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Hugh's House&Garden - 大清洁日

Hugh's House&Garden - (适用于危重儿童的家庭) - 我们的同事如何从NAS西人参与小组的一天内取得了差异。

由Eileen Fahy,员工参与促进者

休的家志愿者

On my arrival at Hugh’s House & Garden at Belvedere Place, Mountjoy in Dublin on Tuesday 12th November, I was met by the ‘crew’ volunteering their assistance in the big clean up/renovation for the day namely Donal, Norma, Aine, Tom, Barry, Maggie, Shane and Tina (NAS West Staff Engagement Group). Hugh’s House & Garden provides accommodation 365 days a year to the families of children who are long-term in-patients of Temple Street, Holles Street, the Coombe and Rotunda Hospitals. Everyone involved helps on a totally voluntary basis. The house is run by a dedicated team of caring and compassionate volunteers and supporters, without whom they would not be able to offer families the support and care they need. The house is named after Hugh Curley Stack a beautiful boy born in 2012. In his short life he was a patient in both the Rotunda and Temple Street Hospitals and lovingly cherished by his parents Marty and Ade and siblings. As Ade described it, “Hugh got the best of care until he died in August, and they wanted to do something in memory of his short life. It is when you see the things that would have made their journey better, they decided to help families” and so began their journey that started with 2 derelict houses in Dublin to the fantastic resource that is there today.

休的房子没有收到任何政府的财政支持,他们依靠志愿者和筹款,并按照佩格(休堡垒的董事会成员)告诉我,“休的房子是家里的家。这是父母拥有的空间,对他们带来了巨大的差异,让他们在他们最需要他们的时候允许他们在他们的孩子附近。PAT解释说,这是让他们通过维护房屋和花园以及当地企业捐赠家具,夹具和配件的物品来保护它们的志愿者。Aer Lingus(差异天项目)开发出美丽的花园,这是低维护,甚至在太阳偷看的那些日子里有烧烤。Pat was delighted with her ‘crew’ today, as they were able to sort out a lot of practical things that have been outstanding, as well as preparing and painting 3 bathrooms, cleaning fridges, Ironing and turning a disused bedroom into a bedroom that would give ‘Room to Improve’ a run for its money. I asked each of the ‘crew’ why they volunteered today and each of them without hesitation spoke about their colleague Jenny and how Hughes House has made such a difference to her and her family.

以下是当天“船员”中的个别故事中的摘录。可以在此网页上短暂查看完全未处理的故事。

唐纳克朗 - 救护人员(运营资源经理)Limerick在西方的NAS工作人员参与论坛的成员,就像我们今天的所有志愿者都是这个志愿者日背后的煽动者。捐赠署关于与克里的护理人员同事jenny联系,从克里居住在过去的12个月里一直住在休赫尔的房子。珍妮和她的丈夫亚历克斯有一个儿子杰克,谁在寺庙街道以来,他出生以来,休斯的房子使他们能够靠近,而不是每天从克里旅行的担忧。唐纳谈到了他为珍妮和亚历克斯的钦佩,而志愿者在休家里,它将有助于许多家庭,如珍妮和亚历克斯。“它让我们意识到我们有多幸运,通过给予一些东西,我们可以产生很大的不同”。捐款为当天志愿者的志愿者收到了许多回应,虽然有更多的人将被人喜欢加入,但他不得不限制数字来满足当天可以使用的工作。

对于Norma-Operational资源经理 - 她谈到这一天是关于她参与的原因,就像捐款是关于个人理由和“他们自己的”珍妮之一,他使用Hugh's House。“当你意识到这个地方对父母有多重要时,你的心会融化。。今天为NORMA提供帮助的副产品是“学习如何正确使用蒸汽熨斗”。当她回到家时,毫无疑问,毫无疑问的技能。

Aine – a Paramedic Supervisor in Thurles, told me she has a nephew with disabilities who has gained a lot from services such as the Jack & Jill Foundation Aine certainly made a difference in one of the bedrooms that would give any make-over T.V. series a run for its money.

汤姆 - 领先的纽卡斯尔西部护理主管主管,充满了他的兄弟,他的兄弟有特殊的需求,今天能够在这里志愿者非常接近他的心脏,因为他还有一个侄女,他的侄女在她的早年去世了。他很高兴在他改变自我的“Macgyver”的角色和他的同事和“在我们日常工作之外的一部分 - 它给予了完整的其他观点,他很乐意再次参加”。

Barry - Ballinasloe的Paramedic,谈到了对他“能够回馈社区的重要性”。巴里谈到了他们的同事和休家的生命线是这么多父母。

Maggie - Letterkenny的护理人员主管很乐意与绘画一起帮助。玛吉告诉我,多年来,作为一个护理人员,她带来了无数的孩子,向寺庙街道医院或克里姆林儿童医院带来了无数的孩子,如果她可以在休克的房子里对他们带来巨大的差异,那么它就会放弃她的时间。

Shane - Paramedic在Ballinasloe中呼应了他今天的每位同事志愿者的原因。“能够在一个职位上送回家庭。家庭需要一个舒适的地方,拥有烹饪,清洁和放松的空间,这是免费的,它对他们产生了这种差异

Tina-Advanced Paramedic在Killybegs,Donegal告诉我,她最初看到了关于Facebook上志愿服务的海报,并且当她说“我20年前的母亲并知道父母经历的创伤时,它就会击中一个和弦。

每天的每一个志愿者都将100%放入他们给出的任何任务中,并在他们的脸上带着微笑。自写这件作品以来,我明白,3个经过听到的Maggie和Tina的商人重述他们的一天每个人都捐赠了每天100欧元,他们被他们听到的故事搬迁了。

Hugh's House Exterior Belvedere Pound Poundjoy都柏林

图片2:这张照片显示了Hugh's House的外部,带红砖墙壁和黄色的门