Gypsies chip in to help Temple Street
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Bohemian Football Club has presented to Temple Street Children’s Hospital three televisions, three games consoles and five games packages that were given to the club as winners of the EA Sports Cup.
Club captain Owen Heary and fellow-defender Steven Gray handed over the donation at Temple Street last weekend.
Caroline Flynn, senior play specialist at the hospital, described the donation as “brilliant” and said it would make the visit to hospital “an awful lot easier for the children”.
"One of the TVs will go to our A&E waiting area so the children will be able to watch DVDs while they are waiting to be seen by the doctor. The two other TVs are going to our new respiratory outpatient unit, so the children can play on Wii, the Playstation and the Xbox while they’re in the waiting areas, waiting for the doctor," said Ms Flynn.
"Any donations we get make the hospital a nicer place for the child and it distracts them while they are waiting to see doctors and nurses or get treatments, so it’s brilliant to have donations such as this."
The Bohemians players were on hand with the club's current trophies and Owen Heary was delighted with response they had. "It's great when you come to Temple Street Hospital and you see the pleasure the kids get out of us bringing the trophies down, but also from the equipment that EA Sports have given us and which we have donated to Temple Street,” he said. “It’s great for the kids, it’ll kill time for them and they’ll get pleasure out of playing them and you know sometimes it might help them as well along the line."
Steven Gray also noted the pleasure the children took from the players’ presence and from the gifts. "It’s great to come down and see them and see a smile on their face. It puts a lot of things in perspective coming down here and seeing the kids and putting a smile on their face for a few minutes," he said.
The donation comprises three 33-inch plasma screen TVs, a PlayStation 3, an Xbox 360, a Nintendo Wii and five EA Sports games.
Club captain Owen Heary and fellow-defender Steven Gray handed over the donation at Temple Street last weekend.
Caroline Flynn, senior play specialist at the hospital, described the donation as “brilliant” and said it would make the visit to hospital “an awful lot easier for the children”.
"One of the TVs will go to our A&E waiting area so the children will be able to watch DVDs while they are waiting to be seen by the doctor. The two other TVs are going to our new respiratory outpatient unit, so the children can play on Wii, the Playstation and the Xbox while they’re in the waiting areas, waiting for the doctor," said Ms Flynn.
"Any donations we get make the hospital a nicer place for the child and it distracts them while they are waiting to see doctors and nurses or get treatments, so it’s brilliant to have donations such as this."
The Bohemians players were on hand with the club's current trophies and Owen Heary was delighted with response they had. "It's great when you come to Temple Street Hospital and you see the pleasure the kids get out of us bringing the trophies down, but also from the equipment that EA Sports have given us and which we have donated to Temple Street,” he said. “It’s great for the kids, it’ll kill time for them and they’ll get pleasure out of playing them and you know sometimes it might help them as well along the line."
Steven Gray also noted the pleasure the children took from the players’ presence and from the gifts. "It’s great to come down and see them and see a smile on their face. It puts a lot of things in perspective coming down here and seeing the kids and putting a smile on their face for a few minutes," he said.
The donation comprises three 33-inch plasma screen TVs, a PlayStation 3, an Xbox 360, a Nintendo Wii and five EA Sports games.
