Listen to this post, see below This, our third Family Day, promises to be our biggest and best yet! Following on the success of last year’s event, we will be back in the Curragh Camp on Saturday 16th June . Note: Deadline for bookings – Friday 8th June. Family Day, June 2006With the help of the army we will have a bouncing castle, slide, football, army exhibition, swimming, barbeque, junior gym obstacle course, arts & crafts and face painting...

[28 March 2007] Welcome to the new look website of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland. We hope you find it both helpful and informative. Do let us know if there is anything we can do to make it better serve your needs.Please note also that our Discussion Forums are now available at a new URL – SEE http://forum.cleft.ie/New Features:

Some of you will know that there currently is in an extensive study of the causes of cleft and how clefts can be prevented from occurring. The HRB are one of a number of organisations involved in this ‘trans-Atlantic’ research. Many of you will remember the two-year drive that the HRB conducted to collected samples from Ireland. Over 1,000 families participated by filling in questionnaires and providing ‘buccal’ samples.

In our last Newsletter we mentioned a fund raising drive that has been launched to get new equipment for planning treatment. The piece we are fundraising for is a new computerised 3 Dimensional Capture systems.

Many thanks to Tony & Mary Kelly who organised a gate collection at their local GAA ground – many thanks to the supporters at Naomh Teagain. We would also like to thank the extended Kearney family who swapped Christmas gifts for CLAPAI donations … what a cool idea! Thanks also to Eddie, hospital Alice, John, Paula, Noel and the Carrig Ladies Club who all made much welcomed donations recently.

The financial mainstay of the organisation is due to take place on Bank Holiday Monday, 4th June 2007. It is of course the 2007 FLORA WOMEN’S MINI MARATHON. The Association is, as usual, looking for participants to raise funds.Sponsorship cards and t-shirts can be arranged by contacting Anne Gilsenan at 087 1319803 or annegilsenan@cleft.ie. In the meantime we would like to let you know that the first entry form will be in the Evening Herald on Th...