Local charities to benefit at Tesco

IT’S time to remember your little blue token when you’re shopping in Tesco, so you can help support the local charities who will benefit from the new cycle of their community fund.

Tesco Ireland has announced the 396 local projects that are participating and for the next six weeks, customers are being encouraged to use their blue tokens to make a big difference in communities right across Ireland. In Co Louth alone, the Tesco Community Fund has supported 372 local projects to date donating over €108,500 since 2014. Over the next six weeks, Tesco’s stores in Drogheda will be using their blue token to support Drogheda Marsh Crescent F.C., Drogheda Boys Choir and Drogheda ABACAS School in Tesco Drogheda Extra, in both the Tesco Extra and Tesco West Street stores.

“At Tesco we are delighted to see the Community Fund support such wonderful local initiatives. The Tesco Community Fund is open to a wide variety of good causes or groups so if you know a local cause that could benefit from some funding, please nominate them in store today,” said Aoife Donohoe, Head of Corporate Affairs Tesco Ireland. Every eight weeks, Tesco customers are invited to simply fill out a nomination form in store with three local causes being selected for the Tesco Community Fund. And at the end of each phase, blue token votes are counted and up to €1,000 is shared between the three local causes. Further information is available on www.tesco.ie/communityfund.