Peter O'Neill (manager), Jack Field (President) and Joe Carroll (director) of Naas Credit Union at the announcement of its school bursary, sponsorships, new website and logo.
NAAS, 15 October: by Brian Byrne. A £20,000 Secondary School Bursary initiated by Naas Credit Union will provide one student each year from Naas with £1,000 a year for three years of third-level education. The Bursary, open to 6th Year students from the three Primary Schools in Naas, was announced at a Press Night last Thursday.
The Credit Union also launched its new corporate logo and its website. The logo was designed by Valerie Hughes, who won the £1,000 competition among members held to get a logo design. Her crown shaped logo represents Naas as the meeting place of the Kings, and incorporates its people, church, Town Hall with the clock, and houses.
In the last year, Naas Credit Union has also provided funding to a number of other Naas organisations, including £6,000 to Naas Athletic Club, £10,000 towards the refurbishment of the Moat Club, £6,000 to the 4th Kildare Scout Unit in Naas towards the cost of its recently-refurbished Den, and £1,200 to the Millennium Project of An Scoil Linbh Iosa.
Naas Credit Union has enjoyed phenomenal growth over the past ten years going from £3.5m in assets 1991 to £30.5m today.
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Steven Murray, Paul Walsh from Naas CBS; Barry Crosbie, Trisha McMahon, Ann Barry and Dawn Burke all from St Patrick's Post Primary School.
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Tony Moyles, chairman of the Board of Directors, with the new Naas Credit Union logo and its designer, Valerie Hughes.
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Eileen Corcoran (director) and Diane Kirby.
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Tony Burke (chairman supervisory committee) with Sean O'Gorman and Cecil Doyle (directors) of Naas Credit Union.
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Paula Burrows and Jo Coy from the 4th Kildare Scout Unit who paid tribute to Naas Credit Union for its sponsorship of £6,000 towards renovation work of their new Scout Den.
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Cathy Lawler, John Lawlor and Georgina Clince from the Moat Club.
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Tom Keegan (principal St Patrick's Post Primary School), Liam McManus (vice principal Naas CBS); Marie O'Neill (principal St Mary's College); Patricia Keneally (principal Holy Child School Ballycane) and Teresa Callaghan (vice principal HCS, Ballycane).
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Winners all! Karen Hogan (Leinster Indoor U/15 60m hurdles and Leinster outdoor silver medallist); Eoin Monahan (Leinster indoor and outdoor U/13 shotput champion who also took bronze at Leinster and National in the discus); Robyn Traynor (silver in the Leinster U/9 60m event) and Dillon Gill (U/10 60m silver at Leinster level and bronze at national). Also pictured are Evelyn McNeilis (chairperson Naas Athletic Club) and Liz Hogan, (chairperson Juvenile Section)
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