Coffee Morning ?

Coffee Morning:

So due to the success of our previous coffee morning we thought what better way to raise money and meet some amazing people :)

 

We haven't set a date or in fact we know next to nothing

 but we do know that there will be delicious baked goods..... who could resist ....

 

So watch this space and the minute I know something ,
I will let the rest of you in as well  :)

 

Winners !!!

 

WE HAVE WINNERS!!!

 

So some of you may remember me harping on about a raffle weeks ago - two weeks ago exactly...

Well the raffle was conducted and we sold plenty of tickets raising money for the National Rehabilitation Hospital and our very own Prince Bosco drew the winners.

 

We had five winners overall who can collect their prizes on Thursday the 30th March in Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology or IADT to the students. One of the Charity Up! members will contact you by either the email or phone number you provided.

 

Prizes can be chosen by the winner and its first come first served - So the sooner you get there the more prizes options there will be :)

If any of you are wondering what prizes there is in advance read my blog post called Raffle.

 

So keep an eye out over the next few days for an email or a text from us here at Charity Up!
You never know it could be you....

 

 

 

Bushy Park

Thank You !!!

Thanks to Paul and the good old Irish weather we sold plenty of cookbooks in Bushy Park Saturday the 25th March.

Those in the area may have seen our fashionable gazebo with Paul himself and the glorious sun, selling the cookbook and we had an amazing day. As you can see the park was busy with people having fun.

There was plenty of brilliant other stalls who were just as friendly and ready to lend a hand have a look at some fun photos he took of the amazing day :

Cherry Wood Business Park

 

 

So we braved the cold, wind and the rain to bring you the National Rehabilitation Hospital cookbook. :) 

 

 Charity Up! were in Cherry wood Business park on Wednesday the 22nd of March and we didn't let the old Irish weather dampen our spirits,

This is just a small thank you to everyone who helped us get set up in the park and especially Spar who gave us the use of their courtyard and materials without them we would have definitely blown away !!!!

 

Enjoy these wonderful pictures taken by Andrew from the day:

 

 

 

Attention !!!!!

 

Charity Up! will be having a pop up stall in Cherry Wood business park

We will be selling the National Rehabilitation Hospital cookbook, collecting donations but also answering any questions you may have :)

 

So come on down to Cherry Wood Wednesday the 22nd March 2017 between 12 and 3 even just to say hello or find out more about us

See you there...... 

 

 

Charity Up! at IADT Dragons Den:

Kick Start !!

As we are part of a business course in Dun laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology we got to take part in the Creative Dragons Den which IADT runs. We were presenting the idea of an application for martial artists and had some great feedback :)

The three formidable judges on the day were Sean Gallagher, Lisa Cunningham and Tom Shinkwin who were great at listening and providing amazing feedback.

With six groups in the competition each group had five minutes to give your pitch. As you can see above Prince who has been doing Taekwondo for 15 years and Paul for 15 minutes demonstrated a few exercises for the crowd. Sadly we didn't win but we enjoyed every second and were glad when a fellow classmate won

But don't worry guys we are going to be doing a entrepreneurship boot camp here in IADT in May for being finalists which promises to be great fun !!! 

Jame's Chicken and Broccoli Bake

Hey guys here's another tasty sample from the National Rehabilitation Cookbook this time its James who is a three year old patient who loves eating curry with his fingers :)

This delicious dish serves 4 lucky people! and its cooking time is 20 - 25 Minutes.

Its cooking temperature is 180 degrees Celsius or Gas mark 6  :)

Ingredients:

4 Chicken Breasts

1 teaspoon of curry power

1 small head of broccoli

2 tablespoons of mayo

1 can of Campbells condensed cream of mushroom soup

4 Oz of bread crumbs

4 Oz cheddar cheese

2 Oz butter (melted)

Method:

1. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and fry in a teaspoon of oil until cooked.
2. Soften the broccoli in boiling water.
3. Mix mayo, curry powder and soup together.
4. Layer the chicken and broccoli in oven proof dish and pour the mayo mix on top
5. Mix the butter, breadcrumbs and cheese together and layer over the other ingredients
6. Bake in the oven.

This amazing has only 531 calories per serving so eat up everyone!!!!

Eimear's Thai Beef Green Curry

 

" Thai Beef Green Curry "

 

So for those of you who don't actually have the National Rehabilitation Hospital Cookbook but want a sneak peek enjoy todays special Thai Beef Green Curry ! So its the weekend everyone is hungry and you want something quick and easy well look no further .

 

So this is Eimear's recipe who works in the hospital she found it when she was traveling in Asia after completing college. This recipe serves 4 people, taking 15-20 minutes to cook and can be cooked on a medium hob temperature.

 

Ingredients:

 Curry paste

2 green chillies

1 small onion

Thumb sized piece of fresh ginger

Handful of fresh coriander

2 tablespoons of Thai fish sauce

4 cloves garlic

Half teaspoon of cumin seeds

Half teaspoon of coriander seeds

 

Curry

 

1 roughly chopped onion

1 roughly chopped garlic clove

750g sirloin steak or chicken

400ml can of reduced fat coconut milk

Fish Sauce

1 kaffir lime leaf or strip of lime zest

Selection of green vegetable - broccoli, green beans

Handful of fresh basil - roughly torn

Rice and a lime to serve.

 

 

Method:

•  Make the curry paste by whizzing all the ingredients in the food processor for 30 seconds
• Add oil to a pan on medium high heat and fry the onion and garlic until lightly brown
• Add steak or chicken and cook until it begins to brown
• Take the steak/chicken from the pan and place on plate.
• Add curry paste to pan with onion and garlic and cook for 5 minutes
• Add coconut milk, dash of fish sauce, lime leaf, and squeeze of honey.
• Return steak/chicken to pan and add green vegetables. Cook for another 5-10minutes at medium high heat.
• Add handful of fresh basil just before the end.
• Serve with rice and lime wedges, garnish with some leftover coriander.

 

 

 

The best bit about this recipe: Only 623 calories per serving. :)

Fundraising:

Charity Up!

 

 

Here at Charity Up! we believe that fundraising is one of the most rewarding and important part of a charity. Its can make the difference between your idea failing due to lack of support or most of the times funding.

We have had charities come to us before mumbling shame faced that they have very little money for fundraising due to other costs. However fundraising doesn't have to some big event it can be small, easy and cheap but reap big rewards.

The top tips on cheap fundraising:

•  Don't be afraid of approaching people - these can be shops in the local town ,churches, colleges most of the time these people want to help and if they cant donate money they can donate either their time or people.

• Communicate with these people often don't just go to them when you need something - this may sound odd or confusing but it can be as simple as emailing them or personally sending a Thank You letter for their support, mention how the resources was used this will encourage them to donate again.

• Study up on that charity law - There are different requirements, duties and responsibilities you have to know before you hit the pavement looking for funds. For example - permits and licenses.

• Keep it simple -  I have seen events where on the night the fundraising manager is pulling their hair out as the drinks haven't arrived or the food is late and they spend the rest of the night disappearing to fix one problem after another. My advice would be if your a beginner keep it simple - make a closed raffle and get your local town to donate items, do a movie night, speed dating or even just a coffee morning. All these things can be done with local help and efficiently which in turn improves your skills to plan those big events. :)

So overall fundraising isn't about making the biggest party you can to raise money and if it fails its not the end of the world. Look at it like this you can learn something new from the event be it networking, selling techniques, or even just discovering what people think about your mission.

 

But the most important part of fundraising is HAVE FUN !

So wear that silly hat, put on some tunes and mingle people :)

National Rehabilitation Cookbook

                          

Charity Up!

 

So I have finally realised after all this time of telling you how amazing and wonderful the National Rehabilitation Hospital cookbook is I hadn't even put the link up for you guys to buy your own .....

This is the cookbook itself :

It contains 85 recipes from sweet treats to fish to chicken and even meat - Each recipe was submitted by a member of staff or a patient with a bit of backstory to them.

 

 

Here's a few samples of the delicious recipes you can expect from the

cookbook:

 

     

 





 

Each book can be purchased at this web address: NRH Foundation 

 

• Books can be posted to customers abroad
• People in Ireland can pick up a copy in the National Rehabilitation Hospital coffee shop or can equally have them posted to them.
• Payments are taken in the form of : Cash, Bank Lodgement, Cheque or Online.

Each book costs 15 euro each

Raffle !!!!

Charity Up!

 

Good News Alert!!!!!

Monday the 6th @ 11am

 

We are actually having a raffle for the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire Institute Of Art, Design and Technology. But if that wasn't good enough for you can even purchase the NRH Cookbook for 15 euro yes I know were are letting you steal it from us ... :)

 

We have some amazing prizes for the raffle:

Weekends away

Dubray books

Everest Music Vouchers

Dunnes Clothes Gift cards

Men's Hair Co. Barber Shop Vouchers

Lidl Vouchers

And so much more.....

 

But that's not all !

Sure if our amazing raffle and cookbook don't tempt you we will also have some delicious cake .....

I mean who doesn't love a bit of cake - Ah go on now ....