Pictures: Valerie O’Sullivan
The pupils of St Oliver’s National School in Killarney are certainly playing their part in keeping Killarney Looking Good with a series of great initiatives aimed at tackling the problems of litter and dog fouling.
What the dogs leave behind when their irresponsible owners don’t clean up after them creates problems for children and parents walking to school, as well as class groups when they go on walks and on visits to the Church of the Resurrection.
An education and awareness project to attempt to minimise the extent and impact of dog fouling was suggested to the Killarney Looking Good Committee who felt that it was a great idea and a badly needed initiative.
Who better to lead the way in educating and making the public aware than school’s three junior infants classes who have been briefed and are briefing others on what people need to bring with them when walking their dogs and the necessity to bag and bin dog poo.
The intention of these engagements is that the infants learn good habits for life and bring the message home to their families, friends and the general community.
The school is now at the awareness stage of what they are calling the Bag It, Bin It campaign and the pupils want to bring the message to the greater Killarney community.
The Bag It, Bin It message is being stenciled using biodegradable coloured spray on the footpaths leading to the school grounds.
Juno, the school’s canine companion therapy dog, is also lending a hand in promoting the idea.
The pupils are asking for the general public’s help to spread the message so tell your friends and family what the school community is trying to promote and remember young people growing up in Killarney insist it is simply not acceptable to foul public pathways.
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