Irish Autism Action have been running a recycling mobile phone campaign for quite a while now. It has been hugely successful and we held the draw for the 'win your mortgage paid for a year' competition last night at the IAA 5th Masquerade Ball in the Ritz-Carlton, Powerscourt.
There were 40,000 entries. Initially there were two prizes on offer, the mortgage draw and a family holiday. Given the large number of entries we also added in two iPads to bring the total number of prizes to 4.
WINNERS:
iPad2 - G Lynch, 72 Belcamp Grove, Dublin 17.
iPad2 - Owen Doyle, no address provided but we do have a phone number.
Holiday - Bryan McSweeney, 72 Kent Road, Ballyphehane, Cork.
Mortgage paid for a year - Stephen Murphy, Newbridge.
Stephen has been contacted as Keith Duffy phoned him at 1.40am, immediately after the draw, to share the good news. Stephen didn't answer and Keith left a message. Thankfully Stephen didn't think this was a joke and now knows that he has won this fabulous prize.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Some facts and figures:
The mobile phone recycling campaign has raised €254,000 to date. €184,000 of this has been given directly to familys in the form of technoloy, providing 413 families with an iPad for their child with autism. €70,000 has been given to Irish Autism Action as part of the fundraising agreement.
The campaign will run for another year, with the next 'Win your mortgage paid for a year' draw in December 2012. Keep watching because we have some exciting technology options on the way!
A big thank you to BPI Telecom for this initiative, especially to Geraldine and Brian.
