Purchase.ie Launch Homeless Fundraiser

Purchase.ie Raising Funds for Capuchin Day Centre

Purchase.ie is delighted to announce that it will be supporting the Capuchin Day Centre in the run up to Christmas by donating 5% of all customers orders when they use the code capuchin10.

Brother Kevin Crowley of the Capuchin Day Centre lifted the Sam Maguire Cup recently when some of the Dublin Players paid the Centre a visit. Photo: Damien Eagers

The Capuchin Day Centre provide meals, day care facilities and food parcels to the homeless in Dublin and those in greatest need. With the Irish economy in a depressed state the number of people in need of the Capuchin services is on the rise.

“When we started the service back in 1969 we had about 50 people coming in to us regularly according to Brother Crowley of the Capuchin Franciscan Order. “Today we have around 200 people coming in here in the morning for breakfast and in the afternoon we could have up to 500 people coming in for lunch”

Purchase.ie customers can now avail of a 10% discount on over 100 eco products with when they insert the code capuchin10 on the website or call 01 8428187 and quote the code. 5% of every such transaction will be donated directly to the Capuchin Day Centre.

If anyone wishes to make a direct donation to the Centre they can go to www.homeless.ie or call the Centre on 01 8720770

 

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