Welcome to the Life Pharmacy 100 Initiative!
Celebrating Life Pharmacy reaching 100 member pharmacies.
Each of our 100 Life Pharmacies are organising an activity in their locality, with all donations going to help families supported by the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation with in-home nursing and respite care.
Every €18 raised helps support an hour of care for a Jack and Jill child.
Our aim is for each of our 100 pharmacies to raise enough money to pay for 100 hours of nursing and respite support for the families currently under the care of Jack and Jill in communities right across Ireland. Currently, there are 416 families availing of this vital service.
We would kindly invite you to join us in supporting this exciting initiative!
Thank you for your kindness and support in helping us to make a real and positive difference in the lives of Jack and Jill families in your local community.
What is the Life Pharmacy 100 initiative?
Each of our 100 Life Pharmacies is organising a community event or activity in their locality, seeking support from the wider community. Every €18 raised in donations will help support 1 hour of nursing or respite care for a Jack and Jill child and their family. Our aim for this initiative is for each of our 100 pharmacies to raise enough money to pay for 100 hours of nursing and respite support for the families currently under the care of Jack and Jill in communities right across Ireland. We really appreciate your taking part in the Life Pharmacy 100 with us. It’s the kindness and generosity of our colleagues, patients, and friends that allows us to go that extra mile for Jack and Jill and make a real difference in the lives of some wonderful children and their families for whom Jack and Jill is a lifeline. Thank you again for supporting Life Pharmacy 100 and Jack and Jill!
What service does the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation provide for families?
Jack and Jill is a nationwide charity that funds and provides up to 100 hours per month of in-home nursing care and respite support to families caring for children, up to the age of six, with severe learning disability associated with complex medical needs. Typically, these children may be tube fed, oxygen dependent, may not sleep, take seizures, need a lot of medication and require around-the-clock care. Understandably, their parents can be exhausted and need a break, which is where Jack and Jill come in.
With your help, we can give those families vital time out for parents, so that they can recharge, take a much-needed rest, meet a friend for a coffee, spend quality time with other children or do some errands – the things some of us take for granted that are simply not feasible for the families under Jack and Jill’s care.
Jack and Jill’s service operates seven days a week, with no means test, no red tape, and no waiting list. Another key part of the service is end-of-life care for all children up to the age of six, irrespective of diagnosis, empowering parents to take their child home to die at this most difficult time.
Celebrating a milestone and a mission! (L to R): Life Pharmacy Chairperson, Mairéad Reen, Siobhán and Michael Boyce with their twins Dáithí and Michéal who receive Jack and Jill support, Deirdre Walsh, CEO of Jack and Jill, and Michael Murphy, owner of the 100th Life Pharmacy store in Killeagh, at the launch of the Life Pharmacy 100 campaign.
