It’s Time for Change!
Gaelic Players Association appealing for everyone to gather their spare coins and donate to the Heaven Cent campaign aiming to raise €2m to help the sick children of Ireland
Press release on behalf of the GPA
Tuesday June 18th 2013
The Gaelic Players Association has teamed up with Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s Hospital to help support the Heaven Cent campaign aiming to raise €2 million to help the sick children of Ireland.
With a renewed push this week, the message from the campaign is simple – find all that loose change around the house and bring it to one of the national outlets (see list on heavencent.ie) – every cent can make a difference to the lives of sick children and their families.
The two hospitals currently treat over 250,000 children each year who are admitted from all over the country. In order to continue to provide world class care, they desperately need funds now. As well as being backed by the GPA and our player ambassadors Aidan Walsh (Cork) and David O’Callaghan (Dublin), Heaven Cent is being supported by Tesco, Texaco, An Post, RTÉ and Bank of Ireland who between them are making 1,000 coin drop off points available nationwide as well as providing invaluable support through their staff and customer networks.
Commenting on Heaven Cent GPA Chief Executive Dessie Farrell said: “We formed a partnership with Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin earlier this year and we are delighted to be in a position to support this really worthwhile fundraising effort on behalf of our national children’s hospitals. When we visited Crumlin, we were profoundly moved by the work being carried out and by the need for urgent improvements in the conditions and provision of equipment.
“We all accumulate loose change and frequently it sits in jars and tins around the house. We will be asking our members to spread the word and collect you spare coins and bring them to the many locations around Ireland. Find out where that location is by logging on toheavencent.ie. Thank you for your help for this most worthy cause.”
To donate, simply start collecting up your coins, look out for the special Heaven Cent bags and once your bag is full, just drop it off at any of the nationwide collection points. Alternatively, just pop your loose change into the drop off bins located throughout the country. To find your nearest drop off point or if you’d prefer to donate on-line visit www.heavencent.ie
For information contact:
Sarah Wagstaff or Angie Grant @ Pembroke Communications
01 649 6473 / 01 649 6486 / 087 647 0957 or [email protected]
Heaven Cent is a collaboration between Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital and their partners – Tesco, An Post, The Bank of Ireland, Texaco , The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) and RTÉ.
About Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin:
The hospital, which is the National Tertiary Hospital for all of Ireland’s children, treats in the region of 130,000 children every year. It is renowned internationally for its excellent care and enlightened approach to the advancement of children’s health.
It is the only hospital for Paediatric Cardiac Surgery and houses the only children’s major burns unit. It is the national referral centre for Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia and for Cystic fibrosis. It is also the proud home of the National Children’s Research Centre which ranks internationally as a leading paediatric medical research centre.
About Temple Street Children’s University Hospital:
Established in 1872, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital has a long and distinguished history of caring for sick children from all over Ireland for over 140 years. It provides world-class medical care, backed up by ground breaking research.
With over 133,000 children passing through its doors in 2012, Temple Street has many specialities as well as being the National Referral Centre for Neurosurgery, Renal Dialysis and Kidney Transplant, Spina Bifida and Opthomology. Each year more than 50,000 babies and children attend its A&E making it one of the busiest in Europe.
