As you can see, Hank is growing into a handsome young man for sure. He is great with other animals and takes his role at the allotment Bernadette and her husband have very seriously indeed :)
Rosie & Jim are delighted to sponsor fundraiser in Asia for MAG (Mines Action Group) for the amount of €300.
Managing Director of Henderson Foodservice Cathal Geoghegan participated in a charity cycle event in Asia for MAG (Mines Action Group). Cathal joined a team of 35 sector leaders participating in a 400km cycle from Chaing Rai, Thailand to Luang Prabang in Laos.
Every day across the world 15 people are killed or injured by a landmine or unexploded bomb. Half of all civilian casualties are children. MAG teams work around the world to remove landmines and other deadly weapons, reducing the risk of death or injury and returning land to safe and productive use. MAG also provides risk education classes, so children and their families can stay as safe as possible until land is cleared. In 2023, the Thai-Laos Cycle Challenge will finish in Laos, which is the most heavily bombed county in the world per capita. The team has set themselves an equally challenging target of £170,000 which will make a life changing difference to people living with the daily threat of landmines and unexploded bombs.
Congratulations and well done to everyone who took part in this fantastic fundraiser!
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
It's that time of year again and The Elf’s have arrived. Merry Christmas to all our Team, without you we couldn’t do it. Here’s to a new decade of good health, happiness and success.
And special congrats to Bogdan who won the staff competition! The prize was €500 to the charity of your choice and his and her perfume. His chosen charity was Cancer Research.
Love, Rosie & Jim. x
Rosie & Jim have donated €100 to Morrisey School of Dancing in Monasterevan to help fund competitions.
Follow then on: https://www.facebook.com/MorrisseySchoolOfIrishDance/
"A big Thank You to the generous folks at Rosie & Jim who provide a delicious range of chicken products to The Ronald McDonald House every week. Today we enjoyed their scrumptious Tikka Chicken wraps!
#Yummy #Cooking4Families #KeepingFamiliesClose"
About Ronald McDonald House Charities
The Ronald McDonald House provides accommodation care and support for 20 families every night while their seriously ill children are inpatient or receiving care in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.
The House enables families to stay together so that they can be with their sick child at what is a very traumatic time for them all.
The first,16 bedroom, Ronald McDonald House is situated on the grounds of Our Lady’s Hospital and our smaller 4 bedroom House is directly across the road at St Mary’s Drive.
Many families travel far from home to get treatment for their seriously ill or injured children. Often, it can be a long time to be away from home, or to divide a family. For children facing a serious medical crisis, nothing seems scarier than not having their mum and dad close by for love and support. Ronald McDonald House program provides a Home for families so they can stay close by their hospitalised child at very little cost. The House works on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on healing their child – not where they can afford to stay, where they will get their next meal or where they will lay their head at night to rest.
Find out more at their website - http://rmhc.ie/
And be sure to Follow the great work they do on Facebook.
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 are thrilled to donate €5000 to local National School Our Lady of the Wayside School - Bluebell towards fundraising efforts for a Sensory Garden.
Our Lady of the Wayside N.S. are a DEIS school and have recently opened a special class for children with Autism.
A Sensory Garden can benefit all pupils but in particular those with Autism and other additional needs such as Cerebral Palsy, Dyspraxia, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, to name but a few.
Visit Our Lady of the Wayside N.S. website
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/
Proud to Support Oughaval Athletics Club!
Rosie & Jim have sponsored Oughaval Athletics Club in Laois with a €3000 donation. We're thrilled to back our local athletes and support the sports community in Laois.
Let's go, team Oughaval!
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
Rosie & Jim are pleased to share they have donated €1000 to Peter McVerry Trust Corporte Christmas Appeal.
Peter McVerry Trust is a national housing and homeless charity committed to reducing homelessness and the harm caused by substance misuse and social disadvantage.
Please donate to this wonderful charity if you can.
