Hat's off to Rosie & Jim staff members David and Martina who took on the ISPCC Abseil Challenge last Saturday!
David and Martina were part of a fundraising day for ISPCC where participants abseiled from the top of Croke Park.
Rosie & Jim donated €500 to ISPCC for their entry.
Well done David & Martina!
Find out more about ISPCC on their website - www.ispcc.ie
And keep up to date on their Facebook Page - facebook.com/ISPCCChildline
Nursing care is essential to protect the health and wellbeing of children and adults with more severe forms of EB.
These nurses manage and assess wounds at home and are vital to helping prevent dangerous infections.
No parent should be forced to provide this complex care themselves due to a lack of resources.
Bandage changes involve intense physical pain, making it particularly difficult and emotionally draining for parents and loved ones.
Add your name to call on the Minister for Health to invest in EB care now.
Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a rare genetic condition that makes your skin so fragile that even a gentle touch can cause blistering and open wounds. Children and adults living with more severe forms of EB have to wear bandages across most of their body to protect their skin and prevent infection. These bandages and the wounds they protect need to be carefully looked after, with most people needing a full bandage change at home at least three times each week. Bandage changes are a painful procedure during which blisters are burst and drained, ointments are applied, and the skin is wrapped in up to three layers of dressing.
Rosie & Jim are pleased to have donated €100 towards the NCBI fundaiser - Malachy's Grocery Retail "Ask Me Anything".
Malachy is hoping to raise €500 for this fantastic not for profit charity
NCBI (National Council for the Blind Ireland) is the national sight loss agency which offers support and services to people of all ages who are experiencing difficulties with their eyesight.
This is Malachy's iDonate page - https://www.idonate.ie/
Head over there and donate if you can!
We were delighted to provide the winning prize of a £250 Titanic Hotel Belfast Voucher for the Hendersons Foodservice Gala Night this year.
The evening Gala Ball & Awards Ceremony was fundraising for NI Children's Hospice.
A guest speaker from NI Children's Hospice was humbling & reinforced the importance of fundraising support provides for families.
Rosie & Jim are pleased to share they donated 642kg of product to Bluebell Food Bank in March.
That's equivalent to over 120 cases of Rosie & Jim 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.
Rosie & Jim are delighted to have donated £400 to a fundraiser for 12 Community Defibrillators.
The fundraiser is being organised by our UK Butchers - Hugh Black & Sons Ltd.
Hugh Black & Sons are raising funds to purchase 12 Community Defibrillators for each of the communities in which High Black & Sons Butchers operate a shop in communities throughout Scotland.
Over 40 members of staff have already been trained in CPR and how to use the defibrillators.
Well done to Hugh Black & Sons staff - it's a fantastic and ambitious fundraising challenge and one well worth supporting!
Check out their Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/HBSButchers
Rosie & Jim have donated €640 to Freeland Projects South Africa.
Freeland Projects South Africa are a Frontline Organisation Working For a World Free of Wildlife Trafficking and Human Slavery.
Find out more about this charity - https://www.freeland.org/
Unfortunately all of the babies and children who spend time at LauraLynn – Ireland’s Children’s Hospice are life-limited by their conditions. The saddest and most difficult thing our families must face during their time with us is the loss of their little boy or girl. Dealing with the death of a baby is an incredibly difficult time for parents and many bereaved parents wish to spend some time with the baby. The CuddleCot is used to cool deceased babies allowing the family time to spend time with the baby. With this special piece of equipment, families can use our Butterfly Suite, a special room built for families to spend time with their little one after they have passed away, to say goodbye in as comfortable and peaceful a way as possible.
“Having this piece of equipment is a wonderful thing. As painful as it is, it gives parents like me some quality time with their loved one, it certainly did for me.” - Parent
We are delighted to share that April, Andrew and Aska are getting on well with their new puppy raisers and settling in with all the family.
Hank and his puppy raiser, Bernadette, are doing really well. He is settling down a lot she said and really concentrating on his training.
Kathy sent on some gorgeous photos of Champ. As you can see he is doing really well and is currenty on his holidays in Wicklow :)
Izzy on a recent trip to Connemara. Training is going really well with Emma and Izzy is proving to be a very confident and outgoing little one.
Rosie & Jim are delighted to sponsor Arlington Soccer Club €1000!
The Club will use the donation for much needed groundworks including a new exit & gates.
...Rosie & Jim are a fantastic family run business who are continually supporting the community locally and nationally. So we have two things to thank them for; great tasting chicken & a fantastic social conscience.
Thanks for the kind words Arlington Soccer Club! 
Courtwood GAA club are very grateful for the continuing and generous support from Rosie and Jim and we are very proud of the successful business that has been set up by this local couple. They have kindly sponsored our annual Family Fun Day road race, the Canal 5K, since its inception in 2010. The money that events such as these bring in helps to fund the activities and we would not be able to function without this support. In addition to this Rosie and Jim has also sponsored club gear bags and club team ware since 2014.
Courtwood GAA is a Gaelic football club, located in the north east corner of County Laois in Ireland. The club is located in the eastern half of Emo parish with a small catchment area south of the village of Ballybrittas and mainly covered by the local school Rath NS. This catchment area is bordered on one side by County Kildare and by neighbouring clubs in Laois, Annanough, O'Dempseys and Emo. Although we have previously competed in the Junior C hurling championship, at adult level, the club is a football club only. We field football teams in the Intermediate and Junior C championships.
At juvenile level Courtwood plays in an amalgamation with fellow parishioners, Emo, called St. Paul’s. Courtwood also amalgamate with Emo and The Rock at minor and Under 21 level. Through our juvenile club we provide facilities to over 200 children and young people across all of our teams, and once again Rosie and Jim have been very generous in their support for our endeavours at underage level.
The current Courtwood club was reformed in 1962. However there has been a long tradition of Gaelic football in the Courtwood area since the foundation of the GAA in 1884, evidence exists of a club named Courtwood existing as early as 1888 and competing in the earliest known Laois Senior Football Championships. The 1892 Laois Senior Football Championship final was actually played in Courtwood.
Down through the years Courtwood has enjoyed success on the field of play. Courtwood has won the Laois Junior Football Championship three times (1970, 1986 and 2014) and the Laois Intermediate Football Championship twice (1971 and 1987) and won one league title Laois All-County Football League Division Three in 2015. In 2006 Courtwood won the Laois Junior "C" Football Championship.
At underage level, Courtwood have successfully combined with Emo on a number of occasions to win county titles. The two club won the Laois Minor Football Championship in 1964 and 1965 and the Laois under 21 Football Championship in 1966 and 1967. The two clubs also combined to win the Under 21 title again in 1989 and 1990 and the Under 21 B title again in 2012.
Courtwood, on its own, won the 2003 Laois Minor "B" Football Championship and Emo/Courtwood accomplished this in 2008. In 2011 and 2012, an Emo, Courtwood and The Rock minor combination won two Laois Minor "B" Football Championships and two Laois Minor Football League B titles.
Courtwood is the home club of Fergal Byron, the 2003 All-Star goalkeeper who was also instrumental in Laois's 2003 Leinster SFC triumph. He was joined in 2007 on the Laois senior panel by Niall Donoher, a minor and under 21 star with Laois.
In 2014, former Courtwood player Eddie Kinsella refereed the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final between Kerry and Donegal, with his four umpires Alan O'Halloran, Pat O'Connell, Arthur O'Connor and Niall Murphy also all club members.
Once again we would like to thank Rosie and Jim for all of their support over the last five years and we wish them every success and look forward to working with them into the future.
Brian Nolan
Secretary, Courtwood GAA
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