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Catherine Terry visits schools in Dublin and Cavan this week to talk about Jack & Jill Schools campaign to swap old mobile phones for interactive whiteboards for the classroom

- Over 780 schools nationwide have already registered

The Jack & Jill Foundation’s very own teacher turned campaigner, Ms Catherine Terry, is visiting schools in Dublin and Cavan this week to talk about Jack & Jill’s new school campaign to swap old mobile phones for interactive whiteboards for the classroom and to tell the story of Irish children’s charity Jack & Jill to students and teachers.  Catherine is taking a year out from teaching, having worked with Carrigaline GNS for the last 6 years, to work with Jack & Jill.

The Schools that Catherine will visit this week are:

DUBLIN

Monday 19th October
Holy Child BNS, Larkhill, Whitehall, Dublin 9
St. Columba’s N.S., Iona Road,Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Dominican College, 204 Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9

Tuesday 20th October
St. Francis of Assisi PS, Belmayne, Balgriffin,Dublin 13
St. Paul’s S.N.S., Ayrfield, Dublin 13
Scoil Bhride Grange Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 13
Pobalscoil Neasain, Baldoyle, Dublin 13
St Fintans N.S., Carrickbrack Road, Sutton, Dublin 13

Wednesday 21st October
St. Francis Xavier J.N.S., Roselawn Road, Castleknock, Dublin 15.
St. Brigid’s N.S., Beechpark Lawn, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Mulhuddart N.S., Powerstown Road, Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15
Blakestown C.S., Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

CAVAN

Thursday 22nd October
Tullyveela N.S.,Corlough, Belturbet P.O., Co. Cavan
St. Mary’s N.S., Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
Kill N.S., Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Holy Family S.S., Cootehill,Co. Cavan

Friday  23rd October
St. Clare’s N.S., Ard Mhuire, Cavan Town, Co. Cavan
Cavan 1 N.S., Farnham St., Cavan
Saint Felim’s, Farnham Street,Cavan,Co.Cavan
Loreto College, Loreto College, Cavan, Co. Cavan

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‘One Man Show’ Painting Exhibition

On  4th, 5th, 6th & 7th November 2009, Anne O’Reilly, will host a ‘One Man Show’ Painting Exhibition of her paintings in Naas Library during normal Library opening hours. She will have 48 paintings for sale and the Exhibition will run for one week.

All Proceeds will go to Jack and Jill

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The Dublin Art Society will hold it’s 47th Annual Art Exhibition in support of Jack and Jill on Saturday 7th November from 10.30am to 7.30pm and Sunday the 8th November from 10.30am to 5pm. The venue is Foxrock Pastoral Centre (Beside Foxrock Church on Kill Ave) .

A Raffle will be held on the day.

For further details please contact Deirdre Ó Cíosóig on 086 2086547

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10K Crookstown Motorway Run - Sat 7th November 2009 @ 11am

Why not take part and walk or run in this fun motorway run and raise much needed funds for the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation

The Entry fee is €30. For further details logon to www.activeeurope.com

There will be a collection point for mobile phones at the race start so bring along any old unused mobile phones which are invaluable to us. 250 mobile phones will provide one months nursing care for one Jack and Jill baby

For your sponsorship card and t-shirt call our office on 045 894538 or email edelle@jackandjill.ie

Download Crookstown Motorway PDF >>

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For some pre Christmas Laughter, come along and enjoy the fun, food and festivities with Brendan Grace at the Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge on the 11th December.

Drinks Reception at 12 noon follwed by Lunch at 1pm

Tables of 8/10/12 are available, individual tickets can also be purchased @ €100 per head.

For further information, please contact our office on 045 894538

Download Booking Form >>

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Jack and Jill Presents ‘Doves and Stripes’ Rug to Noble Peace Prize Winner, President Barack Obama

The ‘Doves and Stripes’ rug which measures 9ft X 6ft and was handmade in Katmandu and designed by Luke Irwin who is Jonathan Irwin’s son and the brother of Jack Irwin – after whom the Jack & Jill Foundation was founded in 1997.
Jack and Jill presented this rug, via Minister Micheál Martin, to President Barack Obama on St. Patricks Day 2009, in the belief that he would change America’s attitude to world affairs. It is quite remarkable that what we felt, we saw, has been translated into the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Schools are asked to swap old mobile phones for interactive whiteboards

The Jack & Jill Foundation, through its partner Promethean, have launched a campaign where they are asking schools to swap 300 old mobile phones for a new interactive whiteboard and to raise much needed funds for home nursing care for sick children in the process.  The offer also includes installation and training for participating schools who can sign up by visiting our schools website. This recycling initiative will assist schools to earn green flag status, with obvious benefits to the environment by preventing the pollution caused by putting old phones into landfills.  It is estimated that there are over 10 million old phones in Irish households, just gathering dust and this is a very attractive deal for schools considering the high cost of whiteboards here.
For 300 old mobile phones participating schools can earn a 78 inch Promethean ActivBoard, complete with two ActivPens and the latest lesson development software, Activinspire, while 500 phones will earn the 78 inch whiteboard complete with a height-adjustable frame, super short-throw projector, speakers as well as the two ActivPens and the latest lesson development software, Activinspire.
According to Jonathan Irwin, CEO and Founder of the Jack & Jill Foundation, “This is a great deal for everyone and we’d like to put a new whiteboard into every classroom in Ireland while putting these old phones to good use, with 250 mobiles buying home nursing care for Jack & Jill children for one month.  There’s no limit to the number of schools who can participate and there’s no time frame on this campaign and we’re hoping that lots of schools will sign up by September.  We wanted to launch the campaign before the school holidays so that the children can get collecting over the summer.”

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Cash in your gold stash with Goldrush.ie

Jack & Jill Patron Eddie Hobbs, with former Miss World Rosanna Davison at the launch of Goldrush.ie a new Irish website that pays cash to people who want to sell unwanted gold jewellery.  Even after the 21.5% donation to Jack & Jill, the price paid for the gold is very good - so people using Goldrush.ie score on the double as they can cash in their stash of gold at a good price and help Jack & Jill families in their community at the same time.  (Old style scales borrowed from John Brereton and jewellery belongs to Morgan Pierce, thank you).

After logging in, the first step is to enter the weight and type of gold and the website gives examples and simple instructions to follow.  An estimated price is quoted on the spot which is net of the donation to Jack & Jill and, if interested, the user requests a recycling pack which is posted out.  The user posts the gold to Goldrush (through registered post) who then get a master jeweller to do a formal valuation.  Users then receive a cheque in the post or their jewellery back.

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Jack and Jill Up the Hill Fun Run

The 2009 Jack and Jill Up the Hill  run took place in Kenmare on Saturday April 18th 2009 at 3pm.

There was a huge turnout from all competitors walking and running, young and old. To all of you who supported the event and equally to all of the huge number of volunteers and other contributors we would like to extend a large “thank you”.

The run which has now become an annual event, is a 10-kilometre charity run or walk in the surroundings of Kenmare town.

The date for the 2010 run has been set as the 24th April 2010. We will be posting more details on our website as they become available.

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Our website guru Mark Swaine is a Godsend, as he can translate all this social media, techno, mumbo jumbo into easy, digestible sentences.  Indeed, our modest little website has come on in leaps and bounds, and things just make more sense at the touch of a button, and Mark has guided us through this whole process and turned some of our office staff like Deirdre into budding cyber fundraisers.

Himself and Catherine Terry our school teacher turned fundraiser score A+ for our new website for schools which we have recently launched.

The main selling point is that schools can swap 300 old phones for a new interactive whiteboard; so no wonder over 797 schools have registered already particularly in the Dublin, Kildare and Cork counties.

Thanks Mark for all your hard work.

For more information on Mark’s work logon on to the Squire website

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