We're quietly buying and distributing cool stuff for kids to hospitals and care-centres because it sucks being there for xmas and and Santa is very busy and we feel he should have some human helpers and the positions have been vacant long enough so we're volunteering. These gists are NOT given to the individual kids but rather to the charities themselves so that all kids will get use of them over the year.
How does it work
You buy stuff from our list on Amazon or donate cash to us. Then you sit back and feel great about yourself. Thats it!
The stuff gets delivered to us and I am organising delivery of it to the various targets.
I dont have a credit card, how can I help?
You can transfer funds in complete confidentiality to this dedicated account and I'll use it to buy last minute items where needed.
Tom Murphy
Bank Of Ireland, St Stephens Green
Sort Code: 900084
Account Number: 65748028
This is a completely dedicated account and every penny into it is for the SSF and will be spent on SSF related items.
I do have a credit card and I want to donate money rather then buy toys!
just click this button -> }
Is it right to spend so much on toys when some kids need treatment!
I'm firmly of the opinion that it is the states responsibility to provide basic health care for kids. As such, and I know this sounds harsh, but I dont want to let them off the hook.
However last year started out as a bit of a nice thing to do for kids but SO much stuff got bought and so much money was donated that I felt this year it would be overkill to turn all of it into toys and games. So, I'm going to take the cash we collect and spend at least some of it on more serious things for kids charities. In this I'll be guided by the suggestions of the targets themselves. It might not be anything spectacular but I think its a good way to go with the whole thing.
How do we know we can trust you
I guess in short, you dont. But I have a long track record of doing crazy stuff for kids charities and all the SSF people on Boards.ie trust me implicitly. You can check later with the targets if you like! (Temple Street, Crumlin and also Barretstown have been hit in the past two years...
Someone said something about a Strike Force? Whats up with that?
Some people are grouping together to buy some of the bigger ticket items that would be too expensive for one person to buy realistically. We've nicknamed them Strike Forces. The post on the SSF board on Boards.ie.
Aren't we just feeding Boards.ie's profile? Is this an ego exercise for DeVore? I think charity should be done for charity's sake.
So do I.
All presents will be delivered in the name of the Santa Strike Force. Its not possible to completely remain anonymous as word of this will get out I'm sure but all the same I want to just walk up to a target and more or less say "You've just been hit by the Santa Strike Force" and walk away. We did that last year and this year most of the charities dont know we're coming. However in order to publicise it we had to remove a certain amount of anonymity.
I have a bunch of junk that might or might not work. You want it?
To be honest... no. Half working toys or games without all the parts dont really cut it imho. Would you have been happy as a kid getting one?
I have some good condition books and/or toys or a portable telly that I dont need... what about that?
Now yer talking! If you can deliver/post them all the better, if not I'll arrange collection. Things we are looking for include:
-Books
-Game Consoles (Even old ones)
-Console games and controllers
-TV's
-Childrens Toys (Things kid would like to get, you know, make it a special Christmas)
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