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SCHOOLS COORDINATOR VACANCY

Schools Co-Ordinator The Jack & Jill Foundation is seeking a nationwide Schools Coordinator to oversee its already successful "Phones For Boards Campaign" in Primary and Secondary schools. The position of Schools Coordinator will run for the next school year with a strong possibility to extend this contract for the right candidate. Role: The ...

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Andrew Young, CEO of Starship, thanks Jonathan Irwin

 "It was one of those EUREKA moments – meeting Jonathan Irwin from the Jack & Jill Foundation and learning of the huge success of their mobile phone appeal in Ireland. Thanks to Jonathan’s expertise and guidance – and a crucial introduction to the Irish phone recycling company Folamh – we’ve been ...

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Ploughing Championships

Jack & Jill will be attending the Ploughing Championships this year. The event takes place in Cardenton, Athy, Co. Kildare on the 21st to 23rd of September. Why not drop by and visit the team at the Jack & Jill Stand. For more information on the event logon to the National Ploughing ...

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Mobile Phone School League Tables

SCHOOL LEAGUE TABLES         School Name Address     Number of Phones Collected St. Colmans NS Devlin Rd Mullingar Co. Westmeath 2000 Crescent College Comprehensive Dooradoyle Rd Dooradoyle Co. Limerick 1766 St.Fintans NS Carrigbrook Rd Sutton Dublin 13 1508 St. Pauls Senior Primary School Greenhills Walkinstown Dublin 12 1238 Scoil Mhuire Magherarney Smithsboro Co. Monaghan 1178 Santa Sabina Dominican College Greenfield Road Sutton Dublin 13 1160 Dunboyne Jnr School Dunboyne Meath Co. Meath 1087 Little Island National School   Little Island Co. Cork 1056 Scoil Naisiunta Brighde Milltown Newbridge Co. Kildare 1033 Dromclough National School   Listowel Co. Kerry 1027

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Name the Campaign Competition

Jack & Jill have been retained by HSE to collect all the used crutches and zimmer frames to be recycled to the benefit of the Jack & Jill Foundation and the 322 children presently under our wing. The project will commence at the beginning of October, and information will be issued ...

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Jack & Jill Car Giveaway!

  The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation has launched a new campaign giving participants a chance to win a Volkswagen Golf Trendline Car in exchange for their old mobile phone Free post bags for the Jack & Jill Car Giveaway are included in the Independent on Sunday August 15th, Saturday August 21st, ...

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O’Brien’s Wine ‘Day at the Races’

O’Briens Wines are very kindly sponsoring a Day at the Races in aid of Jack & Jill on the 12th of September.  The venue is the Curragh and Jack & Jill will have sole use of the exclusive Curragh rooms overlooking the Parade  ring and Track. The day will begin at ...

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BIG NEWS! Jack and Jill Economic Report

"There's no place like Home" The Jack and Jill Economic report "A Cost and Outcomes Analysis of Alternative Models of Care for Young Children with Severe Disabilities in Ireland" or as we like to call it "There's no place like home" was launched in Buswells Hotel, Dublin at 9.30 am on the 3rd ...

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‘Phones for Kits’

Avoca GAA Club swaps 300 old phones for new sports kit from the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation Alan Richard Nolan proudly shows off his brand new sports kit from Jack & Jill as the Avoca GAA club under 8's and under tens were officially presented with new sports kit by Joanne ...

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Jack and Jill Flowers

Make someones day by sending them a beautiful flower arrangement and help Jack and Jill  at the same time. Order your flowers through jackandjillflowers.ie and you will be helping Jack & Jill families all over Ireland. Flowers for all occasions.

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Jack and Jill are now on Facebook

Why not sign up and become a fan and keep up to date with all the Jack and Jill news. Logon to our facebook page Jack and Jill Children's Foundation

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Make a donation by purchasing Internet Parental Supervision Tool

Jack & Jill are members of an umbrella group of Irish Children's charities supporting the ReassureMe.com, Internet Parental Supervision tool Research shows that the vast majority of parents either: 1. Overly limit children's access to the computer , or 2. Don't have any restrictions whatsoever Jack & Jill believe that all children should be given ...

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Remembering Someone Special

Donations in Memory of a Loved One A donation in memory of a loved one can be a positive and wonderful way to honour the memory of someone special and also help a cause that mattered to them. You can make a donation in memory of a loved one to the Jack ...

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Jack & Jill joins National Steering Group for Paediatric Palliative Care

    [caption id="attachment_2221" align="alignleft" width="82" caption="Mary Joe Guilfoyle"][/caption]   [caption id="attachment_2218" align="alignleft" width="82" caption="Sinead Moran"][/caption]   Our Senior Liaison Nurses Sinead Moran & Mary Joe Guilfoyle have been invited to become part of the National Steering Group for Paediatric Palliative Care. Sinead and Mary Joe will jobshare this role. This group has been set up ...

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Bedpush in aid of Jack & Jill

 [nggallery id=20] Jack and Jill would like to say a big 'Thank You' to John O’Mahony and his friends who did a bed push in memory of his son John Patrick and raised a fantastic €16,886 for us

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