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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 1993-4
As the Amnesty group reconvened in two hundred candles to a school
September, it faced many problems. The population of four hundred seemed, and
loss of Adrian O’Brien and David Talbot was, a little optimistic. We did. however
(who comprised between them 20 per cent manage to raise almost one hundred
of the group membership) to the world of pounds for Amnesty head office through
the Leaving Cert and other such trifles, the sale of fifty of the infernal candles,
together with the candle problem and were luckily relieved of the scourge
inherited from last year and the collapse of the remaining one hundred and fifty
in membership, left the future looking when Head Office found itself short
bleak. It is pleasing to report that despite during the Christmas campaign.
these difficulties the Gonzaga Amnesty Most of the work done by individual
group not only survived the year but groups takes the form of letter writing. In
flourished. this arena this year, we saw a marked
The first problem was that of the improvement in the group’s performance.
candles, originally from A m nesty’s The m iserable total of seven letters
Lenten campaign of 1992. By October written during last year improved fifteen
1994, however, there were still two fold. Letter-writing may seem to be a
hundred candles sitting in Mr O’Connor’s rather ineffective way of countering
office. The candles are attractive and well blood-thirsty despots, but it has proved to
made. It is possible, however, to have too be effective time and again, especially in
much of a good thing and aiming to sell regard to countries such as Turkey whose
Standing: W. Harnett, P. O’Connell. F. Collins, R. Cotter, D. Marrinan
Seated: A. O’Brien, R. McCrea (Chairman), G. Spollen (Treasurer) M. Lavan
53
As the Amnesty group reconvened in two hundred candles to a school
September, it faced many problems. The population of four hundred seemed, and
loss of Adrian O’Brien and David Talbot was, a little optimistic. We did. however
(who comprised between them 20 per cent manage to raise almost one hundred
of the group membership) to the world of pounds for Amnesty head office through
the Leaving Cert and other such trifles, the sale of fifty of the infernal candles,
together with the candle problem and were luckily relieved of the scourge
inherited from last year and the collapse of the remaining one hundred and fifty
in membership, left the future looking when Head Office found itself short
bleak. It is pleasing to report that despite during the Christmas campaign.
these difficulties the Gonzaga Amnesty Most of the work done by individual
group not only survived the year but groups takes the form of letter writing. In
flourished. this arena this year, we saw a marked
The first problem was that of the improvement in the group’s performance.
candles, originally from A m nesty’s The m iserable total of seven letters
Lenten campaign of 1992. By October written during last year improved fifteen
1994, however, there were still two fold. Letter-writing may seem to be a
hundred candles sitting in Mr O’Connor’s rather ineffective way of countering
office. The candles are attractive and well blood-thirsty despots, but it has proved to
made. It is possible, however, to have too be effective time and again, especially in
much of a good thing and aiming to sell regard to countries such as Turkey whose
Standing: W. Harnett, P. O’Connell. F. Collins, R. Cotter, D. Marrinan
Seated: A. O’Brien, R. McCrea (Chairman), G. Spollen (Treasurer) M. Lavan
53
