Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation announces May Kildare fundraising drive
Asking people to ‘Support Local, Donate Local’ to help 20 local families
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The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation has announced its Kildare fundraising drive asking people to ‘Support Local, Donate Local’ to raise funds to support specialist home nursing care hours for 20 local families supported by Jack & Jill today in the county.
With so many of its traditional fundraisers still postponed and its Jack & Jill charity shops in Newbridge and Crookstown only recently been given the green light to reopen on May 17 having been closed since January.
Jack & Jill, which funds and provides home nursing care for 374 families around the country, including 20 in Kildare, has announced an increase this month in the rate of its donation to families from €16 to €18 an hour – the first such increase in 10 years. This increase in the funding offered to families, along with Jack