Staff at Woodie’s store in Bray raise over €12,000
STAFF, customers and suppliers at Woodie’s in Bray have raised a total of €12,492, in this year’s ‘Heroes’ charity campaign.
The national total raised was €374,000 towards Irish charities.
The campaign ran from July 22 to August 23, and included a range of initiatives including a 1,600km, a table quiz, car wash and family fun days.
Woodie’s of Bray are incredibly proud of their achievement and efforts in raising this total of €12,492.43 for charities that will help the change lives of so many.
The fund-raising culminated in a grueling 1,600km cycle undertaken by Woodie’s colleagues over five days in August, where the cycling teams called into each of the 35 stores to collect the monies raised by each store.
This year’s chosen charities were Temple Street Children’s Hospital, children’s cancer charity Hand in Hand, Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland and ISPCC Childline. All strive to change the lives of Ireland’s most vulnerable children and their families around the country with their extraordinary selfless work.
ISPCC Childline is Ireland’s national child protection charity. The organisation works towards the prevention of cruelty to children and provide support services which operate 24 hours a day.
Each charity chose their own little hero to represent them, from plucky two-year-old Freya who was diagnosed with a tumour and underwent months of intensive treatment, to Jack with autism whose isolated world was transformed with the arrival of Thorpe the dog.
‘ The Woodie’s Heroes campaign has been an outstanding success, ‘said CEO Declan Ronayne. ‘ The prospect of raising one and half million when we started five years ago seemed a remote possibility, but after much hard work and thanks to the incredible support and imagination from everyone who works at Woodie’s along with the enormous generosity of our customers and suppliers, we have achieved our dream. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone!’