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QUALITY MATTERS | JANUARY 2018

Philanthropy

SLEEPING BAG DRIVE

FOR COPE GALWAY

Background Howley & Billy Murphy made 2 trips on a Saturday
As part of the Quality Functional Strategy, there was a morning to transport the sleeping bags from COPE to
realisation of the need for a Quality Team to work on the cleaning company in Spiddal. Patrick Curran, who
Philanthropy events. This group is to act as a platform co-ordinated the drive, delivered the first consignment
for team building across the diverse Quality Groups and of clean sleeping bags from Spiddal to COPE. The
develop a sense of community and citizenship across second half of the shipment was proudly delivered
the organisation. The overall goal of the group is to run outside working hours on a Friday evening by Sharon
an impactful quality led and driven Project 6 in June Murtagh, Gerry Howley & Judy Grealish, in time for the
2018. However, in the interim, the plan is for the group to cold winter months. A big effort from the team turned
get involved in smaller philanthropy events on site. around 300 of the 500 sleeping bags in four weeks, with
the final 200 sleeping bags delivered to COPE before the
Sleeping bag drive middle of November. Over half of the sleeping bags are
The first event the group led was the “QA Rapid already in use!
Response” sleeping bag drive to provide sleeping bags
for homeless people. This year, COPE (a charitable Future planned activities
organisation) was donated 500 sleeping bags from Stay tuned for further QA Philantrophy events planned
Electric picnic (a music festival) which needed to throughout the year.
be cleaned quickly due to the time of year. The QA P. Curran, J. Grealish, L. Mullen, S. Murtagh,
Philanthropy group realised there was an opportunity A. Farragher, W. Murphy, K. Quinn, C. Duffy, A. Finnegan.
to step in and help out. The team found a cleaning
company who were willing to volunteer their services
(worth over €3k!) if transport could be provided.
Employees used their own vehicles and a van was
kindly supplied by the warehouse. Patrick Curran, Gerry

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