At Applegreen we LOVE running. We have a large team of dedicated (and very fit!) staff who travel the world together running marathons. We even climb mountains together, jump out of planes together and very regularly eat lots of cake together, all to support our charity partners. So, we’re extremely proud to support the women who come from all over Ireland to run the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon together, supporting a plethora of amazing causes.

Our causes are very close to our hearts at Applegreen. We’ve raised over €2 million for various charities through our Applegreen Charitable fund to date by both our team in the support office in Dublin and our team in our 120+ sites around Ireland.  Not forgetting, our wonderful customers who regularly donate at our sites.

This year, we are proudly supporting Focus Ireland, Irish Youth Foundation, Debra Ireland and Friends of the Cancer Centre Northern Ireland.  For more details on our charity partners and information on past partners and fundraising, visit: http://applegreenstores.com/ie/csr/charitable-fund

To show our support to all the ladies taking part, we’ve popped a bottle of our own Applegreen water in your race bag to refresh you at the finish line ...and even a little offer of a treat of a free Splitz ice cream in the race bag coupons, after all you deserve it!

 The water in your race bag is just one of many from our Applegreen own label range. From water, biscuits, rashers, pudding, sausages and eggs amongst others – proudly sourced where possible in Ireland and stocked in all our stores across the country. We’re proud to be Irish and therefore proud to support this important event for women in Ireland!

From all of us in Applegreen, best of luck to all the women participating in this year’s Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon including all the Applegreen ladies fundraising for our very own charities.  You are all truly inspiring!

We’d love to see everyone’s photos and the charities you’ve supported.  Just follow us @goapplegreen on Facebook and Twitter or share your Instagram story @applegreen_plc