| Home Retail Group, the leading home and general merchandise retailer, owners of Argos & Homebase in UK and Ireland has chosen the Heart Children Ireland as its charity partner in a two year relationship from July 2008 to 2010. Employees at Home Retail Group, encompassing leading brands Argos and Homebase – voted by an overwhelming majority to choose Heart Children Ireland from a short list of charities. The partnership, called ‘Keeping Hearts Beating’, is hoping to raise €250,000 over two years for Heart Children Ireland. "Home Retail Group is really excited to be supporting the nation’s heart charity for children through this two-year charity partnership. We are committed to supporting the local and national communities in which we operate, and hope that our ‘Keeping Hearts Beating’ campaign will make a real impact on them" Lorna Liggett, Community Affairs Manager, Home Retail Group.
We are also delighted to report that Miriam O'Callaghan has agreed to be Charity Ambassador and help promote the HGR partnership and 'Keeping Hearts Beating'.
The partnership is a very new departure for Heart Children Ireland as it is the first time the group have been so publically linked with a corporate partner. With the funds raised Heart Children hope to fund a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and a Cardiac Nurse Specialist for our young adults at the Mater Hospital.
All the Argos and Homebase stores are very much behind the partnership and have organised many events so far. Initiatives range from selling Christmas toast stamps in all stores (for a suggested donation of €2) to staff events such as parachute jumps and raffles.
We greatly appreciate the help provided by Miriam and the HRG team.
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To help support the ‘Keeping Hearts Beating’ charity partnership please look out for fundraising activities taking place in Argos and Homebase stores throughout Ireland.
'Tick to Give' for Heart Children at Argos
As part of our new two-year charity partnership with Home Retail Group, Heart Children Ireland has been given the opportunity to benefit from the Argos ‘Tick to Give’ scheme. ‘Tick to Give’ is a simple facility where customers can choose to tick a box on the in-store selection slip to donate 20 cent to Heart Children Ireland. It may sound like a small amount, but when combined with the thoughtful donations of others it can help make a huge difference. So please, make a difference to Heart Children Ireland and ‘Tick to Give’ next time you visit an Argos store.
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