Aldi Naas staff award €500 grant to ambulance service

Aldi’s Naas Regional Distribution Centre staff have awarded Bumbleance a €500 grant in recognition of its tremendous work and to help support its vital services.

Pictured was David Gerulis, Aldi’s Naas Regional Distribution Centre “Charity Champion” with John McGuinness from Bumbleance.

Bumbleance awarded €500 by Aldi’s Naas Regional Distribution Centre staff. Bumbleance one of the hundreds of charities to benefit from Aldi’s 2018 Community Grants Programme.

Aldi is delighted to announce that Bumbleance is the latest charity to benefit from Aldi’s 2018 Community Grants programme. Aldi’s Naas Regional Distribution Centre staff have awarded the charity a €500 grant in recognition of its tremendous work and to help support its vital services.

The €500 grant was presented to John McGuinness of Bumbleance by David Gerulis, Aldi’s Naas Regional Distribution Centre “Charity Champion”.

Now in its third year, hundreds of charities have been supported by the programme to date with over €200,000 donated by Aldi.

Commenting, John Curtin, Group Buying Director, Aldi Ireland, said: “We are delighted our Naas Regional Distribution Centre employees have chosen to support Bumbleance as they play a pivotal role in helping seriously ill children across Ireland access essential medical care, while making sure that their journeys to and from appointments are as safe and comfortable as possible.”

“Supporting the local communities our stores serve is something that we truly believe in. Through our Community Grants programme and partnerships with both FoodCloud and youth organisation Foróige, we have been able to directly help many of the worthwhile charities and organisations making a huge difference to County Kildare.”

Operating eight stores and a Regional Distribution Centre in County Kildare, Aldi is deeply involved in the local community.

Through its partnership with FoodCloud, its stores in Kildare have donated over 46,000 meals to local charities to date, while as Foróige’s lead sponsor since 2015 it has helped support initiatives including the Aldi Foróige Youth Citizenship Awards and the Aldi Foróige Junior Baking Competition.

Aldi’s Community Grants Programme provides each Aldi employee with the opportunity to nominate a charity, community group or not-for-profit organisation within their local community for support.

Nominated charities are assessed according to a defined selection criteria, with the organisation deemed the most worthwhile receiving a €500 donation from Aldi.

Each of Aldi’s 133 Irish stores and two Regional Distribution Centres have been allocated an individual annual bursary fund and a “Charity Champion” assigned to co-ordinate the programme.

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