FOURTEEN Limerick schools will be letting their true colours shine through this Friday (October 13) in support of GOAL’s work around the world.
They will be among 380 schools across Ireland who will take part in Jersey Day. Schoolgoers will simply swap out their uniforms for their favourite sports jerseys (representing GAA, rugby, soccer, hockey, and many other sports), wear that jersey into school with pride, have some fun doing so, and donate to GOAL’s humanitarian aid work across Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
In support of Jersey Day 2023, Bernard Jackman (former Leinster and Connaught Hooker and Irish International) teamed up with Olivia Carroll and Adelaide Hickie (who also has a famous rugby dad, Denis Hickie) from third class in Scoil Bhríde, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, last week on the banks of the canal.
In addition to uniting schools, Jersey Day will also see businesses and state organisations taking part – including the HSE, AIB, Amazon, Intel, Home Instead, Dell, Permanent TSB, and Easons – whose employees will swap out their uniforms for their favourite jerseys this Friday.
In a post-pandemic world, taking part in Jersey Day offers employees an ideal opportunity to reconnect and foster a sense of camaraderie while supporting GOAL’s mission to help some of the world’s most vulnerable.
Jersey Day, supported by schoolbooks publisher Folens, is fast becoming a household fundraising favourite. Last year, the campaign raised €160,000 for GOAL, with plans to exceed this amount in 2023.
