Newsletter - Issue 9 - August 2016 (28)

St Mary's Hospital More Smiles Appeal to
The
the children's intensive care unit has
redevelop
the £1 million half way point.
reached
appeal aims to raise at least £2 million to
The
and expand the unit so it has more
renovate
more beds and can ultimately save even
space,
lives. more
those who have been raising money
Among
staff, pupils and parents at Chepstow House
are
who have raised £243,922.
School
Angela Barr, said: "Raising
Headteacher,
for the unit means a lot to our pupils
money
the More Smiles Appeal as
"Choosing
charity of the year has helped our pupils
our
showed us how to live'...family to complete teenager's bucket list
'She
and family of a fun-loving teenager who died after
Friends
at school are completing her bucket list to raise money
collapsing
the children's intensive care unit at St Mary's Hospital.
for
School pupil Vaishali Bance Suhayr who suffered from
Plashet
allergies and asthma, was taken to St Mary’s Hospital after
severe
collapsed but died a few days later on 17 October 2015.
she
who knew the 15-year-old are fundraising for the More
Those
Appeal in a variety of ways, including activities from her
Smiles
list. Her mother, Srija, of East Ham, said: “Vaishali showed
bucket
how to live. Her allergies and asthma meant she had to be so
us
all the time. Even lying in the grass or breathing in the dust
careful
fireworks could land her in hospital but she always said if she
from
herself it was worth going to hospital for. She made
enjoyed
believe she was invincible.
everyone
discovered after she passed away that she had written
"We
bucket list of things she wanted to do, swim with dolphins, go
a
milk a cow. Things I never even knew about."
cliff-jumping,
father, Harish, said: "She had so many dreams and
Vaishali's
to go out and do all these things. We are so proud of her.”
wanted
thanked the team at St Mary's, Newham University
They
The Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew's Surgery.
Hospital,
is the More Smiles Appeal?
What
St Mary's Hospital More Smiles Appeal aims to raise at least £2 million for the
The
and refurbishment of the children's intensive care unit, almost doubling the
expansion
of beds to 15 and funding new pieces of equipment. To find out more or to make
number
More Smiles Appeal reaches half way mark
understand how fortunate they are."
because it could touch their lives.
Chepstow House School pupils
Vaishali Bance Suhayr
a donation, visit www.moresmiles.org.uk.
Get involved at www.imperialcharity.org.uk