Winter 2013

Issue 11 Winter 2013

Your Street THE OFFICIAL FUNDRAISING NEWSLETTER FOR TEMPLE STREET CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Help Us Put Children First.

Fundraising is part of Temple Street’s life saving team

WELCOME & THANK YOU

Luke Concannon, age 8. Dialysis is part of Luke’s life. He is part of ours.

It is only at the end of the year when you look back and take stock that you truly appreciate everything that we have achieved together for this wonderful hospital.

In the past year we have taken on 6 marathons, cycled 6,000 kms and trekked through India – that’s a lot of mileage for one hospital!

I know from personal experience how hard it is to train for a marathon having completed the Berlin Marathon for Temple Street in September. I know it´s not easy to find the time and energy to train and then fundraise on top of that. It can be gruelling. But somehow you draw strength and cross the finish line because you know you are doing something amazing.

In the last 12 months you have supported our delicious Lindt chocolate bunny campaign, you have hosted spooktastic ‘Trick or Treat’ parties and you have baked up a storm and raised lots of ‘dough’ by taking part in the Great Irish Bake. Thanks to your wonderful support we have now been able to totally renovate our oldest and busiest ward, St Joseph´s Top Flat. This Ward will be back open in the next couple of weeks and I couldn’t wait until our next newsletter to share the pictures with you. On page 11 & 12 you will see what is possible with your funds – St Joseph’s has been completely transformed. Words cannot describe the difference these improvements will make to our little patients and their families.

Our goal is very simple – to make sure the hospital is as extraordinary as the children that come through our doors. We need to ensure that we stay up to date with medical standards and we need to deliver world-class medical care. To do this we need to fundraise €15 million over the next three years. No mean feat I´m sure you´ll agree. But we are confident with your help we will achieve our goal.

You will notice some pictures of our patients throughout this newsletter. They are some of the children who are benefiting greatly from your help and support. You have helped us put these children first. You have been more than generous with your time and your support and I hope that you will continue to support us in 2014. Our work is not done.

We still need your help. Today´s children cannot wait on the promise of a new hospital.

I want to sincerely thank you for everything that you have done to keep our hospital magical in 2013. We really couldn´t do it without you.

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy Christmas and New Year.

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Denise Fitzgerald, CEO Fundraising Office

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EVENTS CALENDAR 2014 APRIL Friday 4th

The Great Irish Bake

JUNE Monday 2nd

Women’s Mini Marathon

SEPTEMBER Sunday 28th

Berlin Marathon

Friday 11th - Sunday 13th

Aer Arann Half Marathon

Dublin Marathon

The Temple Street Trek

Saturday 7th

DID Cycle4Life

or Treat Laugh Out Loud Trick Host a party and help Comedy Night sick kids

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Monday 27th

NOVEMBER

APRIL

OCTOBER

Lindt ‘Make Easter Sweet for Temple Street’

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER Sunday 2nd

New York City Marathon

Sunday 13th

London Marathon

CHECK OUT OTHER FUNDRAISING EVENTS AT WWW.TEMPLESTREET.IE

DECEMBER

The Annual Christmas Raffle Christmas Cards

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Support Your Colours Ball!

Ireland’s sporting heroes come on board!

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Angi McNulty at the Temple Street 4x4 Challenge

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CORPORATE SUPPORTERS DID Electrical Cycle4Life pedal their way to €350,000

Thank you to DID Electrical and the Cycle4Life Appeal for their ongoing kindness and support of our very special hospital. This year’s Cycle4Life event raised an incredible €198,562.72 and pushed the grand total raised by Cycle4Life over the last 2 years to over €350,000. We are so grateful

to everyone involved in Cycle4Life from the organising committee to the participants to Irish professional cyclist and Cycle4Life Ambassador Dan Martin.

Thank you so much for your support.

Date for the diary: DID Cycle for Life 2014 takes place on Saturday 7th June!

Thank You permanent tsb Thank you to the employees in permanent tsb who chose Temple Street as one of their Charities of the Year for 2012/2013 and raised a fantastic €54,824.81. Over the 12 month period employees all around the country took part in a range of fundraising activities including raffles and marathons to raise vital funds. Big thanks to everyone in permanent tsb for their hard work and support.

Well Done Whitewater Ireland A huge thank you and congratulations to Mark Keating from Whitewater Ireland who took on his first solo charity challenge cycling to Belgrade and back to Dublin – a total of 6,000km across 12 countries. Mark raised €26,000 for Temple Street which will fund the purchase of a Noxboxi Intelligent Nitric Oxide delivery system for ICU. Pictured is Mark Keating

Pictured is (l-r) Barry Gardner (DID Electrical), John Doyle (Temple Street), Amanda Houlihan (DID Electrical), Anne Cooney (Temple Street) & Cian Lynch (DID Electrical).

Pedal Power

A team of 8 cyclists took to the road in Paris on the 28th September, embarking on the 700km journey to Nice over six days.

They raised over €83,000 to fund the purchase of vital lifesaving equipment for our special hospital.

If you are interested in finding out more about joining Team Temple Street for Paris2Nice 2014 contact our Fundraising Office on 01 878 4344 or email us at info@templestreet.ie Pictured (l-r) is David Heaney, Wojtek Sikorski, Kevin Gunning, Jonathan O’Brien, Ronan Dervin, Cathy Cullen, Colum Twomey and Imogen McGrath.

Meet Stitches in Clerys

Clerys is re-opening for Christmas with a new furry friend called ‘Stitches’! Earlier this year an exciting competition took place in the hospital to name the cuddly bear. Lucky Tyne Harrison, from Co. Louth, was chosen as the winner! ‘Stitches’ will retail at €24 or just €11.99 with any purchase over €30. All proceeds will be donated to Temple Street. Make sure to visit Clerys to get your limited edition bear before they are sold out!

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With your help THIS HAS BEEN possible Our main aim for 2013 was to redevelop one of our oldest and busiest wards and have it open in time for Christmas. We did it!

Pictured from top to bottom are images of St Joseph’s Top Flat, including one of the desperately needed isolation cubicles and en-suite, the fully refurbished corridor and one of our new multi bed wards.

St. Joseph’s Ward ‘Top Flat’ before it was renovated

St Joseph’s, affectionately known to many as Top Flat, is the ward where children with serious injuries are admitted through Accident and Emergency; the ward where children suffering from life-limiting illnesses such as Cystic Fibrosis often call home; and it’s the ward where children under-going surgical procedures are admitted while their anxious parents wait in the wings.

However it is also a ward that until now had not been renovated since 1960. The physical environment did not match the level of care required to make our little patients better.

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Bernie Priestly, mother to 14 year old Triona Priestly who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, a life limiting illness said,

“Temple Street staff are wonderful and the level of care is not questioned at all in our minds but children with Cystic Fibrosis need isolation units with en-suite facilities and at the minute that is non-existent in the hospital. It is an old building and children can’t wait around for the new children’s hospital to be opened.”

Until now, this ward consisted of 22 beds with just 3 bathrooms, cramped work stations and no isolation units for children who are desperately ill. Through your support of campaigns such as the Great Irish Bake and our Christmas and Spring Raffle, through the support of our Corporate Partners like DID Electrical and community groups like Frosses we have been able to raise the €2.5million that has made all of this possible.

YOU, our supporters, have allowed us to completely transform what was a cramped and outdated space into something extraordinary.

WHAT WE NOW HAVE - 1 Bathroom per room - 4 Isolation Units, each with their own en-suite - A Satellite Class Room for children who are missing out on school - A Treatment Room - A Consultation Room to discuss a child’s prognosis in private

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13th Annual Aer Arann Half Marathon Inis Mór Island April 11th, 12th & 13th, 2014

Beat the January blues – do your bit and get fit for Temple Street!

This unique running event takes place on Inis Mór Island, an island steeped in history and renowned for its outstanding beauty.

Jessica is 7 days old. 7 days in Temple Street.

The only home she knows.

This half marathon is one of the most scenic runs you will do which is why it attracts so many participants every year – run, walk or jog! The entire route passes through magnificent coastline scenery with fine views of wide bays and sandy beaches, making its beauty and uniqueness world famous.

The hospitality of the islanders, the celebrations and the feeling of making a real and lasting difference to the lives of sick children makes this one of the most enjoyable sporting weekends.

Be part of our 2014 team!

To book your place or make an enquiry please contact our office on 01 878 4344 or email info@templestreet.ie 14

Fundraising in the community A Phenomenal Community Fundraising Effort Eoin Burke, a little boy from Tubercurry, Sligo, spent a number of weeks in Temple Street’s Saint Gabriel’s Ward.

We would like to say a huge thank you to the Burke family and the community of Tubercurry and beyond for this wonderful community fundraising event.

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Following Eoin’s stay in hospital, Martin & Jean, Eoin’s parents, decided they wanted to give something back and focused their efforts on raising a phenomenal €39,037.21.

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Congratulations! From all of us in Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, we’re so happy for you and your achievement. Your determination and spirit inspired throughout the day, and brought a lot of joy to our hospital.

We are so lucky that we have the support of extraordinary people who take part in gruelling challenges like Dublin Marathon and who go the extra mile in aid of someone in need. You are a true champion for sick children.

Martin, a mechanic, spent many days, evenings and weekends over 9 months repairing an old Masey Ferguson, transforming it into a true beauty!

The tractor was then raffled to hundreds of folk who bought raffle tickets from far and wide.

Ger Copeland, pictured above with his son Oisin, parent & marathon runner.

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Jean and Martin Burke pictured with little Eoin and the staff on Temple Street’s St Gabriel’s Ward.

Before many of you took the Airtricity Dublin Marathon this October you spent months training and raising vital funds

for our hospital – we want to sincerely thank you for that effort and for raising over €50,000 for the hospital.

This year we were very fortunate to have 250 inspirational people cross the finish line for Temple Street on 28th October – our biggest team yet!

All funds raised will go towards essential needs such as highly specialised incubators for premature and seriously ill infants, high spec monitoring equipment and respiratory machines to help babies keep breathing.

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Lots of parties to raise much needed funds for Temple Street This year with the help of Neil Delamere and lots of our little patients, we asked the country to ‘have a party and help sick kids’! And that is exactly what you did!

The Trick or Treat for Temple Street campaign proudly supported by MiWadi is an important fundraising drive which asked all families, schools, crèches, workplaces, pubs, restaurants and individuals to sign up and host a Halloween party to help raise much needed funds for sick children.

With nearly 1000 parties across Ireland during the Halloween season it is hoped that this spooktastic campaign will raise lots of funds for the hospital. The money raised will go towards providing facilities such as satellite classrooms on wards where children cannot access the main hospital school.

Thank you so much to our witches, ghosts and ghouls that got in the Halloween spirit and did something truly amazing for our hospital!

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The victorious Dublin team get behind Trick or Treat.

Temple Street nurses get on their brooms.

Temple Street Children’s University Hospital Route 66 Motorcycle Challenge Ride 2,448 miles of open road and help raise vital funds for the hospital.

Now accepting applications for September 2014. Ready to ride?

Christopher Stokes & Shane McNevin with John Byas from Theatre.

The free Trick or Treat party pack!

Our mascot Trick visits Mona Baker, Hospital CEO!

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WHAT your cash can do

Ella, age 7 weeks

Every penny you donate is put straight to work in the hospital.

€10 could pay for two neonatal masks to help new born babies breathe.

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€20 could pay for syringe pumps for giving pain relief to a child.

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€100 could pay for specialist toys to help children in their rehabilitation, awakening senses to light, sound, smell and touch. €500 could pay for Pet Therapy for one month for our patients, helping to reduce stress, lower blood pressure and calm children who have gone through a traumatic time. €1,000 could pay for sibling camps. We adopt a holistic approach recognising the impact of serious illness on the entire family, and so we run sessions for siblings and bereavement programmes. €5,000 could pay for a Patient Monitor, a vital piece of equipment that provides numerous essential measurements for our doctors to care for our little patients.

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Your Legacy Their Lifeline

Leave more behind than memories, LEAVE HOPE.

When it comes to making your Will, we know your loved ones must come first. But once you’ve taken care of those closest to you, perhaps you’ll consider leaving a gift to the children in Temple Street. Your generosity will help our work live on.

Please promise to help us

Every day parents place their trust in the hands of the medics in Temple Street to make their little ones better. Whether you´re a father, mother, brother, sister, grandmother or grandfather, at some stage in your life, you or someone you know will cross through the doors of Temple Street. When this happens you will want to know that your loved one has access to first class care in the best possible environment available.

For more information please call us on 01 878 4344 or email us at info@templestreet.ie. Alternatively please fill in the form below and post it to The Fundraising Office, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, 9 Temple Street, Dublin 1.

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€10,000 could pay for an ECG machine, delivering advanced coronary care and disease management capabilities.

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In BOD we trust

Brian O’Driscoll is truly an inspirational Ambassador and a great friend to everyone in Temple Street. For the past 10 years we have watched him from the sidelines, hoping and praying for the right result – as we do for every parent that passes through our doors.

Brian has visited Temple Street many times, taking time out to chat to our little heroes and their families. Very often it’s the simple things that make all the difference; a comforting hand shake or a warm and friendly smile. His presence on the wards has lifted spirits, given our young patients hope, and left long and lasting memories.

€670,000 and donated the funds to Temple Street and to the ISPCC. Brian’s involvement and support of our hospital allows us to strive for the best and we are so lucky to have him at the helm of Team Temple Street!

He was instrumental in raising almost €2,000,000 to establish the National Neurosurgery Centre in our hospital and he has helped on a number of different fundraising drives over the years but he still continues to go that extra mile time and time again. Through his Testimonial Dinner in November, Brian raised over

Brian O’Driscoll & Amy Huberman

Rob Kearney, Ian Madigan & Dave Kearney

Brian visits John and baby Áedán

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Imelda May

Niall & Gillian Quinn

Do it your way!

You can make a real difference by getting some family and friends together to hold a Community Fundraiser for our Hospital.

There are lots of ideas to choose from - in fact the wackier the better!

You could organise‌.

- A sponsored wax-athon - Come Dine at Mine Evening - Charity Football Tournament - Coffee Morning If you are considering holding an event but are not sure where to start, call our Fundraising Office on (01) 878 4344 or email info@templestreet.ie

Michaela Morley, Age 8

Thank you for your continued support.

Help Us Put Children First.

The Fundraising Office,

t: 01 878 4344

Temple Street Children’s University Hospital,

e: info@templestreet.ie

Temple Street, Dublin 1.

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