- Tesco customers can donate €1 at the till or at the checkout online to help raise funds
- New F&F face coverings are available in store from this week, with proceeds going towards Children’s Health Foundation Temple Street
Tesco is calling on shoppers across to support this year’s ‘Great Irish Bake’ fundraiser to raise much ‘kneaded’ dough for the little heroes in CHI at Temple Street. Customers visiting Tesco stores between Monday, 17th May and Sunday, 23rd May can support the annual fundraising initiative by donating €1 at the till or at the checkout online, with 100% of the funds raised going to Children’s Health Foundation Temple Street.
Tesco has set an ambitious fundraising target of €150,000 for the Great Irish Bake week. Since the partnership began in 2014, Tesco colleagues and customers across Ireland have helped to raise over €6 million through various fundraisers, helping to purchase much-needed equipment for the hospital’s theatres, wards, laboratories and intensive care units.
Rosemary Garth, Communications Director, Tesco Ireland said: “The Great Irish Bake for Children’s Health foundation Temple Street is a fundraiser that we continue to be hugely passionate about which is why at Tesco, we have made it easier than ever for our colleagues and customers to get involved and support it in any way they can. While we cannot host the Great Irish Bake sale in our stores at the moment, colleagues and customers can still donate €1 at the till or online checkout to raise vital funds to support CHI at Temple Street.”
Denise Fitzgerald, Chief Executive of Children's Health Foundation said: “Funds raised from the Great Irish Bake provide a vital lifeline to so many critically ill children in our hospitals, and this year we need those funds more than ever. Your bakes and donations will fund essential equipment in CHI at Temple Street - equipment that makes an enormous difference for the diagnosis and treatment of children, like ultrasound machines, pumps, patient monitors and so much more. Thanks to Tesco for everything they do and have done throughout our partnership – now, let’s have a Great Irish Bake!”
There are other ways that customers can support Children’s Health Foundation Temple Street throughout the year. From this week (Wednesday, 12th) shoppers in select* Tesco stores can purchase a pack of adult or children’s F&F face coverings. This year, Tesco has pledged to donate all profits from F&F branded face coverings to Children’s Health Foundation Temple Street, with over €94,000 already donated since August 2020.
Tesco customers are also encouraged to look out for promotions along the baking aisle between Tuesday 18th and Sunday 23rd May, both in store and online, including baking essentials like Gem Caster Sugar (now €1.75, was €2.20), Gem Icing Sugar (now €1.02, was €1.27) and Gem Gourmet Raisins (was €2.39, was €2.99).
Each year CHI at Temple Street treats over 147,000 children from across the country. For thousands of children, CHI at Temple Street is the only hospital in Ireland they can be treated in. Through the charity partner programme, Tesco colleagues and customers can help sick kids from all over Ireland get better and be real-life heroes to children attending the hospital.
