 30th May. We are entering with the intention of doing the best we possibly can. So we would like to invite all the people of Johnstown to get involved with our regular clean ups.

Farmers Market

Due to our Tidy Towns volunteers carrying out regular clean ups of the Athlumney Centre the Landlord has offered us the use of his empty car park to organize a "Farmers Market" in aid of Johnstown Tidy Towns . This will take a lot of organisation but would be a great plus for the area and could maybe be turned into a regular event.

Duck Race

Meath River Rescue have agreed to organise a Duck Race on the River Boyne in aid of Johnstown Tidy Towns . Again this could be a great event if organized properly.

River Tour

Meath River Rescue have also agreed to do regular tours of the river for the children of Johnstown. They can safely take up to 16 kids at a time.

Riverside Clean Up

Meath River Rescue have also agreed to work with us on a joint project to clean up one of the streams leading to the River.

Recycling Event

As part of our Tidy Towns entry we have to encourage recycling so we are thinking of organizing a recycling event in the Ardboyne Hotel.

Family Events

As we have the Tara Suite available to us in the Ardboyne Hotel compliments of the developer in Cois Gloisin we will be organising a Halloween and Christmas party for the children in Johnstown.

Fund Raising

Super Value have kindly offered us 4 bag packing fund raising days over the coming months. We will need to organise a team of people to take up their kind offer.