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02 Dec 2008 Follow your dreams, Westlife star tells students
Westlife's Shane Filan urged young people from the North West to follow their dreams at a Gaisce awards ceremony.
The Sligo pop star was guest of honour when over 120 teenagers from Donegal, Derry and Sligo received the President's award in recognition of their spirit of adventure, personal skills and service to the community.
Among those honoured were students from Sligo Grammer School who went on a kayaking trip to Belgium earlier this year.
"They spent their days on the river and their evenings orienteering in the forest or undergoing very physical obstacle courses," explained teacher and President's Award Leader, Fidelma Lipsett.
She took 17 fifth year students from the school on the outing which also involved a day trip to Luxembourg, last Easter.
Students from Grange post primary school in north Sligo also rose to the challenge when they took up kayaking in a more local setting at the Lough Allen Adventure Centre.
"They learned how to set up camp, they had to cook their own food and learn how to survive with fairly basic facilities," explained teacher Siobhan Evans, who supervised the project with colleague, Lorna Craven.
The Grange students undertook several community projects, setting up homework clubs, a soccer league and producing a newsletter.
They also did a mix of sports activities with one student having qualified as a beach life guard as his endeavors.
"They inspirational are
group an of young people and we could see they were developing leadership skills in this process. In fact many of them are now prefects," said Ms Lipsett.
Gaisce medals were also presented to students from the Ursuline and Mercy Colleges Sligo and to young people from several schools in Co Donegal.
The President's award or Gaisce is presented to young people aged from 15 to 25 who prove themselves in the areas of community involvement, personal skills, physical recreation and adventure.
