Tipperary community page raises over €3,000 for local charities
The poplar Tipp Town page on Facebook is a community page for Tipperary Town
A local Tipperary Facebook community page has donated over €3,000 to charities.
The popular Tipp Town page on Facebook is a community page for Tipperary Town and surrounds, aiming to promote businesses, community events, sports clubs, as well as posting messages from people in the area who have queries about things around the town.
Run by two local people, Brendan Lonergan and Josephine Carroll, the page receives hundreds of messages every day, and has been a vital lifeline for the community in times of extreme weather, such as the severe snow back in January.
The page also runs a Buy Me a Coffee donation page, which gives people in the area a chance to donate to the organisers, which they then donate to good causes once the total reaches €100.
The local page and community has so far donated €3,200 to various charities and individuals since they started.
Some of the charities supported include PAWS Animal Rescue Ireland, BUMBLEance Children's Ambulance Service, St. Vincent's Day Care Centre, Meals on Wheels Tipperary Tipperary Community Services Centre, My Canine Companion - Autism & Therapy Services, Limerick Animal Welfare and Suir Dragon Paddlers.
The page also donated €100 to the Tipperary Town Christmas Lights Appeal, Tipperary Boxing CLUB, Knockanrawley Resource Centre, Circle of Friends Cancer Support Centre Tipperary Town, Irish Wheelchair Association Tipperary, the Dillon Quirke Foundation, and HUGG.
"We are so proud of all our community has achieved," the organisers wrote on the page.
"Thank you so much to everyone who has bought us a coffee. Together we can do great things," they added.
The link for anyone who wants to buy the Tipp Town page a coffee is here.