Taylor calls on Irish businesses to get “In Your Corner” for charity
Monday, February 27th, 2012: Zest4Kidz, an Irish-based charity helping children in desperate circumstances around the world, has today launched their “In Your Corner” campaign to highlight their Business Partners programme. Irish World Champion Boxer, Katie Taylor, in her role as Ambassador for Zest4kidz, will be actively involved in the “In Your Corner” campaign which offers Irish businesses, small and large, the opportunity to support Zest4kidz. It is their mission to ensure that every child experiences love and is empowered to fight against injustice in Uganda, India and Belarus.
Katie Taylor said “In my role as Ambassador for Zest4kidz, I’m delighted to be involved in the “In Your Corner” campaign. I face into every fight with the knowledge that I have a strong, supportive and active team in my corner. In the same way,Zest4kidz is the team that is working alongside those children who face enormous challenges, to help them achieve great things. I would strongly urge any business, who wants to make a difference in a big or small way, to join the Zest4Kidz Business Partner programme and be part of the team.”
Stuy Wilson, Founder of Zest4Kidz, said “We are delighted that Katie is joining us to launch the “In Your Corner” campaign to highlight our Business Partners programme. Zest4Kidz is a volunteer-run charity and we depend on our volunteers and partners to help us support those children with the most need, through our children’s camps, training programmes for counselors, educational projects and medical support in the countries we operate in – India, Ugan;da & Belarus. Our Business Partners programme offers Irish businesses the opportunity to support our work while building employee engagement and demonstrating a commitment to being socially responsible in a way that makes a real difference.”
What is “In Your Corner” all about?
The campaign was devised to highlight Zest4kidz Business Partners programme. There are three options for businesses which have the following benefits:-
Bronze Package – €50 per month
· Attendance at a post-Olympic lunch with guest of honor, Katie Taylor
· Branding on the Zest4kidz website and Facebook page
Silver Package: €100 per month
· Attendance at a post-Olympic lunch with guest of honor, Katie Taylor
· Group photo with Katie Taylor taken at lunch(for internal company use only)*
· Certificate of partnership for your internal use
· Branding on the Zest4kidz website and Facebook page
· Branding on the Zest4kidz promotional literature
· Use of Zest4kidz logo on your website and social media outlets
· Up to 2 people on a Zest4kidz trip (fundraised)
Gold Package: €200 per month
· Attendance at a post-Olympic lunch with guest of honor, Katie Taylor
· Group photo & individual photo with Katie Taylor taken at lunch (for internal company use only)*
· Video short of your company with footage of Katie Taylor
· Free team building ½ day seminar (creating an atmosphere of contribution and excitement about what your business is doing to help vulnerable children) – dates subject to availability
· Certificate of partnership for your internal use
· Branding on the Zest4kidz website and Facebook page & video
· Branding on the Zest4kidz promotional literature
· Use of Zest4kidz logo on your website and social media outlets
· Up to 10 people on a Zest4kidz trip (fundraised)
How can you get involved?
If you would like to join organizations like Willis Risk Services, The Right Mind or BHP Consultants and be part of the Zest4kidz Business Partner programme then please contact the charity directly on 01 2063872 or email info@zest4kidz.com. Full details of the programme are on the website – www.zest4kidz.com
