Woodies Heroes charity cycle

THE Woodie’s Heroes charity fundraising campaign culminates this week in their annual cycle which heads towards the north east.

Tomorrow ( Wednesday) August 23rd, the team will be making their way to Louth for a stop off in both the local Drogheda and Dundalk branches of Woodie’s.

Every Woodie’s store team have been enthusiastically fundraising over the past four weeks to raise money for the Woodie’s Heroes four children’s charities.

This week, two teams of cyclists are travelling around the country to collect the cheque from each of the stores and on arrival they will present a special plaque to recognise the store team’s amazing fundraising activities.

This is the third year that Woodie’s have embarked on a major campaign to fundraise for their Children’s Charity Campaign ‘Woodie’s Heroes’ throughout their network of 35 stores nationwide.

They have set themselves a target to raise a total of €250,000 for four of Ireland’s largest children’s charities; Make A Wish, ACT for Meningitis, Temple Street and Jack & Jill Foundation.

As part of the Woodie’s Heroes campaign, a 100 strong choir and Fight Like Apes lead singer MayKay have released a cover of Bowies ‘Heroes’. The single is available on band camp at woodiesheroes.bandcamp. com, iTunes, spotify and to purchase instore on CD in Woodies across the country.