Howorth visits Starlight Express Room at Sydney Children’s Hospital
August 16, 2010 by AdamClatworthy
Filed under Featured Content, News
This week Graham White, Le Tran and Adam Clatworthy from Howorth attended morning tea at the Starlight Express Room in Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. This is part of a new initiative by Starlight to give something back to their corporate partners, and to show them first-hand how their contribution significantly helps to improve the often traumatic journey that patients go through from diagnosis to treatment.
The seven Starlight Express Rooms are located in Australia’s major paediatric hospitals providing a medical-free respite for children and their families. Other locations include The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth.
The Starlight Express Room is a place where patients can forget about the reasons why they’re in hospital and take part in fun and mayhem with Captain Starlight, alongside the latest computer games, movies, crafts and activities. Children too ill to leave their beds can join in the fun via the daily Captain Starlight shows which are broadcasted to their bedside TVs, or even have the fun and games delivered straight to their bed.
We heard Christian’s story – a young boy diagnosed with a brain tumour. The Starlight team lifted his spirits while he was undergoing treatment by giving him the space to daydream about being an astronaut, helping him build his space costume and granting him his wish of owning a cubby house. The enthusiasm, compassion and generosity of the Starlight team bring happiness to thousands of children across Australia. Most importantly, they help patients to remember how to be children again.
The sad reality is that every minute of every day a child is admitted to a hospital in Australia. With this demand, there is a need to open more Starlight rooms around the country. Howorth has been a long term corporate ambassador of the Starlight Children’s Foundation since 2000. Howorth is currently helping with the annual Starlight’s IT Fund for Kids charity fundraiser dinner in Sydney (Sept 30) and Melbourne (Sept 23). If you would like to attend, please contact Le Tran on +61 2 8281 3295 or at le@howorth.com.au.
Starlight will be running these morning tea sessions on a regular basis. If you would like to get involved and see how you can help, please contact Starlight’s Corporate Head of Partnerships Anne Johnston on 02 8425 5934 or anne.johnston@starlight.org.au
