With Halloween just around the corner, check out this fantastic Trick or Treat party food inspiration from our friends in MiWadi Ireland! To sign up and hold your own spooktacular party visit www.templestreet.ie/trickortreat #trickortreat4templest

100minds, the unique student fundraiser for Temple Street, returns this year and is open for applications from third-level students! The programme pairs students with a recently graduated mentor and challenges them to raise €1000 each for our special hospital! If you are in college or university and would like to get involved, develop your CV skills and get involved in a terrific cause, check out www.100minds.org and sign up today!

Due to the expected bad weather, the Fundraising Office will remain closed today and will reopen again tomorrow. Please note too that all outpatients clinics in the hospital are postponed today as a precaution. Visit www.cuh.ie for more information.

We were so thrilled to receive this gorgeous letter from Anna, Connie, Sophie, Orla and Ava who came up with the fantastic idea of gathering up all their unwanted toys and holding a garden sale for Temple Street! Together they raised €200 for sick children in our hospital - what an achievement! Thank you so much girls for your kindness and generosity!

We had the pleasure of attending a Superstar Heroes Lunch at Woodie's Lucan store last week, celebrating the fantastic success of the campaign in 2017 and to recognise some of the amazing Woodie's staff who went above and beyond to make the campaign as successful as it was. Thanks to the generosity of all at Woodie's, their suppliers and customers, the Woodie's Heroes campaign raised €275,000 for four Irish children's charities this year. At the event, we were presented with the cheque for Temple Street Foundation, totalling an incredible €68,750. Thank you so much Woodie's - you have been amazing!

Well done to the 'Super Dad' Team, who collectively raised an amazing €9290 recently by taking on the Hell & Back Challenge. Thank you so much from all of us here in Temple Street! Team Leader and Super Dad Jim Egan says, “For me personally it has been a huge thrill to have been allowed fundraise for what in my eyes is the future of our country – our children. I can speak for all the lads who took part and say that we not only enjoyed the fundraising, but we had some of the best craic ever as we laughed our way around the course. The thoughts of the money we raised actually helping sick children is what made the pain element of the day worthwhile, and we reflect back on the day with a certain amount of pride.”

Wonderful Beckie Furlong has donated 14 inches of her hair to the Rapunzel Foundation and raised an amazing €600 for Temple Street in the process! The funds will go to St. Michael's B Ward where Beckie's little sister Daisy spent the first weeks of her life in February. Thank you so much Beckie for your kindness...we love your new 'do!

Cute alert!! Three of Temple Street's spookiest, scariest and...well...cutest little patients got into the Halloween spirit to celebrate the launch of Trick or Treat for Temple Street, proudly supported by MiWadi Ireland! Will you get your spook on too this October and (g)host your own Trick or Treat party to help sick kids? www.templestreet.ie/trickortreat #toocute #trickortreat4templest #miwadi

We are so proud of Brian Bolger who took on the Earth's Edge Kilimanjaro Challenge for Temple Street! Not only did he climb this iconic mountain but he managed to raise an amazing €21,230 for our very special hospital. Big thanks to all who supported Brian along the way. Brian says, "I took on climbing Kilimanjaro as a personal challenge and to raise some money for charity, having chosen Temple Street Children's University Hospital being a very worthy cause with the great work they do caring for our precious little ones. Although this was a tough mental and physical challenge, it was one of the best experiences of my life. If everyone does a little for charity the world will be a better place."

John is running the Dublin Marathon for Temple Street and he wanted to share with you why it means so much to him: "On July 8th, 2015, our 3rd child, Ben was born. On day one, all the giddy rellies snuck in to get a squeeze of Ben and marvel at such a tiny human only a few hours old in the world. We were elated, but this elation soon turned to shock with it was discovered that Ben was extremely sick, was not breathing correctly and was really struggling to fight what we later learned to be a very serious E.coli blood infection. One baby in every 3000 gets this so this was a rare event,. We were quickly transferred to Temple Street and this is where we stayed for 19 long days and nights as we watched over his every breath, twitch and finger squeeze. On the odd occasion, we would leave the hospital, it is a very strange experience to witness the world just moving on as your world is frozen still. The care and attention he received in Temple Street was just amazing. The work that these nurses, doctors and all the support staff do is outstanding, under-rated and humbling to witness. Ben just turned two years old there a few weeks ago and it was then that I decided that it would be a great thing to try and give something back to the people and place that really helped us get through the hardest time of our lives. So this is why I am running the Dublin Marathon- will you join me?" www.templestreet.ie/event/dublin-marathon/ready

A very happy birthday to our wonderful little patient Poppy who has just turned four and celebrated with a spoooooky party here in the hospital with costumes and face painting! Huge thanks to Ronan from Silly Billies who helped make the day even more special and always gives up his time to come into Temple Street for our patients' parties!

A gaggle of tiny superheroes, dinosaurs and monsters have invaded our playroom to launch this year's Trick or Treat for Temple Street, proudly supported by MiWadi Ireland! Why don't you get involved this year, (g)host your own Halloween party and raise vital funds for sick children in Temple Street. Register for your free party pack today - www.templestreet.ie/trickortreat 🎃