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At the handing over of €3,500 of toys, cash and vouchers to St Vincent de Paul were, in front; Mike Smith, Junior Locke and Jason Craske of St Vincent de Paul with, at back Sinead Casey and Chris Mulvihill and on the stairs Mairead Mullen, Victoria Coates and Conor Hall of JRI America at Kerry Technology Park.
THE final Charity Committee event of 2019 for JRI America Inc. resulted in over €3,500 worth of toys, cash and vouchers being donated to local children in need to ensure they will get a present this Christmas.
Shane Walsh, Ireland Division Head, Information Systems of JRI America Inc., based at Kerry Technology Park, confirmed that it is the fourth consecutive year that staff at the company has teamed up with St Vincent de Paul on this initiative.
Mairéad Mullen of JRI America explained how it was organised. “A Christmas Giving Tree was located in the office since early December.”
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“Tags featuring the first name and age of a child in need were placed on the tree. Staff members each took a tag and bought toys, clothes, purchased a voucher or donated cash based on the information on the tag,” added Mairead.
Junior Locke of St. Vincent de Paul collected the donations and expressed thanks to JRI America employees for their generous efforts.
Staff at the company has participated in several initiatives throughout the year. Conor Hall highlighted events such the Market Lane cleanup Project on which JRI America staff partnered with Tralee Chamber Alliance and GLAN Tralee during Spring 2019.
JRI America staff also assisted the Inspired group with its Monster Mash Ball fund-raiser ball in October. The company which is based in Kerry Technology Park will continue to build on its efforts in 2020 and is open to discussing new opportunities to assist in the locality.
