This week, the eyes of the pupils of The Little Angels School in Letterkenny lit up with huge excitement when they were presented with four brand new bikes.
The gifts were donated to the special school by Arthur McMahon from The Donegal Oil Foundation and Terence Diver from Divers Hyundai this week so that pupils could #haveago at cycling in their school playground.
Last April, Arthur McMahon, Terence Diver and Barry Foley took part as a three person relay team in The Race which is a 250 km unsupported endurance event across the rugged landscape of North West Donegal. The 3 lads completed it as part of Team Donegal Oil.
Terence Diver very kindly put up a prize of a drive in the passenger seat of Eugene Donnelly’s Hyundai i20R5 Rally Car in the hope that people could would donate to their chosen charity, The Little Angels School and whoever entered had the chance of winning this amazing opportunity at the same time.
The money raised went towards purchasing these four bikes locally from LK Bikes, which were delivered to The Little Angels School this week.
The Donegal Oil Foundation presenting four bikes to the Little Angels School in Letterkenny
Speaking on behalf of the school, Angela Keane said “We are absolutely delighted to receive these gifts from the Donegal Oil Foundation and as you have seen from the look on the children’s faces they were super excited.
“We would like to thank Arthur McMahon from The Donegal Oil Foundation and Terence Diver from Divers Hyundai along with Gavin and Mark from LK Bikes and to everyone who thought of our school when they were fundraising through their Team Donegal Oil event.
“Our children will look forward to taking on board the #haveago ethos and form their own little cycling club in the school now.”
Arthur McMahon, Founder of the Donegal Oil Foundation said, “Just seeing the eyes and faces of the kids today when they saw the bikes makes everything that Team Donegal Oil and the Donegal Oil Foundation do so worthwhile.
“We have so much more to give to local charities, schools and clubs just like this on an ongoing basis and I would like to thank everyone who helped make this possible including Terence Diver from Divers Hyundai who not only took part with Barry Foley and myself in the Race but donated the prize to enable us to raise money to purchase the bikes.”