Santa Strike Force 2017!!

Yes, sorry.... uncharacteristcally, two different charities (Barretstown and St Raphael’s Special School, Kildare) were both very quick off the mark (to be fair, Barretstown always are... if you are ever stuck for a kids charity to donate to, they are just wonderful people who make every penny last).

So, two projects are already nearly complete. I'm awaiting delivery details and then should have pics for you in the next few weeks! Barretstown got two projects funded (they manage so many kids all year round that they are really the best "bang for buck" for our meagre funds!). One was 6 bows for archery along with fletchings and some outdoor heaters and lights (to extend the times they can use the site during the day and also the number of months they can have people out there at all!)
The second project was for flotation aids for their canoeing club!
About 2,500 was granted for each of these projects. So thats 5k gone already.

St Raphaels have 11 classes (!!) and so they were granted 2,500 to split between the classes and did they ever go to town on that! Each class and each teacher got to draw up a list of materials (see below!) to the tune of about 200 euro each. (I left the school decide how best to spend the money). The list is kinda heart warming but also sad that they need the basics like this.

Anyway, accounts are coming. I'm still getting some cash in (like the comedy night etc) but it looks like about 12k in total.

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St Raphaels List!
Class 1
Sugar chute (SUG001)
Bubble pipe (BUB005)
Conga band (YOU003)
Class 3
Touch & Match Board (pg 108)
Touch, Match and count (pg108)
Feel and Find 3D shapes and tiles (pg 108)
Dominoes – Touch and match (pg 108)
Match and count (pg 138)
Jumbo tweezes x2 (pg37)
Beginner chunky paintbrushes (pg 34)
Jumbo triangular crayons (pg 37)
Groom tube x2 (pg 148)
Giant alphabet puzzle (pg 115)
Sequential thinking – level 1 (pg 99)
Slomo bump ball (pg 165)
Class 12
Lay – on – me blanket
Get a grip on patterns
Tricky Tree
See and spell
Bobble pets squeeze
Class 7
Foam pressure roller
Body massager
Activ Roll
Bog eyed buggly
Flashing squashy caterpillar

Koosh ball (large)
Sand ball
Before and after
Front , side , behind
Maxi sequences nature
Class 9
Squidy sparkle fidgets (squo15)
Mud balls (mudoo1)
Yuckee ball (yucool)
Band in a box (ban002)
Balloon and rings (ba1009)
Touch and match board (tou003)
Touch , match and counting (tou004)
Geo stacking board (ge005)
Nuts and bolts set (nut001)
Sort and stack set (sor001)
Class 6
Gym ball – 75cm

Rompa

Class 2
Switch activated massage tube (R719221)
Switch adapted fibre optic lamp (R720709)
Spotty spinner ball (R719159)
Talking photo album (R720364)
Musical mat (R719187)
CDs
Tranquillity (R7CD204)
Snoezelen (R7D627)
Aromatherapy music for children (R7CD270)

Argos

Class 8
LG FH6 LoudR Boombox - Black
by LG
548/2018
Class 3
Morphy Richards hand mixer 400/510
Sutter digital kitchen scale 331/9035
Class 7
6 mixing bowls
Cheese grater
Dust pan and brush
Laminator
Class6
Basketball stand (100126)
Basket ball (conti 1500 basketball size 7)

Pops Resources (www.popresources .com)
Class 10
Red elephant Series : Complete Set of 16 books (RB100)
Red elephant series word cards on CD rom (RBCD1)
Blue elephant series : complete set of 16 books (BS100)
Blue elephant series word cards on cd rom (BSCD1)
POPs phonic families stage 1 on CD rom (PFCD1)

Prim – Ed. Com

Class 4
Junior infants literacy bundle (prim ed ) JILB 15BN – NA
Reading zone bundle (Junior and senior infants)
Smyths

Class 5
34 jigsaw piece puzzle x 2 (boys and girls)
Kinetic sound x 2
Bingo game

Pie face game
Small box lego age 5- mining team (for boys)
Vetch kidi superstar microphone
Fidget spinner tri star rainbow
Supermarket cash register (orange)

Montessori Pre School Supplies. ie

Class 1
Broad stair (brown stair) (S12)
Brown stair cards (S68)
Pink tower cards (S67)
Zipper dressing frame
Large button dressing frame
Class 11
Mini knobbed cylinders
Discs on horizontal dial (lm10)
Coloured discs on 3 coloured dowels (lm11)
Discs on vertical dowel (lm12)
Infant coin box (lm20)
Small numerical rods (M003)
Cut out numerals and counters (M008)
Wooden pegs and board (FR15)

Sensational Kids

Class 6
Scooter board activities fun deck
Therapy ball activities fun deck
Parachute 300 cm
Scooter board