Hares On The March Launched

Lepus Hare by Emma Barone

110 Hares on the March, at 50 locations in Dublin for the next 2 months in aid of Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation.

“Hares on the March” has been officially launched Monday 18th January at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin Castle by five very proud, mystical and colourful 3 foot, fiberglass hares, that form part of the army of 110 on display at over 50 locations in Dublin for the next 2 months.

Emma Barone’s wonderful ‘Lepus Hare’ is located at O’Callaghan Stephens Green Hotel, Harcourt St, Dublin, #5 on the Hare Trail.

The hare art work can be purchased for home or office through the Hares On The March online auction at www.haresonthemarch.ie or through the live auction https://galabid.com/auction/hares from 25th Jan when the hares will  be released for bidding. All the hares are individually coded and anyone can enter a fun competition to find them with prizes galore including a year’s supply of Lily O’Brien’s chocolate. The charity is hoping that funds raised will make a big dent in the €2.7 million it needs in 2016 to provide home nursing care to sick children nationwide.

The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin Castle is one of over 50 locations in Dublin hosting the hares, each with their own story and people are encouraged to do the hare trail by picking up the map at any of the locations, including Arnotts, Easons, St. Stephen’s Green Centre and The Chester Beatty Library at Dublin Castle, with plenty of prizes up for grabs.

Some of the other big name artists involved in Hares on the March are Pauline Bewick, Peter Curling, John Doherty, Martin Gale, Graham Knuttel, John Shinnors and Donald Teskey, with a full list of artists published on http://www.haresonthemarch.ie and the charity is urging companies with budgets for Irish art to jump onboard.  Hares on the March builds on the success of the charity’s previous Cow Parade, Big Egg Hunt and Pig Parade, with the hare art pieces designed by artists nationwide with the full list on http://www.haresonthemarch.ie  The title sponsor for this campaign is Lily O’Brien’s Chocolates.

About Jack & Jill – since 1997, Irish children’s charity, the Jack & Jill Foundation, has supported over 1,900 children from birth to 4 years old with brain damage who suffer severe intellectual and physical trauma.  Its nationwide service includes home visits and care, advice, information, lobbying and bereavement support, with the Foundation providing funding for up to 64 hours of home nursing care per month at a cost of up to €1024 per family and up to 80 hours per month for end of life care.  The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation relies on the generosity of the public and creative fundraisers like this to raise the €2.7 million in requires every year to provide this critical service. www.jackandjill.ie