100% of proceeds from Monday FUND Days
from O'Shea's, Flanagan's, and Brendan's
will go to our fellow community members with a cause or need.
11am - midnight
Monday January 25th - Jarrett’s Joy Cart (O'Shea's)
When first diagnosed, a family friend told Doug and Jennifer to “look for the good in this bad situation.” Though that statement may seem a little odd, Doug and Jennifer discovered a number of special friends that the family met from across the country. It was because of these friends and Jarrett’s compassion for others that Jarrett decided to start Jarrett’s Joy Cart.
As a patient himself, Jarrett knew that being in the hospital is scary and lonely. He also realized the importance of knowing that someone else was thinking about you as well. Jarrett’s goal in starting the Joy Cart was to bring excitement and joy into every child’s hospital stay.
February 1st - St. George’s FreedomSchool (O'Shea's)
Children’s Defense Fund “
FreedomSchool” resonates out of the civil rights era and uses a cultural approach to helping young people develop a love and thirst
for education and reading. For 7 weeks during the summer, 60 youth K – 12 will participate in activities grounded in an Integrated Reading curriculum;
FreedomSchool activities introduce culturally relevant stories and history lessons for its young participants. Equally as important, Freedom Schools stresses the
importance and responsibility of each child reaching his/her full potential for those that will water the crop of the seeds our youth plant.
February 8th - Make-A-Wish (Brendan's)
They grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Chris Greicius was being treated for leukemia. Every day, he dreamed of becoming a police officer.
U.S. Customs Officer Tommy Austin had befriended Chris and his mother, Linda Bergendahl-Pauling. He also promised Chris a ride in a police helicopter. When Chris’ health worsened, Austin contacted Ron Cox, an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer, and planned a day that would lift Chris’ spirits.
On April 29, 1980, Austin and a caring group of DPS personnel started Chris’ day with a tour of the city in a department helicopter, which also flew him to headquarters. Three cruisers and a motorcycle officer greeted him before his meeting with the DPS command staff. There, Chris was sworn in as the first honorary DPS patrolman in state history.
But his experience didn’t stop there. Cox contacted John’s Uniforms, which agreed to make a custom-tailored DPS uniform for Chris. The store owner and two seamstresses worked through the night to finish it. The officers presented the official uniform to Chris on May 1 and arranged a motorcycle proficiency test so he could earn wings to pin on his uniform. Needless to say, Chris passed the test with flying colors on his battery-operated motorcycle.