29 Aug 2018
On Wednesday 29th August the Governance were fortunate enough to visit the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick for a tour to see what kind of things our school fundraising went towards. We met Tanya, who works as part of the fundraising team in the foyer of the hospital and she walked us through the corridors and hallways of the children’s hospital. We saw the hospital school and a number of different wards that are used for children with different needs. We didn’t go into any of the wards but heard about the fantastic work that the hospital does for thousands of sick kids each year. We also learnt about the many different things that the hospital does to ensure children and their parents feel as comfortable as possible during their stay. This includes the art that lines the walls, the colourful corridors and wards, as well as the Starlight Room.
We were fortunate enough to visit the Starlight room and saw how to hospital provide a fun and exciting place for kids to visit outside of their hospital room. The Starlight room had video games, cooking, art and craft, hair and make up as well as Captain Starlight who broadcasts a tv channel across the hospital. The Governance had the opportunity to be part of the tv show and had a great time talking to Captain Starlight who was very funny and made us all laugh.
Visiting the Sydney Children’s Hospital was an invaluable experience and one that the Governance will remember for a long time. It was wonderful to see how hard the hospital work to make children and their families feel comfortable when they are somewhere that they would rather not be. We hope that Undercliffe can continue this partnership with the Sydney Children’s Hospital as we can see that our fundraising makes a huge difference in the lives of so many kids, families and staff.
