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News
On behalf of the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, a huge thank you to all who continue to support our charity no matter how big or small the donation!! Here are a few stories of how our fundraisers have raised money during 2009 –
Patti Cook Halloween Ball
Patti and Andy Cook once again held their annual afternoon and evening Halloween Ball at the Cedar Court, Harrogate. A fantastic time was had by all and the CHSF would like to pass on their heartfelt thanks to all who donated towards the event which raised a fabulous total of £16,000. Pictured are some of the children dressed in fancy dress who attended the afternoon event.
Graham Mattison
Graham Mattison of corporate sponsors RDF Building Services has raised a fantastic total of £1,072 in sponsorship at the British and World Bodybuilding Championships in 2009. Graham managed to finish a brilliant 4th in the World!! Well done Graham!
Bridge House Day Nursery
Bridge House Day Nursery held a ‘Welly Wang’ and a ‘Welly Walk’ and raised a brilliant total of £2,000 in sponsorship. Nursery owner Liz Balding is pictured handing over the cheque to Charity Director Sharon Cheng, also pictured are Suzanne Starkey and her son Jack.
Community Science College at Thornhill
Lynn Marsden, staff and pupils at the Community Science College in Thornhill held a variety of fundraising events and raised a brilliant £1,341.84! Their fundraising included gala stalls, tombolas, a school quiz, a coffee morning organised by the students, a concert and a cricket match. Their donation is going to be used to buy items for the parent’s room on Ward 10 and the rest had gone towards the playroom refurbishment.
Well done to all!
ECMO Equipment
The CHSF recently funded some ECMO equipment costing £26,500. Stephen Hansbro of the Clinical Perfusion Department stated – “The Chalice ECMO Trolley is a compact mobile heart lung machine suitable for both paediatric and adult patients. The ECMO trolley contains a pump, which acts as an artificial heart, pushing the blood through a membrane oxygenator, which acts as an artificial lung, removing carbon dioxide and adding oxygen before returning it to the patient.
It can provide support to rest the patient’s heart so it is not under any stress allowing it time to recover”. Photograph shows Sharon Cheng (Charity Director) and Tracy Massey from the Department.
Psychology Post
We are delighted to announce that the CHSF will be funding a new Clinical Psychologist to join the existing team, so psychological support can be offered more to children and their families. Dr Sara Matley states “Receiving a diagnosis of a Congenital Heart Disease can have a huge psychological impact on a child and their family”.
The CHSF are supporting the Paediatric Psychology team in helping children across the region to meet their potential, achieved through the advances surgical and medical treatment now give them.
3D Echo System
Due to all the many and kind donations that the fund has received, we have been able to purchase a new 3D Echo system for the Paediatric Cardiology department at a cost of £135,000. Quoting Dr John Thomson “I have no doubt that this will have an impact on our ability to accurately diagnose congenital heart disease”.
