The fourth annual Pay It Forward Kindness Festival will take place in Limerick from 10th to the 17th of March with a number of free events and activities designed to highlight the kindness in every part of Limerick city.
Details of the Festival were announced at a launch event in Chez le Fab, Arthurs Quay today where Deputy Mayor Cllr Marian Hurley and Liam Toland, an ambassador for Pay It Forward, spoke. Also in attendance were students from Castletroy College, Colaiste Nano Nagle and St Brigid’s, scouts from St Paul’s Dooradoyle, members of the Board of Pay It Forward Limerick (PIFL) and other supporters of the festival.
The Festival week will kick off with a Family Fun Day on Saturday 10th March on Bedford Row. From 11am to 2pm there will be face painting, children’s crafts, printmaking, animal petting, music, medical and physio consultations, kayaking on the River Shannon and a few more surprises for all to enjoy.
From Sunday 11th to Friday 15th, Community Unity Days have been organised to encourage volunteers, local businesses and the people of Limerick to carry out intentional acts of kindness. This programme of activity will include little gestures such as children baking buns and delivering them to the unsung heroes of the community, handing out flowers on Mother’s Day, showing the Pay It Forward movie, free pampering and massage and talks at local schools. People who receive these acts of kindness will then be encouraged to carry it on in return to someone else, creating the ripple effect.
Niamh Murphy, member of Pay It Forward Board of Directors, explained the concept behind the Kindness Festival, “Pay It Forward harnesses the positive momentum and energy of carrying out kind acts. Our aim for the Kindness Festival is to create a ripple effect that will develop into a wave of kindness where people will continue to carry out acts of kindness for the duration of the festival and throughout the rest of the year.”
“We’re arranged a series of interactive experiential activities - where kids, families, people from all backgrounds can get involved and enjoy the opportunity to slow down, have the space to be together and embrace kindness,” she continued.
To download a programme or for further details on the Festival please visit www.pifl.ie, find Pay IT Forward Limerick on facebook or on Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat as @PIF_Limerick
