Pallas Foods, one of the leading food service distributors in Ireland, is to support the Special Olympics Ireland Games as the premier food and catering partner supplying foodstuffs to thousands of athletes and volunteers over the course of the three day event.
The scale of the support is wide-ranging and includes 80,000 teabags, 30,000 packets of biscuits, 15,000 health bars, 6,000 yogurts, 1,500 litre units of orange juice as well as 1,500 litre units of milk along with much more. The games take place between the 12th and 15th of June in Limerick and across the mid west region.
This is the second consecutive time that Pallas Foods have partnered with Special Olympics with the food service distributor also lending huge support to the 2010 Games.
“At Pallas Foods we are very proud to be involved and supporting the Special Olympics Ireland Games,” said Pallas Foods Marketing and Development Manager, Patrick Clement.
“This will be a fantastic event for all athletes and their families and also all the volunteers.”
Ambassador
Special Olympics ambassador Paul O’Connell has also been out and about urging the Irish public to support athletes competing at Games.
“With less than 30 days to go I would really encourage everyone who has the free time to come down to Limerick and experience this amazing event.”
“I know first-hand what a positive event Special Olympics is. My aunt Mary was an athlete and myself and my family often went to see her participating in events. As an athlete myself I can really respect the effort, dedication and team spirit that all of the athletes put into competing. Come and see the Games, I can promise you won’t regret it, in fact, I’d say you will probably walk away thinking that was one of the best experiences of your life.”
“I’ve been involved with the 2014 Games as an ambassador since the early planning stages began and I know how mammoth the task of generating the €2.4m in required funds required.”
“Companies like Pallas Foods, who are a proud Limerick based business, coming on board and donating food to feed athletes, coaches, and volunteers is a massive deal and should be applauded. Without the support of businesses like Pallas Foods this event just wouldn’t have gotten off the ground.”
Special Olympics Ireland CEO, Matt English, described the Pallas Foods support as “incredible”.
Without the support of businesses like Pallas Foods the 2014 Games could not be the success we all desire it to be. When you look at the sheer volumes of food items being donated one cannot help but be mightily impressed by the support.”
