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One Family celebrates Family Day - draw or paint your family and win €500!

NEWS / 18 April 2012

One Family is organising an art competition and a free picnic to celebrate Family Day on Sunday, 13th May. The picnic is in Dublin's Iveagh Gardens.

one familyOne Family, an Irish organisation that supports one-parent families, is organising an art competition and a free picnic to celebrate Family Day on Sunday, 13th May. Schools and community groups around Ireland are invited to draw or paint their family portraits for Family Day. The winner will receive €500. Students can draw or paint their family portrait on an A4 sheet. Drop it into any EBS office or post it to One Family, 2 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2. See www.familyday.ie for more details.

Alternatively you can celebrate your family to going to a free picnic in Dublin's Iveagh Gardens on Sunday, 13th May.

This year One Family is celebrating its 40th anniversary of supporting one-parent families.

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