RCSI Paediatric Society

03/02/2024

We are excited to announce that RCSI’s 10th annual Teddy Bear Hospital will be on February 24th and 25th 2024 at the RCSI 123 St.Stephens Green campus in the Exam hall.

This year we will be raising funds for not one but two charity partners, Cian’s Kennels and The Ronald Mc Donald House Charities ❤️🏥

We are also thrilled to announce that this will be our biggest Teddy Bear Hospital to date with SIX sessions!!🎉

Teddy Bear Hospital is a free event which aims to alleviate childhood fears about healthcare environments and increase health literacy in school aged children. This event is aimed at children aged 4-10 though children outside those ages are encouraged to come if parents feel it would be of benefit or if a family wish to attend with older siblings. Older children for whom this event would be developmentally appropriate are welcome to the Sunday session where we will have a higher ratio of volunteers to children. 🧸

The event is volunteer led and run by medical, physiotherapy and pharmacy students from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Our students are all interested in working with children and in providing a fun interactive experience for all who attend. The event will consist of a number of stations for your Teddy to visit. We encourage all children to attend with their teddy so that the teddies can get their annual check up, fix up any rips or tears, and learn how to keep healthy. There will be 12 different stations that teach children and their teddies about different aspects of healthcare such as, surgery, food and nutrition, first aid and so much more!

Description of session details for Teddy Bear Hospital weekend below:

Saturday February 24th Sessions 1, 2 & 3: All children aged 4-10 years old

Sunday February 25th 2024: Session 4, 5 & 6: Inclusive smaller session in a quieter environment for children with disabilities or chronic illnesses. There will be more volunteers to individualise the session for each child.

While this is a free event, all support for our charities would be much appreciated and any donation also means you’re entered into our raffle! You can donate at: https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/RCSITBH2024

The Eventbrite link to reserve tickets for Teddy bear Hospital can be found here:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/10th-annual-rcsi-teddy-bear-hospital-tickets-796122141757?aff=oddtdtcreator

We're excited to see you soon!!🧸

09/04/2023

🥹WHAT A WEEK 🥹

As a society we couldn’t be prouder of our committee or our student volunteers over the past year. ❤️

From the biggest TBH to date, to more school visits and a return to full activities post-COVID it’s been quite the whirlwind 👩🏻‍⚕️🐻

Winning for Best Society (Charity) and Best Publicity campaign at their annual awards on Thursday, was the cherry on top of a fabulous year 🍒

We couldn’t do this without the support of our many wonderful volunteers, RCSI or the general public, we really cannot thank you all enough for your support! ❤️

There’s still lots to come from RCSI Paediatric Society this year and beyond so please stay tuned, we’re only getting started with bringing RCSI PaedsSoc to all 😎

30/03/2023

OUR VIRTUAL TEDDY BEAR HOSPITAL IS NOW LIVE! 😁😁

If you missed out on out in-person event or just want to relive the magic, you can follow Cara along at home in our virtual Teddy Bear Hospital!!

Link to Youtube channel:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNqXy7GnfON-_NMKVYrwVuNsBLhwjdJgY

24/02/2023

In case you missed it!:

We are so excited to announce the winners of our Teddy Bear Hospital raffle prizes. Thank you to everyone for your kind and generous donations. With your help, we were able to raise a record-breaking €‎3,127.23 for the amazing charity, Children in Hospital Ireland! Congratulations to all the winners! All the prize winners have been contacted via email. Keep an eye out in the post for your prize!

Happy Pear subscription: Hannah Farmer
Dunnes voucher: Aisling Costigan Davies
Grafton Barber vouchers: Justin Lowndes, Mimi Fan
Cafe Nero vouchers: Sam Bloom
Art and Hobby voucher: Caoimhe Bolger
Bunsen vouchers: Linda Rock, Niamh Staines
Airfield Farm & Estate Day Pass: Claire Finlay
14 Henrietta Street Museum Family Pass: Savanna Naylor
Butlers 500g chocolate box: Klara Voborska
College Ball ticket: Cian Milo

Once again, thank you to everyone who supported us over the weekend and to our wonderful sponsors for their continued support!

08/02/2023

Tune in at 1:30pm today to hear all about our Teddy Bear Hospital 🧸🏥

If you missed out, and want to listen, you can also catch the recap on Dublin City FM website!

Today on Who Does That? at 1:30pm today, Anne & Stephen hear from the student volunteers at RCSI's Teddy Bear Hospital.

RCSI Paediatric Society Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Children In Hospital

30/01/2023

What an amazing weekend❤️🧸

29/01/2023

Day 2 success!

28/01/2023

Day 1 Success!

27/01/2023

We are so excited to see everyone this weekend! Our social story is now available! Please have a look before Teddy Bear Hospital!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OqWNPdJRjjhZFGJd1WM5Vv0X638A5e0O/view?usp=share_link

See you all this weekend!

25/01/2023

Teddy Bear Hospital 2023 take place this weekend, and we are so excited to welcome everyone and your teddies across the weekend!

Across the weekend we will also be holding a raffle with all donations going towards Children in Hospital Ireland, our chosen charity for 2022-2023!

We have lots of great prizes from generous sponsors which you can check out below!

You can donate to the raffle via this link: https://tinyurl.com/TBHRaffled2023

Once you have donated please fill out the following link to ensure entry to our raffle across the weekend: https://tinyurl.com/TBH2023Form

We are extremely grateful for everyones support!