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24/08/2012
Amy Winehouse Funds Go To Dublin Children's Hospice
The father of the late Amy Winehouse has donated €25,000 to an Irish children's hospice in his daughter’s name.
Mitch Winehouse visited Ireland today on behalf of the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
Accompanied by the EastEnders actress Barbara Windsor, who is a patron of the charity, Mr Winehouse gave the money, raised from Amy's last album, to the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice in Dublin.
The hospice was set up in 2001 by Jayne and Brendan McKenna, whose daughters Laura and Lynn died within the space of just two years.
Mr Winehouse said: "Amy loved kids and she loved babies. When she passed away the very first projects that we looked at supporting were children's hospices.
"We can only second guess what Amy would have wanted but I know she would have wanted to support this charity."
"When we received the money from Amy's album we started to look for a charity to support and that's when we decided to support LauraLynn."
He said he would continue to focus on increasing drugs education in schools, because there was "no getting away from" the fact that his daughter battled serious addiction problems.
Amy's family launched the Amy Winehouse Foundation on 14 September 2011, on what would have been her 28th birthday, to support charities that help young people.
(NE)
Mitch Winehouse visited Ireland today on behalf of the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
Accompanied by the EastEnders actress Barbara Windsor, who is a patron of the charity, Mr Winehouse gave the money, raised from Amy's last album, to the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice in Dublin.
The hospice was set up in 2001 by Jayne and Brendan McKenna, whose daughters Laura and Lynn died within the space of just two years.
Mr Winehouse said: "Amy loved kids and she loved babies. When she passed away the very first projects that we looked at supporting were children's hospices.
"We can only second guess what Amy would have wanted but I know she would have wanted to support this charity."
"When we received the money from Amy's album we started to look for a charity to support and that's when we decided to support LauraLynn."
He said he would continue to focus on increasing drugs education in schools, because there was "no getting away from" the fact that his daughter battled serious addiction problems.
Amy's family launched the Amy Winehouse Foundation on 14 September 2011, on what would have been her 28th birthday, to support charities that help young people.
(NE)
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