"National Pyjama Day" in Ireland

The links on the Early Childhood Ireland website take me to several places.  One leads me to the really awesome day of service for Early Childhood is known as Pajama Day, except in Ireland it is spelled “Pyjama Day”.  On Friday, March 23, 2012, children in Early Childhood centers around Ireland wear “pyjamas” to help raise money for the specific charity of their choice.  To further expand on this day the website has a link to the Irish Hospice Foundation, which provides children with a terminal illness a chance to live out his or her final days at home.  Children who helped sponsor the Irish Hospice Foundation, which has only been involved with “Pyjama Day” for two years, raised  €224,337.47 ($289978.61).  The link provided the amount of total Euros that “’Pyjama Day” has raised in its nine years of existence, which was 1.5 million in Euros.  The website also stated that, “In Ireland today it is estimated that 1,400 children are living with life-limiting illness in Ireland. There are about 350 child deaths every year – the majority in the first year of life.” (Early Childhood Ireland, 2012)   As a result of the IHF and “Pyjama Day” the IHF has been able to 5 out of 8 outreach nurses that are needed to provide support for the families and children suffering with a terminal illness.  Donations are still accepted for “Pyjama Day” six months after the actual service day.  For more information on “Pyjama Day” go to http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/184/46659/1/  for coverage of “National Pyjama Day”.