Co. Offaly Raises €3150 For Temple Street
Bakers in Co. Offaly turned up the heat this spring and mixed, iced and munched their way to a spectacular €3150 at this year’s Great Irish Bake for Temple Street. People all around the county got on board for the special fundraiser, which was held in April.
Now in its 9th year, the Great Irish Bake encourages families, schools and businesses to get together, hold their own bake sale and raise vital funds to help bring hope and healing to sick children and their families in the beloved children’s hospital.
Great Irish Bake for Temple Street Foundation
Temple Street was delighted to welcome actress and writer Amy Huberman on board this year as Great Irish Bake ambassador, who helped encourage people all over Ireland to get baking for this great cause.
A massive 900 bake sales were held nationwide with a total of €210,000 raised. The money raised by Temple Street’s Great Irish Bakers will help buy vital new equipment for the hospital’s theatres, wards and the Intensive Care Unit – which will directly benefit thousands of sick children.
Thanking everyone who took part in the Great Irish Bake for Temple Street, Denise Fitzgerald, Chief Executive of Temple Street Foundation says, “The support that we have received around the country at this year’s Great Irish Bake has been simply phenomenal. Our amazing army of Great Irish Bakers really went above and beyond for our hospital this spring.”
She adds, “The funds you have raised will be put to work where they are needed most; to buy state-of-the-art equipment for our wards, theatres and Intensive Care Unit. To each and everyone who got involved by baking or buying at a Great Irish Bake – thank you. Your support will have a real and profound impact on sick children in Temple Street.”
The Great Irish Bake for Temple Street
The Great Irish Bake is a national baking campaign. This delicious campaign raises funds to help bring hope and healing to sick children in Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. Now in its 9th year, the campaign encouraged families, schools and businesses to ‘raise some dough’ for our wonderful hospital.
Temple Street Foundation
Temple Street Foundation was established in 2000 and exists to raise funds to make Temple Street Children’s University Hospital a better place. Every year Temple Street relies on the generosity of donors to help raise funds to redevelop hospital wards, fund vital equipment & services and invest in research. Having access to state of the state of the art facilities & equipment literally saves lives. To learn more visit www.templestreet.ie
Temple Street Children’s University Hospital
Temple Street was founded in 1872. Temple Street is an acute paediatric hospital serving some of Ireland’s sickest children and providing a referral and care service on both a regional and national basis. Seven major specialities at Temple Street today include neonatal and paediatric surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, nephrology, orthopaedics, ENT and plastic surgery. The Hospital is also the national centre for paediatric ophthalmology, the national craniofacial centre, the national airway management centre, the national meningococcal laboratory, the national centre for inherited metabolic disorders and the national screening centre. Temple Street cares for over 145,000 children per year. Over 45,000 of these children attend the Emergency Department every year making it one of the busiest in Europe. A staff of 85 Consultants and over 950 other full time and part time nursing, paramedical and other staff deliver care.
