Radio Kerry’s Christmas Jumper Day raises €22,621
Radio Kerry’s annual county-wide Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser for St Vincent de Paul has raised €22,621, surpassing the €15,000 target for 2020.
It was the seventh year of the fundraiser and brings the amount raised to date to over €117,000.
Hundreds of people took part in Christmas Jumper Day right across the county, on Friday December 11th, in homes, places of work, schools, crèches, factories and shops.
It was a very colourful event with jumpers of all shapes, colour and sizes, shop bought, borrowed and carefully handcrafted!
Junior Locke of St Vincent de Paul Kerry said they are “delighted beyond words with the support and generosity of the people of Kerry. He said it shows great community spirit in difficult times. The money raised has helped St Vincent de Paul to make it a better Christmas for 800 Kerry families who were facing great difficulties this year.”
Every year, Christmas jumpers become more of a festive phenomenon and even have parties dedicated solely to them. In fact, the “Ugly Christmas Jumpers” tradition started with ’50s TV ads and in a few decades, it was already laughed at in comedy shows. But ugly jumpers or not, people find themselves owning one or two wholesome tops with merry seasonal decorations, reindeers, Santas and snowflakes. But this grandma in the UK has taken it to a completely new level as she has joined festive forces with her granddaughter to create an enchanting Christmas snug.
It all started with Julie Cordiner, a proud grandma from the UK, who discovered a design made by her little granddaughter. Set as a homework task to celebrate “Christmas Jumper Day” at school to help raise money for Save The Children Charity, it asked to design your own Christmas jumper.
A grandmother has been praised after knitting her granddaughter s dream Christmas jumper after she created the design for a school project.
Julie Cordiner, from Hartlepool, delighted Twitter users after sharing an adorable picture of her young granddaughter wearing a hand-made festive jumper after she designed it at school.
The little girl had designed her own jumper for her school homework ahead of Christmas Jumper Day and Julie said her granddaughter s reaction to the garment was priceless .
The post gathered 6,500 retweets and 109,600 likes with users calling the Christmas jumper amazing , and saying the little girl will never forget the gesture.
A grandmother has been praised after knitting her granddaughter s dream Christmas jumper after finding a drawing of her design. Pictured, the little girl in the jumper
The children and staff in Boolavogue National School celebrated the festive season in great fashion and in doing so also raised money for charity.
The students and staff participated in a Christmas Jumper Day in aid of the Children s Health Foundation Crumlin (CMRF). They wore their festive jumpers to school and donated money to the CMRF.
A spokesperson for the school said that in the past, pupils and families within the school community have benefited from the amazing care available at Our Lady s Children s Hospital, Crumlin.
She added that the school wished to support the ongoing research and work being done to help create brighter days for other sick children and their families.
Festive online fun for Holbeach students in 2020
Students at University Academy Holbeach (UAH) spent the run-up to Christmas enjoying some special events.
From a virtual Christmas concert to a streamed performance of a festive play, students got into the spirit with plenty of activities.
Sam Graper, UAHâs head of performing arts, said: âWe were able to hold our annual Christingle with Year 7 via Microsoft Teams, with musicians in the hall and each tutor group in class. We also recorded our virtual Christmas concert, which is now available online, that was lovely as relatives all over the world are able to see it.â