RD Vol 7 issue 24 Autumn 2012 - Rotunda Hospital

Friends of the Rotunda
100 -10,000
Baby Jack
F
undraiser, Colin McGuirk has set
himself no ordinary challenge – Cycle
10,000kms and lose 100lbs in 365
days in his attempt to raise over €10,000 for
Temple Street and the Rotunda Hospital.
Colin, pictured here, is highly committed and
determined to achieve his goal. The challenge
commenced in August 2012 with a 100km
cycle and resulted in an immediate weight loss
of 6lbs!
The Reason – Baby Jack was born 10 weeks
premature in the Rotunda, in November 2011,
after an emergency C-section on Colin’s
Partner, Siobhan. The family were so happy
to finally be able to take baby Jack home, just
in time for Christmas. However, on New Year’s
Day, baby Jack became critically ill and was
rushed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in
Drogheda. 24 hours later, he was moved to
the Intensive Care Ward at Temple Street
until he stabilised and was then transferred
to the High Dependency Unit where he
remained until he recovered.
Colin and Siobhan were both completely
overwhelmed by the incredible care and
support that both Hospitals gave them in
looking after baby Jack. The family could
not begin to quantify the level of care that
all children received from the doctors
and nurses and they could not believe the
amount of sick babies and small children
who depended upon such care.
They decided that they should try and
help both hospitals by fundraising. In
turn, both Temple Street and the Friends
of the Rotunda hope to play an active role
in helping Colin achieve his challenge and
will follow his progress. The website
www.100-10000.com goes live shortly
and will be regularly updated as Colin’s
Challenge enters its next stages. We wish
Colin much success and the best of luck!
Fundraiser,
Colin McGuirk
Recent Fundraising Events
Golf Classic
Milltown Gold
The Friends of the Rotunda would like
to sincerely thank the Browne Family
and friends for raising €1,000 for the
Rotunda’s NICU.
Fundraisers, Sarah Grogan and
Kathleen O’Neill discovered who
had green fingers at their recent
fundraiser.
The Friends of the Rotunda Charity
was chosen by Kathleen O’Neill of the
Viscount Pub, in support of the work
of the Rotunda Hospital’s Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit where Sarah’s
son Carl, was born in May 2009 at 26
weeks, weighing only 2lbs 4oz.
Carl is now a very strong and
healthy 3 year old and is about to
start playschool this September. The
Grogan family are very grateful to the
incredible staff of the NICU and hope
that their fundraising effort helps to
support the unit and its work.
Sarah and Kathleen held a Growing
Tomatoes Judging Competition in the
Viscount Pub on the 31st August to
raise funds for the Friends of the
Rotunda.
The Rotunda Golf Classic - The
Masters’ Cup took place at Milltown
Golf Club on Thursday, 30th August.
Congratulations to Dr Michael Geary
and his team with a winning score of 89
points.
A special thank you to all of our teams,
sponsors and to those who supported
the event.
Offspring of the Browne
family who were all
born at the Rotunda
Dr Michael Geary with the Masters’ Cup
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