Donation Day 2017 - Giving The Gift of Sight This Christmas

This year Christmas FM partnered with Sightsavers for its annual Donation Day. Christmas FM’s Donation Day is celebrated each year in the run up to Christmas with the aim of raising as much money as possible for its nominated charity. This years nominated charity, Sightsavers, set an ambitious target of raising €125,000 to enable Sightsavers to give the gift of sight to over 3,500 people.

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than 1.5 billion of the world’s poorest people, including 875 million children. That is one in five people worldwide. Sightsavers work tirelessly to treat those suffering from NTDs and take preventative action to stop the spread of NTDs in affected regions. Without the generosity of the public much of the great work Sightsavers do would not be possible and this is why Christmas FM’s Donation Day was so important.

Christmas FM’s Donation Day took place on the 20th December 2017. All parties involved worked tirelessly throughout the day to ensure Sightsavers reached their target of raising €125,000 which was achieved. The Irish are renowned for their generosity and this was shown in abundance on Donation Day 2017!

LIKECHARITY would like to congratulate all parties involved in Christmas FM’s Donation Day and we are immensely proud to have played a small part in ensuring the day was a roaring success! The star of the show was the Christmas FM listeners and thanks to their generosity Sightsavers are enabled to perform 3,500 sight restoring operations.

Disappointed you didn't get to get involved on Donation Day 2017? No need to fret! You can still help by texting 'Xmas' to 50300 to donate €2 (min. €1.80 goes to Sightsavers) and remember to tune into Christmas FM! Sure, you could switch that dial right now and get into the Christmas spirit!