New school year!
Firstly, I wish to welcome you all back to school and hope you had an enjoyable summer!
Due to demand, we have re-launched our ‘Phones for Boards’ scheme this September to include a wider range of products. During the summer months we contacted over 500 teachers nationwide and have re-vamped our product offerings based on direct feedback from these teachers.
In an exciting new development now every school can also recycle video games as well as used mobile phones. Here’s what we are looking for.
- Games compatible with: X box, Wii, Playstation 2 and 3, PSP, Ds, DSi, DSi XL and DS3d.
- Each game has to be less than 3 years of age and in reasonable condition.
- Each game has to be complete in its box and with cover.
The good news is that since we launched the ‘Phones for Boards’ scheme in September 2009, over 2000 schools nationwide have registered by calling us on 1850 525 545.
Has your school registered yet? You can find our new product list and poster below.
I would love to call to your school to chat to teachers and students about the Foundation. Please email me on melanie@jackandjill.ie to arrange this.
Happy collecting!
http://www.jackandjill.ie/phonesforboards/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Product-List-2011.pdf
http://www.jackandjill.ie/phonesforboards/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/A5-school-poster-2011-pdf.pdf
JEDWARD COMPETITION WINNERS!
Congratulations to our two winners of the JEDWARD Schools competition
They are
St Colmcille’s National School, Knocklyon who collected the most phones overall
Presentation Convent, Drogheda who collected the most phones per head
Our thanks to everyone who took part in the competition as all the phones collected will go a long way towards helping Jack & Jill continue to help the families of the 270 children currently under our wing.
Melanie Would Love To Hear From You!!
Hi Everyone,
My name is Melanie and I have recently taken over the role of Schools Co-Ordinator. I’m here to help your school start their campaign or give guidance on existing drives.
I would love to hear from you, if your school has any query on The Jack and Jill Campaign , would like to request a visit or is interested in registering their school but needs more info, email me ( melanie@jackandjill.ie) and i’ll be delighted to give any assistance I can. I look forward to meeting more schools over the coming months as I travel around the country
Melanie
Over 2000 Schools Now Registered
We have now passed the 2000 mark for registered schools…. can you help us reach the 3000 mark?? Get your school incolved today in raising awareness of The Foundation, collecting lots of used mobiles and helping out our 250 babies suffering from severe developmental delay. Get your school to register here today…
Phones For Boards Product List
Attached please find the Phone For Boards Product List which is a shopping list of products a school can collect phones for. Further queries on any of these products can be made to Folamh, (Our Recycling Partners ) on 1850 525 5
http://www.jackandjill.ie/phonesforboards/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Product-List-2011.pdf
Success For Jack and Jill Schools.
We now have over 2000 schools registered and we hope, with your help that this number will continue to grow. We have seen many schools reach their target with 600 schools now with their boards fully installed and great reports are coming back from schools on their satisfaction with the Phones for Boards campaign.
Kilkenny School Visits
This week… Catherine from The Jack and Jill Foundation is visiting 16 schools in Kilkenny. Check back in at the end of the week to see pictures of these schools where the children are busy collecting old mobile phones in order to get a new Promethean Interactive Whiteboard free of charge for their school!!
Jack and Jill Tours Ireland.
As you can see from all our photos, The Jack and Jill Foundation will have visited schools in Dublin, Wicklow, Donegal, Kerry and Cavan by Halloween Break.
These visits serve two purposes. Firstly, they introduce the children to the story behind The Jack and Jill Foundation, it’s valuable work and how their schools efforts in the recycling of phones is so valuable to us. It also gives The Jack and Jill Foundation a chance to thank each and every school it visits for their help.
A school who brings sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves (”,)
Knockanean N.S.
Knockanean NS Ennis Co. Clare
Hi! We are Knockanean N.S. Our school is situated on the out-skirts of Ennis, Co. Clare. Our teachers explained to us how the Jack and Jill foundation will collect old mobile phones in exchange for a new interactive whiteboard, and we said we’d give it a go! After two weeks of collecting we have finally achieved our goal of 500 phones! We will continue collecting for another fortnight in the hope of collecting enough phones to get another whiteboard for our school! As this will save us an awful lot of money. Thank you the Jack and Jill Foundation for giving us this wonderful oppertunity!
John Corbett.
6th Class.
Well done Knockanean and thank you John for this post!
Catherine.