Christmas at Neopost
As per last year, we Neopost have decided not to send Christmas cards and do something for some local and national charities - all of which deserve some extra special help this Christmas.
Saint Vincent de Paul's Giving Tree
As part of a major push this year, the Saint Vincent de Paul were looking for donations for the many struggling families all around the country.
Last November the SVP Dublin office recorded 6,500 calls, in November 2011, this number exceeded 10,000 calls.
We took part in the Giving Tree, where we decorated our Christmas tree with tags, each corresponding to a person, teen, child or toddler.
It was a great success and many thanks to all of you who gave so generously, hopefully they will go some way to giving a happier Christmas to many.
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Neopost's Giving Tree in aid of the SVP
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Neopost's Alma Jordan and Sharon Mulhall get the gifts sorted in time for the December 13th deadline
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Just enough time for a quick pose!
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Solutioins Account Manager Terence Hynes and Sales Director, Ken Dowd went in to hand over the gifts to the SVP Dublin regional office in Mountjoy Sq. John Deegan and SVP volunteers are pictured with Terence.
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MS Ireland and Pieta House
A donation of €1500 was given to both MS Ireland and the Pieta House.
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Sales Director, Ken Dowd hands over a cheque for €1500 to
Niamh Sweeney and Liz Dowd from MS Ireland
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About MS Ireland
"To enable and empower people affected by Multiple Sclerosis to live the life of their choice to their fullest potential”
Vision
MS Ireland has a vision of Irish society where all people affected by MS live positive and active lives in the community
Aims
The principal objectives for which MS Ireland exists are:
- to facilitate people with MS to control their lives and environment, to live with dignity and participate in the community
- to provide support for the families and carers of people with MS
- to co-operate with the medical, scientific, social and caring professions to promote scientific research into the cause of, cure for and management of MS, and the alleviation of medical and social symptoms
- to exchange and disseminate information relating to MS
- to provide an identifiable focal point by developing an efficient, effective and caring organisation to serve the needs of PaMS
To find out more log on to http://www.ms-society.ie/pages/home/
About Pieta House
Those of us who watched RTE's recent 'Secret Millionaire' series will have become familiar with the work done by Pieta House, the centre for the prevention of self-harm or suicide.
Pieta House, officially opened it’s doors in January 2006. 5 years later, they have seen and helped nearly 4,000 people and opened up two Outreach Centres and two other Centres of Excellence in both Dublin and Limerick.
About 8 years ago, Joan Freeman, a practising psychologist, closed down her own counselling business and dedicated her time finding out how she could help people who were suicidal – what would be beneficial to them and help them get through their dark time.
After three years of research, she opened up Pieta House in Lucan, Co. Dublin which quickly became a respected and recognised service for those who were suicidal. Having counselled many people in the past who were self-harming, Joan realised that this was a topic never discussed and rarely understood, and she decided to also help people with this debilitating issue.
In five years, Pieta House has grown to almost 40 therapists and admin staff, and the demand for their service hasn’t let up.
In January 2011 they opened up two new centres – one in Ballyfermot and one in Limerick. As 80% of their income comes from fundraising events, they rely heavily on the support and encouragement of their Volunteers and Friends of Pieta.
To find out more log on to http://www.pieta.ie