Charity Support

Happy Earth Day! To mark the occasion, we're sharing some highlights from a very special day when the Rosie & Jim team came together to plant 500 trees!
With plenty of muddy boots, smiles, and teamwork, it was a fantastic experience and one we were proud to do in partnership with Wolfgang Reforest.

Find out more > https://www.wolfgangreforest.ie/

Huge Congratulations to Garreth Irvine & MS Ireland on winning the annual Rosie & Jim LIGHT UP A LIFE Charity Competition on Facebook!
The winner, chosen randomly, won €1,000 donation for a charity of their choice from Rosie & Jim. But that's not all! The winner themselves also received a fabulous hamper & 5 tickets for Elf at 3Arena.

Congrats again Garreth and his nominated charity Multiple Sclerosis Ireland!

Merry Chrismtas - we hope you enjoy your hamper and Elf too :)

In our support for the displaced people of Ukraine, Rosie & Jim have made a donation to UNICEF in the amount of €5,000.

Dear Rosie,

We have just received your amazing donation of €5000.00 and vital supplies are now on their way to children in Ukraine! Kindness like yours are helping to reach to children and their families with life-saving humanitarian aid. With around 510,000 children forced out of their homes because of the conflict, you are supporting the delivery of clean water, warm blankets and clothes, and emergency kits to children in danger.

Thank you again for your wonderful kindness and timely help.

UNICEF Ireland

Rosie & Jim donate a Chicken Hamper to the fundraiser event by the Royal School Cavan Parents Association.

The funds raised are for sports facilities and a baby monitor for Cavan General Hospital. A very worthy cause.
Thanks to the Parents Association for this lovely letter...

"..I would like on behalf of the Royal School Cavan Parents Association to thank you most sincerly for your generous donation of a chicken hamper for our Monster Auction held on Friday last March 24th in the Cavan Crystal Hotel, which you donated via Georgina McCaffrey.

We raised over €18000 and are deeply indebted to the many local businesses and those further afield, including yours, for the success of this fund-raising event. The funds raised are for the indoor sports facilities and towards a baby monitor for the special care unit of Cavan General Hospital.

Wishing ou every success in the future..."

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

Rosie and Jim are pleased to have donated 75kg of chicken products to Bluebell Food Bank.

The People's Foodbank and Bluebell CDP would like to sincerely thank local business Rosie & Jim for their very generous donation of delicious chicken products.

Find out about the People's Foodbank -

Our mission is to act as a catalyst for social change, based on the identified needs of the Bluebell Community, with an anti-poverty and social-inclusion focus. Bluebell C.D.P. is a non-profit organisation. We are currently in the process of applying for charitable status.

https://bluebellcdp.ie/

Make-A-Wish® Ireland has one simple aim - to grant the wishes of children aged between 3 and 17 years living with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. A wish granted is true magic for the child, providing respite from their normal routines of hospitals, doctors and treatment. Since inception in 1992 they have granted over 2,000 wishes in Ireland. They believe a wish can have a lasting impact on a child's life. A wish can create moments of joy - and memories that last a life-time.

Rosie & Jim have donated €500 to the Make-A-Wish® Ireland Christmas Campaign.

Find out more on their website - https://makeawish.ie/

Rosie & Jim were delighted to sponsor chicken for The Kilmainham Inchicore Musical Society fundraising barbecue and treasure hunt last weekend. 

The fundraising event was to help with funding for their forthcoming show THE PAJAMA GAME in early November.

Check out their Facebook page for more details! facebook.com/KilmainhamInchicoreMS

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.

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/