By TANIA PHILLIPS
MORE than 2000 people spread their picnic rugs and chilled out at the first Killarney Picnic Basket Day at Melrose Station on a beautiful Autumn day on Sunday.
The event was the brainchild of one of Killarney’s favourite son’s – the late Councillor Jamie McDonald – a day for people to chat and read and just stretch out and relax.
Event leader Deb Bradfield said it was a beautiful day and so successful that it is expected to be an annual event with this year’s event pulled together and organised in just six weeks.
She said a special thank you to Peter and Colleen Lindores for opening their garden to create such a great event.
It was a fantastic fund-raiser for the Livin charity (though the exact amount is yet to be determined), and the organisers can’t wait to do it all again next year
The not-for-profit charity Livin is all about living your life at the top and destroying the stigma that is attached to mental illness.
Connecting, supporting and encouraging one another to talk about their feelings, issues and problems because ’It Ain’t Weak to Speak’.
