Kamala Harris has raised $1 billion since she entered the race to become the 47th President of the USA, an exceptional vote of financial confidence in the woman from California.  It is predicted that in the next Presidential election an individual donation of $1 billion will be made to support a favoured candidate. 

Everything in this world is relative, and our own small committee headed by David Nohilly and Garrett Doyle and including David Coghlan, Ned Moore, Ray Smyth and Gerry Nohilly have been busy  for the past few weeks soliciting donations.  They have been amazingly successful in their campaign to raise the €500,000 required to pay for the future development of the club. 

At the time of writing just over €250, 000 has been donated in an amazing show of confidence and  generosity by members past and present, supporters, and those who believe in what we are doing for the community of Mullingar. Generous donations have been sourced and contributed from home and abroad.  

INCREDIBLY, just 115 individuals and some corporate donations have contributed this sum. 

Apart from sourcing finance, our committee has also negotiated a loan facility that ensures we will meet our commitment on 30 November.  However, this finance comes at a significant interest rate of close to 7 per cent and will be expensive over the years of repayment.  The GAA at County Management level has approved this facility. 

There is no real reason why we cannot raise the remaining €250, 000 over the next month if just 115 people have already donated, a similar amount. So we ask if you have yet to make your donation to consider doing so now or over the next few weeks.  In addition, do not forget to sign in to the Revenue’s Tax Relief Scheme for Donations to an Approved Sports Body if you are a PAYE payer. In this way, your contribution becomes much more valuable (up to 40%). 

There is also an opportunity for businesses to join the Corporate Donation Scheme that is available at three levels: Gold Sponsorship - €20,000; Silver Sponsorship - €12,000; Bronze Sponsorship - €10,000. Any business contributions are of course tax deductible.