News 16th April 2020 by Denise Curtin
L’Oreal Ireland Donates 77,000 Free Hygiene Products To Frontline Staff And Essential Workers
Helping the brave take care of the vulnerable!
In ongoing support of the fight against coronavirus, L’Oréal Ireland has announced that they will donate 77,000 free hygiene products from across their brands to frontline staff and essential workers throughout Ireland.
Donating 50,000 of these products to frontline staff, L’Oreal Ireland will give 40,000 hygiene products and 10,000 hand sanitisers to staff in healthcare who are helping to curb the ongoing pandemic and protect the vulnerable. These products will come from a variety of L’Oreal’s loved brands including L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Kiehl’s, Lancôme and Vichy, to name a few. The hand sanitisers will be manufactured by of one of the company’s leading brands, La Roche Posay.
L’Oreal Ireland has also generously donated another 27,000 free hand sanitiser products to essential grocery workers and frontline pharmacy staff that are ensuring availability of essential goods and services to communities across Ireland. These 27,000 products will be distributed to independent pharmacies, Dunnes Stores and Boots stores, helping to protect themselves from COVID-19.
This commitment builds on the L’Oréal Group’s wider European solidarity programme announced globally on 18 March.
Vismay Sharma, L’Oréal UK and Ireland Country Managing Director, commented:
“At L’Oréal UK & Ireland we feel a strong sense of responsibility to support relief efforts for the most vulnerable during this unprecedented crisis. The frontline healthcare workers and retail staff are doing an incredible job looking after the sick and providing essential products and services to communities. We feel honoured to be able to provide them with hand sanitisers and key hygiene products. We believe in the beauty of community and are proud to contribute to the needs of our heroic NHS and HSE staff, and those on the retail frontlines across the UK & Ireland.”
Now that’s the kind of news we love to hear!