Date:
27th July 2013
Venue:
Wonder Factory, Royal Children's Hospital
Time:
9am-11:30am
Mission:
To bring some smiles to sick kids, their siblings and parents.
Trooper Attendance:
TK-8547 - Bullant
SL-5746 - Oevil1
-3860 - Sithprincess as JediPrincess
Support Crew:
Sabine
Detail:
Completely forgetting that it was a weekend, I allowed 1.25 hours to get to the hospital, and therefore arrived 30 minutes early ... Taking the opportunity to scout out the venue I determined that it was very, very quiet so sat down for a bit of a rest.
After a while the Wonder Factory volunteers started arriving and I was let into the library to start getting suited up, not long after the rest of the game arrived.
Oevil1 decided to pull a last minute change of costume and suited up as Dooku, alongside my TK and Sithprincess' Queen Amidala. Along for the ride was Sabine in her first go at wrangling.
We headed off into the wards and as Tim mentioned at one point one of the hardest things in a hospital troop is reminding yourself not to say "how are you doing?" when you greet the kids.
We hit the jackpot today, an absolute load of kids who were either Star Wars nuts or just happy to see us anyway. Happy reaction of the day went to the two little sisters who were literally bouncing off the walls with joy. And then decided that they'd set up a pillow fort to defend themselves against the Empire forces ... and attack me with a ninja-like sneak pillow attack as I left the ward
I decided to run an informal poll to see who the favourite character of the day was, I can't remember the exact result but I think it went something along the lines of TK - 5, Dooku - 1, Amidala - 1. Oevil1 will be rethinking his costume choice next time
After an hour and a half of visiting the wards, we returned to the Wonder Factory but there was only one kid there that was interested in us so after speaking to her for a while we de-armoured and headed home.
Charity Funds Raised:
None
Injuries:
None, well only Tim's pride
Malfunctions:
Bullant forgot to restock his supply of chocolates to hand out after the troop. Fail!!
Public Incidents:
Surprise pillow attack on Bullant as he left one of the ward rooms
Mission Status:
Absolute success.
Photos:
Incoming shortly.
27th July 2013
Venue:
Wonder Factory, Royal Children's Hospital
Time:
9am-11:30am
Mission:
To bring some smiles to sick kids, their siblings and parents.
Trooper Attendance:
TK-8547 - Bullant
SL-5746 - Oevil1
-3860 - Sithprincess as JediPrincess
Support Crew:
Sabine
Detail:
Completely forgetting that it was a weekend, I allowed 1.25 hours to get to the hospital, and therefore arrived 30 minutes early ... Taking the opportunity to scout out the venue I determined that it was very, very quiet so sat down for a bit of a rest.
After a while the Wonder Factory volunteers started arriving and I was let into the library to start getting suited up, not long after the rest of the game arrived.
Oevil1 decided to pull a last minute change of costume and suited up as Dooku, alongside my TK and Sithprincess' Queen Amidala. Along for the ride was Sabine in her first go at wrangling.
We headed off into the wards and as Tim mentioned at one point one of the hardest things in a hospital troop is reminding yourself not to say "how are you doing?" when you greet the kids.
We hit the jackpot today, an absolute load of kids who were either Star Wars nuts or just happy to see us anyway. Happy reaction of the day went to the two little sisters who were literally bouncing off the walls with joy. And then decided that they'd set up a pillow fort to defend themselves against the Empire forces ... and attack me with a ninja-like sneak pillow attack as I left the ward
I decided to run an informal poll to see who the favourite character of the day was, I can't remember the exact result but I think it went something along the lines of TK - 5, Dooku - 1, Amidala - 1. Oevil1 will be rethinking his costume choice next time
After an hour and a half of visiting the wards, we returned to the Wonder Factory but there was only one kid there that was interested in us so after speaking to her for a while we de-armoured and headed home.
Charity Funds Raised:
None
Injuries:
None, well only Tim's pride
Malfunctions:
Bullant forgot to restock his supply of chocolates to hand out after the troop. Fail!!
Public Incidents:
Surprise pillow attack on Bullant as he left one of the ward rooms
Mission Status:
Absolute success.
Photos:
Incoming shortly.