Jack & Jill has created a new ‘currency’ to fund home nursing care for sick children in the form of donated Lego blocks and is calling on families to round up that loose unwanted Lego and donate or sell it to the Foundation The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation is asking people to liberateRead more
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Stephen Gray from Kildare leads the way The annual Kilkenny College TY Tractor Run took place on Thursday 28th April, 2016 in very unseasonal weather conditions: the rain, sleet and biting cold temperatures did not deter the young drivers who had been planning the event for some time. This hugely popular event, now in it’sRead more
The Jack & Jill liaison nurse Eilín Ní Mhurchú was pleasantly surprised last Thursday when she visited Scoil an Athar Tadhg in Carraig na bhFear Ms. Ní Mhúrchú was there to collect the money raised from the sale of the schools 2015 cd. The children recorded a beautiful cd earlier this year and were accompanied byRead more
Change for Charity is the brainchild of Norma Smurfit and is based on the Central Bank’s Rounding Initiative which took place in Wexford in 2013 to try and reduce the number of 1c and 2c coins in circulation in Ireland. A Nationwide Fundraising Campaign which will hopefully raise much needed funds for Charities across Ireland! TheRead more
Singing to Help Our Little Friends The children of Scoil an Athar Tadhg, Carraig na bhFear recently recorded a CD with all proceeds from the sale going to Jack and Jill Foundation. Carraig na bhFear have undertaken a CD Project in recent years where they set a target of €5,000 for their chosen charity. WeRead more
Dear Supporter, On behalf of everyone in The Jack and Jill Foundation I would like to personally thank you for supporting our Handset Rewards Recycling Appeal. Your support is truly valued and it is for this reason that I am writing to you today. In conjunction with Swapkit, our Recycling Partner, we have recently completedRead more
BIG THANK to Philomena Curran and All the Children at St. John’s Children’s Liturgy Group, Kilkenny! They raised €1,200 by holding a cake sale, a children’s card making workshop, selling brick a brack at a stall in Cillin Hill, and collecting old clothes. Thank you all so much!!!Read more
Well Done to Sarah Coughlan and Trinny Daly (age 11 years) who organised a Cake Sale and Raffle in aid of Jack & Jill. They did all the organising themselves from baking cakes to collecting Spot Prizes for the Raffle! The cake sale was held on the 26th January, 2013 in Scoil na Mainistreach (Hall), Kildare. They have kindlyRead more
A big thank to all children from St. Nicholas of Myra National School and the Applegreen Kinsealy who raised last Saturday €1013 for the school & The Jack and Jill Foundation! The event was a huge success: parents and kids from 4 to 11 years were washing cars and having great fun. All car wash customersRead more
On 2nd May, 2012 at the Dundalk Institute of Technology Jonathan Irwin, CEO Jack and Jill, met with the 3rd year students who embarked on the Sports Development Fundraising Module where a €4,555.00 cheque was presented for our charity. The fundraising was kindly organised by Larry Brady CSL3 and lead by David Cranny and included activities suchRead more
