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Our December 2024 Fundraiser for the WLR FM Christmas Appeal raised €3,010 for the St. Vincent de Paul. Pictured here John and Lorraine of WLR FM with Paul, Jenna & Megan of Blaa!

Our latest fundraiser in aid of Assisi’s House Senior Social Care raised a total of €1,715!

Danielle Byrne won our Winner’s Choice of Charity Bundle kindly selected Cliona’s Foundation as the Beneficary of the proceeds. On this bundle together we raised a total of €2,000!

Pictured here is Cliona’s Foundation Board Member Eric Delaney together with Danielle Byrne, Steph and Paul from Blaa.

Our January fundraiser in aid of the RNLI Irish Lifeboats raised a total €2,600! Pictured here with RNLI Tramore branch members Eamon Mongey, Kevin Leane, Robbie Power, Norin McGrath and Paul Halley with Jenna and Paul of Blaa.

“Another hugely welcome donation towards keeping our lifeboats at sea. A huge thank you to Paul, Jenna, Meg Lauren and all the Blaa crew for the draw and a huge thank you to all who bought tickets for the draw.”

– Paul Halley

RNLI Fundraising branch Tramore and Waterford.

Our January fundraiser in aid of the RNLI Irish Lifeboats raised a total €2,600! Pictured here Paul, Jenna and Meg of Blaa with the RNLI Dunmore East branch members and crew.

Our December 2023 Fundraiser for the WLR FM Christmas Appeal raised €2,600 for the St. Vincent de Paul. Pictured here Gemma Delaney of WLR FM with Jenna and Paul of Blaa

“This was Blaa Giveaways fourth year helping the WLR FM Christmas Appeal in aid of St. Vincent de Paul. The fundraiser was a huge success and raised a further €2,600 for the SVP. Each year the Blaa Team are always on hand to contribute and are a pleasure to work with. We are extremely grateful for their continued support and would like to extend our thanks also to the entire Blaa Community!”

– Sarah Jane O’ Brien

Appeal Fundraising Co-Ordinator

Our Fundraiser for our local football team, Tramore AFC raised €1,675 for the Club. Pictured here are Ladies Team Players Saoirse O’ Brien, Nicole Bennett and Emma Hannon with Paul, Steph, Meg and Jenna of Blaa Giveaways.

“Our partnership with Blaa Giveaways has allowed us to make sure playing for our Senior Women’s team is something our younger girls want to aspire to and it is great to support them along the way. Having senior role models for our young girls is crucial to the success of the female side of the club.

We are excited to continue this partnership and are thankful to Paul & everyone within Blaa Giveaways for their continued support of the female game in Tramore AFC. With similar values around community this is a perfect match.”

– Gary Hunt

Tramore AFC

Our September Fundraiser for the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind raised €2,500!. Pictured here with local branch members Ann, Liam, Geraldine, Ray, Noeleen, Tabb and Barry together with Ambassador dogs Winner,  Imogen and Callie!

“Irish guide Dogs for the Blind is Ireland’s national charity providing Guide Dogs to those who are vision impaired and Assistance Dogs to families of children with autism. We would like to thank all at Blaa giveaways for holding a fundraiser and all their support for us which raised an amazing €2500. To everyone who participated in the draw thank you. Congratulations to the winner Deb”.

– Ann Kenneally

Branch Treasurer, IGDB

Our July Fundraiser for the Irish Hospice Foundation raised €2,500!. Pictured here are Lauren with Mairead Tully, Fundraising Executive for the IHF.

“We send our sincere thanks to Paul and all at Blaa Giveaways for the fantastic fundraiser for Irish Hospice Foundation. We were delighted to be chosen as one of the charities and are so grateful to receive €2,567 to support our work. Irish Hospice Foundation is a national charity supporting people and families all over Ireland that are facing end of life and bereavement. We rely on voluntary fundraising and donations to maintain this work so support like this means so much to us.”

Mairead Tully

Fundraising Executive

Once again we teamed up with the local IKA Branch, hosting a fundraiser in aid of Irish Kidney Association. This bundle raised a further €2,450 for the IKA. Pictured here with Ray Halligan, Chairperson of the Waterford IKA Branch, and Vera Frisby, Branch Treasurer.

“The Irish Kidney Association was founded in 1978 by a group of dialysis patients so that patients in renal failure could have a representative organization to help dialysis and transplants patients. Our main fundraising event, Organ Donor Awareness week, takes place in late March each year. It gives us an opportunity to express the need for organ donors as each year over 600 patients are waiting for organ transplant in Ireland. This year Covid severely curtailed our fundraising capability. Blaa Giveaways kindly donated 2,650 euro to our cause locally. These funds were badly needed, many thanks to all at Blaa Giveaways”

– Ray Halligan, Chairperson IKA Branch.

Our December Fundraiser for the WLR FM Christmas Appeal raised €2,500 for the St. Vincent de Paul. Pictured here Ollie Carroll of WLR FM with Jenna and Paul of Blaa Giveaways.

“This was Blaa Giveaways third year helping the WLR FM Christmas Appeal in aid of St. Vincent de Paul. The fundraiser was a huge success and raised a further €2,500 for the SVP. Each year the Blaa Team are always on hand to contribute and are a pleasure to work with. We are extremely grateful for their continued support and would like to extend our thanks also to the entire Blaa Community!”

– Sarah Jane O’ Brien

Appeal Fundraising Co-Ordinator

Our May Fundraiser for the The Helping Hand raised over €2,000! Pictured here Jenna & Paul of Blaa Giveaways with Eamonn Morrissey, Vice Chairperson.

“Helping Hand look after the homeless and vulnerable . We provide tents, sleeping bags, ground sheets, a hot meal etc but most importantly a safe warm place for people to go who will be treated with dignity and respect. We have over 40 volunteers who dedicate their time to truly making a difference. We recently got our own premises and it had taken quite a lot of our funding to make it into a lovely space for our service users. When Paul and Jenna contacted us, we were delighted. We were already thinking ahead to the winter and the life saving supplies we would need. The recent fundraiser will help enormously with this. Thanks to everyone at Blaa giveaways for raising 2050 euro for us. We really appreciate it.”

-Vivienne Burns, Chairperson

Our October Fundraiser for the RNLI Irish Lifeboats raised €2,400! Pictured here with RNLI Local Branch Members Paul Halley, Paul Phelan & Eamon Mongey with Jenna and Stephanie of Blaa Giveaways.

“A huge thank you to Paul and Jenna and all the Blaa Giveaway Crew for holding this draw for the RNLI.  As this essential life saving service is funded entirely by voluntary donations the sum raised and given to the Tramore and Waterford fundraising branch is hugely appreciated and makes a difference. Thanks to all who bought tickets also.”

– Paul Halley, Chairperson
RNLI Fundraising branch Tramore and Waterford.

Our August Fundraiser for the Solas Cancer Support Centre raised €2,650! This represented our second fundraiser for the Solas Centre, bringing the total raised for Solas to €5,750

Our March Fundraiser for the Irish Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal raised €3,000! Pictured here Jenna & Stephanie of Blaa Giveaways with Richie Purcell of the Irish Red Cross.

Our January Fundraiser for the Deise Animal Sanctuary raised €2,500! Pictured here Jenna of Blaa Giveaways Pat Edwards of the Sanctuary.

Our December Fundraiser for the WLR Christmas Appeal in aid of St. Vincent de Paul raised €2,850! Pictured here Paul and Steph of Blaa Giveaways with Oliver Carroll of WLR FM.

Our November Fundraiser for Focus Ireland raised €2,650 to contribute towards their Christmas Campaign. Pictured here with Jessica Murphy of Focus Ireland South East.

Our September Fundraiser for the Deise Animal Sanctuary raised a further €2,600 for the Sanctuary. Pictured here with Pat of the Sanctuary and some residents!

Our Fundraiser in aid of Down  Syndrome Ireland, Waterford & South Kilkenny in July raised €3,100! DSI has 25 branches nationwide which are run almost exclusively by volunteer parents. These branches provide children and adults with Down syndrome and their families with access to a wide range of services and social opportunities.

Pictured here with DSI Waterford and South Kilkenny Committee members Aoife Daly & Craig Ennis, and their (adorable) daughter Croia!

Our May Fundraiser for the Deise Animal Sanctuary raised a further €2,600 for the Sanctuary. Pictured here with Kayle and Mairead of the Sanctuary and some residents!