The collections will take place at Scotsdales Garden Centre in Great Shelford on Good Friday 6th April (11am to 2pm) and Easter Monday 9th April (1pm to 4pm), organized by ACT, the dedicated charity for Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie Hospitals.
The collections will coincide with the Easter bank holiday weekend, which is traditionally a busy time in the garden. Rosie Rabbit, the six-foot mascot for the Rosie Hospital Campaign, will put in a special appearance on both days. The team will be offering Rosie wristbands, Rosie car stickers and cuddly Rosie Rabbit soft toys for sale.
Commenting, Trudy Harper, Community Fundraising Manager at ACT, said: “We’re delighted that Scotsdales have kindly invited us to join them – we couldn’t have let Easter weekend pass without bringing our campaign mascot Rosie Rabbit out to play. Whatever the weather, it’s sure to be a busy weekend for gardeners.”
“We hope that as many people as possible will pop along to say hello, to buy a Rosie wristband or pick up one of the lovely new Big Push car stickers. We’ll also be promoting our limited edition fluffy Rosie Rabbit soft toys – they make an ideal alternative Easter gift for any child who was born at the Rosie or for anyone with a baby on the way!”
Construction to double the size of the Rosie is due for completion this summer and the extra funds raised by the community will help to provide additional equipment that will benefit newborn babies and their families.
To find out more about the Big Push for the Rosie Campaign, request wristbands, car stickers, posters, download a fundraising pack or discuss what you would like to do to help, please call Trudy Harper on 01223 217757 or go to: www.rosiecampaign.org.uk
About the Rosie Campaign
The Rosie Hospital is recognised as one of the finest maternity hospitals in the country. Supported by charitable funding, the original Rosie Hospital opened in 1983, since when much has changed. It was designed for approximately 4,000 births a year. In 2010-11 almost 5,800 babies were born at the Rosie and by 2020 that number is expected to increase to 7,500. The new three-storey extension and modernisation programme will almost double the size of the existing maternity unit and mean the Rosie can continue to offer pregnant women, their partners and new babies the very best standard of care. Facilities will include:
· A brand new midwife-led birth centre with ten new en-suite rooms for women with a low risk pregnancy
· An expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with 58 cots for babies who are born early or in need of specialist attention
· A new residential centre with eight en-suite bedrooms, a rest area and kitchen. This will be available for parents that have babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
· A new Fetal Medicine and Day Assessment Unit for monitoring pregnant women and fetal development
· A dedicated counselling suite offering professional support when outcomes are not as planned.
For patients and staff these new world-class resources will make an enormous day-to-day difference. With extra space available, staff will be able to help more women give birth in the comfort of their local hospital. The transformed Rosie will be a regional centre of clinical excellence for training maternity, neonatal and gynaecological staff. Longer term it will also set new standards of care by advancing antenatal and neonatal development through research programmes.
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