Charity Support

Rosie & Jim have donated €500 to the annual Musgrave Triathlon fundraiser. This year it's a bit different.

The Musgrave Triathalon has helped raise a staggering €4.8 million for a number of charities. In 2019 they raised €220,000. They distributed these funds by giving €140,000 to Breakthrough Cancer Research to fund another Musgrave Cancer Research 3-year PHD Scholarship with the aim to improve cancer care and increase survival rates. €40,000 to AsIAm to employ a community support officer to provide one to one advice and guidance to the autism community. It also funded a series of events, across the country addressing issues which the community support officer identifies are common trends and challenges for the community. €40,000 to Focus Ireland, which were used to help 45 young people leaving state care to access the support, skills, education and develop the confidence they need to live independently.

As we all know well 2020 has been a year unlike any other we have ever encountered and through this pandemic charities have been one of those areas that have been hit hard. So, for 2020 they are doing something a little different - the “Musgrave Triathlon…. That’s not a triathlon” Virtual event. The chosen charity is Breakthrough Cancer Research.

For the month of November they will run the “Musgrave Triathlon…. that’s not a Triathlon” for colleagues, retailers and suppliers of Musgraves. The event has a range of activities that you can chose from and the aim is to complete them over the month of November. You can sign up for 50km or 100km and your activity can be swimming, cycling, running, walking etc. how you build up your kilometers is up to you. There is also an option to do activity hours of 15 or 30 hours and this can be for aerobic classes, yoga, spinning or gym work. Finally, there is an option to sign up to challenges which will be set for the month and weekly videos distributed these will include, toning, aerobic and yoga challenges.

Keep in touch with their website for more details. http://musgrave-triathlon.com

Aoife Noons, from Coláiste Íosagáin Portarlington, was the thrilled winner of a Year’s Free Music Tuition!

Rosie & Jim in conjunction with Coláiste Íosagáin were giving a student the chance to win a Year’s Free Tuition with local music school BS#ARP Studios!

All entrants had to:

Tell us WHAT? What instrument do they you want to learn and
Tell us WHY? Why they want to learn it!

Congratulations Aoife, we're looking forward to hear you play on a stage near us soon!

As if winning this great competition wasnt enough for one day, Aoife Noons also raised a lot of money for the Make a Wish foundation when she cut her long hair for the Rapunzal Foundation. Find out more here - http://rapunzelfoundation.com/

Well done Aoife!

Aoife is pictured above with Rosie, from Rosie and Jim and Conor Mitchell & Keith Bracken from Coláiste Íosagáin.

Rosie & Jim are delighted to sponsor the Ronald McDonald House €250 for their Christmas Raffle.

This is one amazing charity-

provide accommodation and a caring, supportive environment for families whose children are undergoing medical treatment at CHI at Crumlin. To us, keeping families close is what matters the most.

Find out more and donate if you can: https://rmhc.ie/

Congrats to Courtwood GAA on winning the Laois Intermediate Football final last Saturday!

We're very proud to support this talented team.

Courtwood GAA are the Laois Shopping Centre Intermediate Football champions for the first time since 1987. Rosie & Jim are thrilled to sponsor the team jerseys. Enjoy the celebrations lads!

Our Family Fun Day took place in August again this year – a day for all our families to come together and celebrate in LauraLynn. It is one of the most special days here in our children’s hospice.

This year our theme was Superheroes and Princesses, with some amazing costumes on the day from kids and adults alike!

After the overwhelming success of this event last year, Rosie & Jim generously sponsored this event for us again, ensuring we could make this fabulous day possible for all our families.

Rosie & Jim are delighted to share they have sponsored Ryan Gribben Golf €5000 to help him further his professional golfing career.

Ryan originally from Co. Down, now living in Laois, has been a Professional golfer for a year now, and is doing a 3 year course through the University of Birmingham in Professional Golf studies.
He is working in Naas Golf Club under the tutelage of Bernard Quigley. The past year he has passed level 1 coaching qualifications and is giving lessons from Naas Golf Club. 
He won his first Professional tournament in March by 9 shots at the European Club, Wicklow. He finished 2nd on the Southern Branch order of Merit.

Follow Ryan's exciting emerging career on his social channels - we know we will be!

YouTube - ‘Breaking Par The Quest’
https://youtu.be/gCWZF6yKUbk

Listen to the Spotify Podcast - Found under ‘The Breaking Par Podcast’
https://open.spotify.com/show/5n88TsMgMc5JFGSZFoeJvj?si=NBI9Ey4ST1-MBAseAbSbVA

And Follow on Instagram @ryangribbengolf
https://www.instagram.com/ryangribbengolf/

The generous donation from Rosie and Jimmy will be immensely helpful in furthering my golfing career. The funds will be used to cover tournament entry fees, travel expenses to various tournaments, purchase necessary coaching equipment, and get a custom fitted set of golf clubs.

We're delighted to sponsor Andrew Wallace €150 for his charity race to raise awareness for Amyloidosis.

Amyloidosis (am-uh-loi-DO-sis) is a rare disease that occurs when a substance called amyloid builds up in your organs. Amyloid is an abnormal protein that is produced in your bone marrow and can be deposited in any tissue or organ.

Well done to Andrew who is on track to fundraise his aim of €5000.

*UPDATED August 2019*

Andrew not only made his target he completely shattered it! Making a huge €21,000 himself,  then a charity benefactor matched his donation, so that has now been turned into a whopping €42,000!! Fantastic News - well done Andrew!

Get more info on Amyloidosis here http://amyloidosis.org/

A number of weeks ago, an employee of ours asked for support for his daughters friend, who is fundraising for the Kolkata school project. Rosie & Jim were delighted to donate chicken products for their fundraiser. It was a fantastic night and the girls raised over €1800!

Below is the lovely letter we received from the girls after their event...

Dear Rosie & Jim,

Thank you very much for your support in our fundraiser event last Saturday, the 3rd of October. Our fundraising efforts were in aid of our Immersion Experience to Kolkata with our school next February, were we will have the opportunity to work with disadvantaged children.
Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Carolyn McCarthy and Kate Danaher

Letter PDF here>

Thrilled to play our part in bringing the arts to life!
Rosie & Jim proudly supports Coláiste Íosagáin, Portarlington, with a €100 full-page ad for their musical production, "All Shook Up."

Break a leg to all the talented students involved!

https://www.colaisteiosagainport.ie/News/All-Shook-Up-The-Musical/224588/Index.html

Rosie & Jim are delighted to have made a donation of €250 to Ballinamere Gaa Club! 

The club, made up of over 450 boys and girls, are fundraising to build a second full sized pitch and to improve club facilities. Best of luck with the project everyone!

https://www.facebook.com/ballinamere.gaa

Well done to Rosie, Conor and all who participated in the recent Simon Community sleepout. 

A big thank you to everyone who donated to this worthy cause.

Dublin Simon Community work to prevent and address homelessness in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Meath. They provide services at all stages of homelessness and enable people to move to a place they can call home.

Find out more about Simon Community on their website - www.dubsimon.ie

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