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GAA legend Eugene McGee presents Cup for Irish Charities Corporate fundraiser
PRESS RELEASE – GAA legend Eugene McGee presents Cup for Irish Charities Corporate fundraiser
Photos: Peter O’Doherty
On Thursday 22nd October at 15:00, GAA All Ireland winner Eugene McGee presented the inaugural Camara Charity Cup to Mitchell O’Gorman and Clodagh O’Brien of Newmarket Consulting.
Newmarket and other companies participated in the Camara Charity Cup, a corporate fundraiser to [...]
Posted in Fundraising, Press Release Also tagged Camara Charity Cup, Cormac Lynch, Eugene McGee, Mitchell O'Gorman, Newmarket Consulting, State Street Ireland 3 Comments
Jungle Fever
Hi,
Here I am on my balcony in Kampala, Uganda on a Sunday evening with a large glass of white enjoying the sun going down and waiting for my double cheese burger and chips takeway order, my wife is away, what is a man to do? My thoughts turn to the fact that I need to [...]
Google and RoboSteel: July 31, 2009
On Friday, July 31, Google organised with RoboSteel and Camara a charity raffle of an alien made from recycled material at Google’s European Headquarters on Barrow St. Google has recently donated 59 servers to Camara which will be invaluable for Camara’s IT infrastructure.
RoboSteel donated a unique and beautiful hand crafted Alien sculpture for the raffle [...]
Posted in Fundraising Also tagged Alien, Cormac Lynch, Google, PC Recycling, PC reuse, Raffle, Robosteel Leave a comment
Thanks A Million! July 28, 2009
A huge thank you to all of you who participated in Flora Mini-Marathon. You raised €18,118.62. This amount covers the cost of refurbishing and equipping 14 schools, or 2 schools in each of our 7 African countries of operation, with computer labs, educational software, and IT teacher training. On average each of these schools has [...]
The Great Bag Packing Experience!
From Thursday 4th of June – Saturday June 6th a team of us bagpacked at Dunnes Stores, The Swan Centre, Rathmines, in order to fundraise for Camara Africa 09 project. A group of friends from work joined me on a very wet Saturday morning to help out. The response we got from customers was very [...]
Dance in Derry and Men waxing legs
I am holding a charity dance next Thursday 21 May 2009 in Pitchers Wine Bar and Restaurant, Foyle Golf Club, Derry. Admission is by ticket only (£5.00 each). There will be dancing, my son and his friend getting their legs waxed, an auction, a prize draw (lines £1.00 each) and a buffet. Anyone who would [...]
Run for Camara
As it snows heavily outside, it’s hard to imagine running anytime soon, but registration for the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon opens on February 26 and tends to fill up quickly. The race is on the bank holiday Monday, June 1. Run 10K for Camara and help fundraise for a fantastic cause, equipping schools in Africa [...]
Team Kenya – Triathlon
My charity event, doing the Athy triathlon on the 31st in South Kildare was not a financial success. I managed to fund raise around €400 but it was a great experience though.
I am going to register for the last triathlon of this season in the Mullet Peninsula, county Mayo. This event is taking place on [...]
Christmas Cake Sale