December 3rd 2006 was the Dreams Come True traditional Christmas
party with the participation of 40 volunteers that prepared a
high quality event for 50 children 4 to 5 years
old who came from a disadvantage school in Dublin’s city
center. The young people got together every week in University
College Dublin to organize the different committees and receive formation.
The event started with the children arrival, the welcoming on
behalf of the volunteers with teams organized with name tags,
color t-shirts, etc. The day continue with a play about
the real meaning of Christmas by some volunteers who acted
it all, then a very good magician came over, followed
by a delicious lunch, where they received modeling balloons and
Santa’s triumphal arrival in a police car, then all pay
a visit to Santa’s Grotto and the children receive presents
that the volunteers had put together for them before hand,
the children will leave it with a nice personal photo
taken with Santa. Meanwhile the other kids where having fun
at the different exciting games that were set up there
for them. It all came to a happy end with
the Santa’s delivery of two stuff elephants for each child
from the stage and the raffle of 10 bikes. Both
volunteers and the children enjoyed a day full of fun
and friendship. Some of them were very thankful for had
being invited to such an event. All showed great interested
in continuing participating in Dreams Come True next event that
will be a fun day at Dublin Zoo. The event
was published in the front page of the “Irish Catholic”
news paper.