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in Futures
Smart Move Foróige is partnering with the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation in the first Irish smart phone recycling initiative. Help us reach our target of 10,000 smart phones by donating your old or used handsets and you will be directly supporting 57,000 young people in Foróige and 300 Jack and Jill families across Ireland.
Street Performance World Championships Foróige will be at the Street Performance World Championships, June 2012, in Dublin and Cork in our very own Marquee. We will be fundraising by providing a face painting service and young people involved in the organisation will even have the opportunity to perform on the Busking Stage.
Abseil Everest in Ireland We need 500 people to abseil 18 metres to help us reach 8,840 metres – the height of Everest, in 4 locations across Ireland. Participate in this fun and exciting challenge on 30th June or 1st July.
Please believe in young people and support Foróige in 2012.
One of Foróige’s first successful fundraising events was the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon in June. 38 women took part in the event and raised €4,000, having great fun along the way. In 2012 we intend to double those numbers.
The next big project was the National Foróige Christmas Raffle. The initiative got great support from clubs and projects across the country. An impressive 28,000 tickets were sold raising almost €86,000. Participating clubs and projects got a third of the funds they raised back to fund their local activities, amounting to €27,000 nationally. It was a phenomenal result and a BIG thank you goes to all those involved. We hope to build on its success next year.
Foróige has also upgraded its online fundraising presence. It’s now possible to donate to Foróige online in a dedicated section of our website called ‘Support Us’ – www.foroige.ie/ supportus. Here you will find all you need to know about fundraising events, support opportunities, easy ways to securely donate and what a donation can mean.
2012 promises to be another great year and there is an exciting calendar of events planned to raise funds to make a real difference in the lives of young people across the country.
Young people are the leaders, wealth creators and decision makers of tomorrow. Supporting Foróige’s work today and enabling young people to effect positive change in their communities is building a stronger Ireland for the future. The public sector, corporate and individual supporters, volunteers, staff and parents are working together to contribute to Foróige’s ambitious vision to empower more young people, enrich more communities and transform Ireland for the better.
