Email from St. Vincent de Paul on how donation helped. Thanks again!

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Copy of confirmation of donation.

THANK YOU

For making a donation to SVP

Reference Number: 9794-20091223150848
Donation Processed: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:08 PM
Name: Ms Ciara Bolger
Amount: €752.00
Donation For: SVP National Fund

Dear Ms Bolger,

Your generous gift of €752.00 will help us to continue the great work of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. Last year alone, the Society responded to over 300,000 requests for help and spent over €40 million providing support to people all over Ireland – thanks to people like you who give so generously.

Our range of activities include home and hospital visitation, housing services for the homeless and childcare centres, among many others. Your gift today of €752.00 will help us continue this work

Despite Ireland being such a prosperous nation in many ways, it still remains a fact that there are 100,000 Irish children living in consistent poverty – that’s enough to fill every seat in Croke Park with another 20,000 standing on the pitch. SVP strives every day to help reduce startling statistics like this and your support greatly helps.

Thank you once again for your generosity; I hope you will continue to support SVP in the future. If you have any queries about your gift please email fundraising@svp.ie or call the national office on (01) 8386990.
Yours sincerely,

Kieran Murphy,
National Director

Call out to all for 17th of Dec.!

Hi to all, We are still looking for Christmas Crafts, donated CD's etc for the 17th Dec gig (all proceeds in aid of SVP!) Thanks so much to everyone who has given up time and money to make crafts for the gig/craft fair so far. The lovely pics below are from Niamh Buckley who made the stockings. Please note the gorgeous handmade buttons made from Fimo!

 

 

Independent's Day.

Some of the display at Independent's Day. Unfotunately I forgot my camera so only have two photos that Roisin Blade was nice enough to pass on!

I'm not making this small just cos I look deranged in it. It just won't change size! Honest!

Donations

For people who would like to donate a little something to add to what we are collecting, please do. Every cent that we get goes to SVP. All craft supplies and expeses paid for by whoever is making the crafts.

Thanks to all! €130 made at Independent's Day!

Thanks a million to everyone who made such an effort to come to Independent's Day today. People were so generous, it was fantastic. We made €130 all in aid of St. Vincent de Paul. We also had a brilliant day at Independent's Day, met loads of lovely people and bought a few bits and bobs!

Special thanks to Debbie Stone, Roisín Blade, Denise Quinlan and Cat Hughes for the amount of time and effort put in to making such lovely stuff and for helping out. It all sold out too! Your stuff was very popular! Thanks also to St Catherine's Home for Lazy Infants http://www.myspace.com/lazyinfants, The Hollows http://www.myspace.com/thehollowsie & At Last An Atlas http://www.myspace.com/atlastanatlas who donated albums to sell.

Thanks again to everyone. I appreciate it and your money will  be going to a really good charity. As you can see in today's Irish Times http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1123/budget.html  There has been a 30% increase in requests for help from the SVP.

We will be organising a gig/craft fair on the Thurs 17th December and as we pretty much sold out of our stuff I'm going to be asking those who can, could they make more stuff! If you can of course! If not, hopefully see you all on the 17th of December! If anyone wants to help out again, in any way, please do! 

Also, please tell me if I am becoming a bit sweat factoryish!

More little bits and bobs for Independent's Day on Sunday

When Christmas paper, a scissors and a sewing maching get together! (I nicked the idea from the Guardian!)

Even more Christmas tree decorations