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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
A WEST Clare father is taking on the challenge of running four virtual 10Ks in just one day to raise much needed funds for four children’s charities, while also paying tribute to the memory of his young son who passed away two year ago.
Supported by his wife Ailish, John McMahon has undertaken to run the 40 kilometres in memory of Cormac, a little young boy who touched the hearts of all who met him.
The fundraiser called “4 10Ks 4 Cormac” will take place on May 15, 2021 at 8am when John will begin the mammoth task of running the four 10Ks, four hours apart, at the West Clare Sports and Fitness Facility in Cooraclare.
Young Cormac who passed away two years ago.
A West Clare father is taking on the challenge of running four virtual 10Ks in just one day to raise much needed funds for four children’s charities, while also paying tribute to the memory of his young son who passed away two years ago.
Supported by his wife Ailish, John McMahon has undertaken to run the 40 kilometres in memory of Cormac, a little young boy who touched the hearts of all who met him.
The fundraiser called
“4 10Ks 4 Cormac” will take place on May 15, 2021 at 8am when John will begin the mammoth task of running the four 10Ks, four hours apart, at the West Clare Sports and Fitness Facility in Cooraclare.
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Incognito Art Sale (Image: jackandjill.ie)
The Jack & Jill Childrenâs Foundation has announced that its online Incognito Art Sale, which got underway at 10am this morning, has sold out raising â¬188,040. Monies raised will fund Jack & Jillâs specialist home nursing care to 374 children with life-limiting conditions right across the country, including end-of-life care.
Now that the collection is sold out, the big reveal will happen today at 12 noon, on www.incognito.ie, when people will be able to see just who painted what. Meanwhile, the artwork bought will be posted directly to purchasers over the coming days.â¯Â