Nineteen Cork cases receive a grant from the supermarket giant

Nineteen Cork deserving causes will benefit from the Aldi Community Grants program this Christmas, each receiving a minimum grant of €500 and some receiving €1,500.

A total of twenty-four Monster-based charities and community organizations have become the latest recipients of the Aldi scheme, each receiving a grant from the Aldi Store, Distribution Center and office colleagues in County Cork.

In Cork, Peta House Cork, Fouta Wildlife Park, Cork Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, First Responders to ECRR Carriagethill Community, Cobh Community Hospital, Middleton Meals on Wheels, Cork Cancer Support House, Cork Simon, CUH Children’s Hospital Appeal, Cork Penny Dinners, Macroom Defibrillator Group, Bandon Playground, Lisheen House, Youghal Cancer Support House, Mallow Social Services Meals on Wheels, Irish Community Rapid Response and Foroige Charleville UBU, Cork Cancer Care Center and Marymount Hospital and Hospice, all received grants from Aldi.

Other Monster charities included Limerick Animal Welfare, FoodCloud, Hillwalking Community Radio Group, and Irish Cancer Society.

Aldi’s Community Grants Program helps fund local charities and community organizations that contribute to vital businesses and services in their local communities. Each local charity supported by Aldi staff is handpicked, enabling them to help the good local causes they care about.

Aldi operates twenty-four stores in County Cork, and is deeply involved in the local community. Aldi collaborates with a variety of Irish food and beverage producers across Cork and spent more than €68.5 million with its Cork suppliers in 2020.

To date, Aldi has donated a total of €2.9 million of meals to FoodCloud plus €400,000 (collected from Aldi’s sold-in-store inventory, package donations, voucher donations, partnership support and employee/customer donations) to Barnardos since the partnership in November 2020.

Commenting on this, John Curtin, Group Procurement Director, Aldi Ireland said:

“We are proud to continue to support local charities across the country through the Aldi Community Grants Program and are thrilled to see the impact of our donation in the local communities of County Cork.

« The Community Grants Program is one example of Aldi’s commitment to investing and partnering with local communities and charities across Ireland, and we look forward to continuing this engagement into 2022. »

The Community Grants Program has supported 850 donations to local charities so far. By the end of the year, the program will have donated over €450,000 since its inception in 2016.