Charity Support

We are delighted to announce that our total donations to Irish Charities and Community Groups throughout 2015 came to just over €15,000.

In addition Rosie & Jim also donated more than 1,000 kilos of chicken products to Irish food charities who provide support to the less well off in our communities.

Rosie & Jim Supports Ronald McDonald House Charities This Christmas

In the spirit of giving, Rosie & Jim is proud to donate a €250 One4all Voucher to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Christmas Raffle. It's our way of supporting the incredible work they do in providing a home away from home for families with seriously ill children at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.

The Ronald McDonald House keeps families together during the most challenging times, offering care, comfort, and support.

This Christmas, let's remember to support those making a significant difference in the lives of families in need.

Learn more about their work and how you can help at http://rmhc.ie/ and follow their journey on Facebook.

We are humbled to share that Rosie & Jim have donated €1000 to UNICEF's "Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine" campaign.

If you are able please donate to this vital cause.

https://www.unicef.ie/

In making this act of solidarity with somebody who does not have access to vaccines, you are not just doing the right thing by one person, but you are also making the world a safer place. To quote Liam Neeson in his video ''Scientists tell us nobody is safe until everybody is safe''

We are delighted to have sponsored the Fisherstown Tractor Run 2019 €500 in aid of Laois Hospice.

The event raised a whopping €26,510!

Congratulations to all involved in putting together such a well organised family day out and raising so much funds for a worthy cause!

Jennifer Kennedy winner of our €1000 charity donation and hamper - sent us a lovely message when she received her prize:

Thank you so much for my wonderful hamper and panto tickets I won they just arrived and a very special thank you for your generous donation of €1000 to #ICAN children's arthritis network
Have a wonderful Christmas And best wishes in 2017

We're thrilled to donate to such a worthy cause Jennifer! Hope you enjoy the hamper and panto :)
 

Wow - Andrew, our sponsored Irish Guide Dog in training is doing so well. We received this update on how he is doing in his training.

Andrew’s training has been coming on a treat. He is now just over a year old and about to head off to Cork for his adult training. When he is out and about on a training walk, he goes about the business of leading, walking calmly.
He is now good at ignoring the enticing smells of lamp posts - focussing instead on the treats he gets for doing so. He has been travelling on the Luas, a bus and in the car. He has not been able to enjoy the social life in cafes due to covid but has been very good at sitting down under park benches in preparation for a cafe lifestyle.
He is very aware of people. He walks up the stairs slowly next to me, waiting on the return for me to turn to go up the next flight of stairs. Although he is very sociable, he prioritises a call or whistle from me over playing with his friends - he has great recall. He is learning to avoid distractions when in a “wait” in a sit or down position.
On free runs Andrew is very sociable and likes to play with dogs of equal energy. Although he is no toughie when it comes to other dogs, he shows his confidence and belief in aiming high when it comes to what he thinks of as sticks but are, in reality, logs, as you can see in the photographs.

It's really fantastic to hear how he is learning and progressing as well as what he is good at and what are his favourite things to do. We are very excited for his future.

Find out more about Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind on their website:

https://www.guidedogs.ie

Follow and Like them on their Social Media platforms :

https://www.facebook.com/irishguidedogs

https://www.instagram.com/irishguidedogs/

We at Rosie & Jim are delighted to announce that our total donations to Irish Charities and Community Groups throughout 2019 came to just over €50,179!

In addition Rosie & Jim donated more than 450 kilos of chicken products to Irish charities and those who provide support to the less well off in our communities.

Read through our Charity Donations blog for more on those organisations and individual who received support from Rosie & Jim.

Rosie & Jim are very proud to be in partnership with the Ronald McDonald House!

To date we have donated 115 cases of product to this amazing organisation.

Pictured here is Sean presenting Sheena with our latest product donation this morning!

Find out more about Ronald McDonald House Charities on their website - www.rmhc.ie

Rosie & Jim are pleased to donate €250 to the annual Portarlington and Killenard Charity Gala Ball The event will be held on Saturday 24 September, with proceeds from the event going to the Midlands Hospice building fund.

The red-carpet event will be held in The Heritage Hotel, Killenard with music by JL Sounds on arrival and later by Transmitter. This year’s special guest of honour is Mountrath native and patron of the Midlands Hospice build campaign Claire Byrne from RTÉ.

The Midlands Hospice, which is planned to be constructed beside Tullamore Hospice, will have 16 beds and will cater for people in the surrounding counties of Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford. Now in its 16th year, the black-tie event has raised more than €120,000 for local charitable organisations, including the Cuisle Centre; Portlaoise Hospital paediatric unit; St Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick; The Kolbe Centre, Portlaoise; Laois Slieve Bloom Centre (Irish Wheelchair Association); Portarlington Lourdes Committee; and St Francis School, Portlaoise. Tickets (€65) are now on sale, with corporate options for tables of eight, ten or 12 and are available from the Saoirse Care Charity Shop, Main Street, Portarlington or from Maria Molloy on 086 3058181, Marie Corcoran on 086 2654277 and Collette Kennedy on 087 7589896.

Well done to the Ennis Sub Aqua Club on for their annual St. Stephens Day charity swim!

Rosie & Jim are delighted to donate €200 to C&M Foods who are raising funds for the event.

Each year the club swim the river Fergus in Ennis to raise funds for Ennis Sub Aqua Search and Recovery.

Find out more and donate:  http://ennissubaqua.com/

We were delighted to donate €200 to the Ennis Sub Aqua Club for their annual St Stephen's Day fin swim in the River Fergus, Ennis.

Well done to all involved in this great cause - we hope the water wasn't too cold!

Read the lovely letter from Ennis Sub Aqua Club below.

Dear Rosie & Jim

On behalf of Ennis Sub Aqua Club Search & Recovery, please allow me to extend our thanks for your generous contribution of €200 to support our annual St. Stephens Day fin swim in the River Fergus, Ennis.

Ennis Sub Aqua Club Volunteers provide underwater Search and Recovery services throughout the county of Clare and provide assistance further afield if needed. We are the official team called out by Clare Civil Defence for inland searches and one of a small number of teams assisting the Coast Guard for searches on and around the coastline. Unfortunately our services are frequently in demand. This can be a very traumatic time for friends and family.

Your generousity will allow us to enable more divers to be trained to assist in this service over the coming year.

Many thanks
Yours sincerely

Jorg Gerlach
Club Seceratary

Find out more about the Club on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ennissubaqua

Rosie & Jim have donated €3,000 to a Turkey NGO for the Earthquake Crises Appeal.

Our thoughts and hearts are with everyone affected by this earthquake.