Electric Ireland’s Powering Kindness week has finished with Childline the biggest benefactor of a week of goodwill.
Since last Saturday, January 17, people across Ireland supported the initiative, including Newstalk staff and presenters, with €130,000 raised for charities. Childline will receive the biggest share, with other charities such as the Marie Keating Foundation and the Irish Heart Foundation also doing well.
Susie Halpin, Childine’s National Fundraising Campaigns Executive described the last week as “ a heart warming experience”
“Huge gratitude must be shared with all of our incredible supporters and Electric Ireland,” Ms Halpin said.
“These funds are much needed and will cover the costs of running Childline for just over one week, allowing an additional 8,600 voices to be heard,” she added.
Electric Ireland Executive Director Jim Dollard said, “It’s truly inspiring to see how the Irish public championed Powering Kindness over the last week with simple, but meaningful, acts of kindness.”
The organisers of the Powering Kindness week have said some of the acts of kindness offered this week included:
- A young girl donated her pocket money to a homeless person.
- Commuters left change in ticket machines for the next person.
- Companies offered extended lunch breaks to staff.
- Motorists stopped and assisted others with flat tyres and no fuel.
- Coffee shops offered patrons free coffees.
- A school created an 'Acts of Kindness' box which will remain in place for the rest of the year
Here at Newstalk we were powering kindness all week, and it resulted in a scintillating sporting contest, of sorts, between Sean Moncrieff and Jonathan Healy, in the name of charity.
