Charity Support

We are delighted to have sponsored the Fisherstown Tractor Run 2019 €500 in aid of Laois Hospice.

The event raised a whopping €26,510!

Congratulations to all involved in putting together such a well organised family day out and raising so much funds for a worthy cause!

Thanks again to everyone who entered our Light up a Life competition to help their chosen charity.
The winner of the €1000 charity donation is Jennifer Kennedy. Jennifer's chosen charity is ICAN Irish Children's Arthritis Network. The winner of the €500 charity donation is Cathy Bishop and Cathy's chosen charity is the Ben and Jake Connolly Trust. Congratulations to our winners and their very worthy charities. Thanks and Merry Christmas to all of our customers!

Rosie & Jim are humbled to donate €2500 to the The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Ireland Annual Appeal.

For almost two centuries now, caring souls like you have been at the heart of a proud SVP tradition of giving to people facing great hardship at Christmas. Amy’s family are really struggling. Her father lost his small business last year and he’s trying to keep everything together. But he can’t keep up with all the bills. As prices continue increasing, he just can’t afford food and fuel. Some days he has to choose between feeding his children or keeping them warm. That is unless Amy’s father picks up the phone to SVP… and you are there to answer. Your donation today will help families like Amy’s with basics such as food and fuel. You could give them some breathing space to pay their bills and keep their home warm. You can make sure they don’t have to skip meals. You can reach out your hand to a neighbour in need. You could save a family from impossible choices this Christmas. So please, if you can, support our Annual Appeal and make a special Christmas gift to SVP today. Thank you for helping families in need in your local community.

Find out more and donate if you can - https://www.svp.ie/

Best of luck to the Ennis Sub Aqua Club on for their annual St. Stephens Day charity swim!

Rosie & Jim are delighted to donate €200 to C&M Foods who are raising funds for the event.

Each year the club swim the river Fergus in Ennis to raise funds for Ennis Sub Aqua Search and Recovery.

Find out more and donate:  http://ennissubaqua.com/

We are delighted to have sponsored the Fisherstown Tractor Run in aid of the Cuisle Cancer Support Centre in Portlaoise.

Congratulations to all involved in putting together such a great family day out and raising funds towards such worthy cause! Well Done!! 

The Cuisle Centre provide a warm, safe and welcoming environment for people diagnosed with cancer and their families affected by it.
Cuisle Centre is a charity and all services are free to patients & family.

Find out more about the Centre on the website - http://www.cuislecentre.com/

Rosie & Jim have donated €2,000 to Coláiste Íosagáin, Portarlington.

Coláiste Íosagáin is a Voluntary Catholic Secondary School under the trusteeship of CEIST, Catholic Education, An Irish Schools Trust. The school is a co-educational school with a current enrolment of 1100 students.

The money will go to funding book clubs, student activities and projects.

http://www.colaisteiosagainport.ie

Rosie & Jim have donated €50 to Cancer Fund for Children.

Cancer Fund for Children was founded in 1973 by Margaret McAlpine MBE, a teacher who had been recruited to provide continuity to children’s education whilst they were receiving treatment on the wards at Belvoir Park Hospital in Belfast, following a diagnosis of cancer.

Over the next ten years, Margaret recruited a range of volunteers, including consultant oncologist Dr George Edelstein, to form a Charity Board to help deliver a range of practical and financial support to families.

This developed into residential support with the purchase of Shimna Valley House in Co Down in 1996.  Aided by funds from the National Lottery, and opened by local celebrity Patrick Kielty, Cancer Fund for Children’s Shimna Valley House offered families nursing a sick child a place of tranquillity, far removed from the stress of the hospital wards – and was the fore-runner of the unique Daisy Lodge, which was opened in 2014 and stands on the same site today.

"We understand the devastating impact a cancer diagnosis and its treatment has and are here to support the whole family so they don’t have to face cancer alone."

Check out their website:

http://www.cancerfundforchildren.com/

And stay in touch:

https://www.facebook.com/CancerFundChildren

https://twitter.com/cancerfundchild

https://www.instagram.com/cancerfundforchildren/

We are thrilled to announce the winner of our Light Up a Life Facebook competition.

Congratulations Fiona Staunton and family from Co. Westmeath on winning €1000 for your chosen charity - Aoibheann's Pink Tie!

Fiona also wins a sumptuous Christmas hamper with festive favourites including a whole host of tempting tipples.

And, as if that's not enough, she also receives tickets for a family of four to The Sound Of Music in The Grand Canal Theatre.

About Aoibheann’s Pink Tie

Aoibheann’s Pink Tie was set up in 2010 after Jimmy Norman’s daughter, Aoibheann, passed away. During their long battle with cancer, Jimmy met with a lot of parents going through the trauma of having a child with cancer, and more specifically identified with the financial burden that inevitably follows diagnosis. They are registered with the Irish Cancer Society and affiliated with St. John’s Oncology Ward in Crumlin Hospital. Olympic gold medal champion Katie Taylor is their charity ambassador.

So what does Aoibheann’s Pink Tie do? They provide financial and practical help to those families in need of it. This will hopefully allow the families the ability to focus on their child and working through their illness. Families are often lost in the mix when their children go through this battle, but it’s not just the child that gets cancer, it’s the whole family as each is affected and must struggle.

Aoibheann’s Pink Tie raise funds through various events and fundraisers and use this to support families who are recommended to by the senior social worker in St. John’s Ward Crumlin Hospital.

Find out more on their website - aoibheannspinktie.ie

Keep up to date on their Facebook page - www.facebook.com/pg/aoibheannspinktie

We're delighted to contribute to the festive spirit by taking out a full-page ad worth €145 in support of Rath National School's Christmas fundraiser.
It's a joy to help light up our community this holiday season!

Find out more about the school on their website - http://www.rathns.ie/

Rosie & Jim are pleased to share they have donated €500 to 100k in 30 Days For Breast Cancer Ireland charity event!

The 100k in 30 days challenge started off as a community based event & has been going for the last 5 years with people taking part from all over the world, just for fun.

Last year was an incredbile success rasing over 1 Million Euro. This year, they have raised €1,035,367 by 33,690 supporters!

Well done to everyone who took part - that's an amazing acheivement!

Find out more >

https://www.100kin30days.ie/

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/100Kin30Days2021

https://www.facebook.com/100kin30days

Rosie & Jim are pleased to donate £100 to Eamon McCay, Managing Director of Frylite, one of our suppliers, as he marks World Homeless Day by sleeping out overnight in Strabane .

Mr McCay writes...

...on Saturday 13th October, I'm marking World Homeless Day by sleeping out overnight in Strabane. By doing this, I hope to raise awareness of homelessness and much needed funds for our chosen charities throughout Ireland.

Almost 10,000 people described themselves as homeless in Ireland this year. That includes men, women, couples and families. These are staggering figures, but the most important message is that we can all help.

You don't have to sleep out to help. €15 feeds a whole family for 2 days. £50 helps parents to learn new skills that will help them work their way out of homelessness while meeting their children's needs.

£100 helps keep families safe and warm during the cold winter months when the heating needs to be turned up for babies and children.

Best of luck to all taking part in this fundraising event.

You can donate to this most dererving cause by visiting the Frylite GoFundMe Page at www.gofundme.com/frylite-celebrating-30years.

Respite care is the very heart of what we do here at LauraLynn. It is not a luxury, but a necessity for both the caregivers and the sick child.

Caring for a seriously ill child puts immense physical and emotional strain on the whole family. Through our respite care, families have the opportunity to take a break, while we care for their sick child. Our multi-disciplinary team provides children with full medical support, as well as a variety of therapies to enhance their care.

We are able to offer families choices, providing on-going support for as long as they choose.

Providing a nights respite to a child is an invaluable gift to the child and their whole family and Rosie & Jim have donated to support 5 overnight stays for a child.