Challenge Cup joins celebrations

THE Carnegie Challenge Cup will appear at Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s neonatal unit’s fun day this Sunday, September 19.
Taking place from 12noon – 4.00pm at Callands County Primary School, the event is an annual get together for former patients, their families and staff on the unit, but is open to the general public to come along and celebrate the work of the neonatal unit.
This year Warrington Wolves’ Carnegie Challenge Cup will be visiting the fun day from 1.00 – 2.00pm accompanied with Wolfie and this will be the perfect opportunity for all Warrington Wolves fans to come and have their picture taken with it.
This year’s event includes fun for all the family with gymnastics and dancing displays, ‘Doc in the Stocks’ and ‘Gunge the Daddy’. There will also be a prize raffle, tombola, bouncy castle, trampolines, fairground rides, a selection of stalls and face painting. Prizes on offer include a Blu-ray disc player, child’s bike, an iPod shuffle and stadium tours of Liverpool and Manchester City football clubs.
The neonatal unit cares for more than 400 babies every year and is equipped with three intensive care cots and a total of 18 spaces for a mix of high dependency and special care babies. There is also a breastfeeding room just off the unit to allow mothers quiet time to feed their babies. There is also a dedicated rest room for parents to spend time away from the unit; visiting time is unrestricted for parents allowing them to spend valuable time bonding with their newborns.
The main aim of the fun day is as a reunion, but any profits will go towards helping to purchase breast pumps and parent diaries for the unit. The diaries are important part of the baby’s time on the unit encouraging parents to write down their feelings and daily experiences.
Any one who would like to donate a prize for the fun day or find out more about how to support the unit, call the neonatal unit on 01925 662278.