Press Release-Amazon Visit Greenville
Greenville House, a service centre of the Cork Association for Autism (CAA) based in Carrigtwohill, recently benefited from a donation from the Amazon Customer Service site in Cork, helping to fund and develop a fruit garden at the centre which provides residential and day service to adults on the autistic spectrum. It also organised an Outreach initiative where a group of Amazon volunteers worked with the CAA staff onsite to assemble a fruit cage and paint some of the Sensory Garden’s flowerbeds. Fruit is a popular food choice of the clients in Greenville and the new fruit cage will help protect the fruit plants from the many birds which also reside in Greenville.
Lisa O’Grady from the horticulture team explains: “Our clients love fruit, especially berries which is a must on shopping lists in Greenville so we decided to try and grow our own. We have already started with apple, pear and plum trees but really wanted to grow berries and become self-sufficient and be able to take these items off our shopping lists. Thanks to Amazon we now hope to be able to produce our own jam and sell it locally to generate some badly needed funds.’ The team will plant raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, loganberries, tayberries, gooseberries and red and black currant plants for their fruit garden.”
Ian Semple, Amazon Customer Service Site Lead, said: “We are proud to support the Cork Association for Autism and I know that the team from our site got a lot from this activity and had some fun too. Here, locally in Cork we are privileged to work with some amazing charities and local groups and our employees gain great satisfaction from helping in our small way”.
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Amazon representatives pictured here with members of the Cork Association for Autism horticultural and grounds team at their onsite day at Greenville House in Carrigtwohill.