In hospital with Licorice

We realized these events in the program "in hospital with Lecorice" during March to May.

During this period a volunteer program continued with regular volunteers' visits to the hospital wards. Volunteers visited pediatric and adult patients to make them more enjoyable and reduce the time spent in hospital and they spent there a total of 485 hours.

Also there was come another canistherapy dog, which expanded the number of animal assisted therapy teams that visit patients regularly. Labrador Jupiter goes to please the  children in the Child neurology every week and there he became a favorite companion.

There were seven art workshops, especially with an Easter theme.

During the art workshops the children in pediatric wards could try, for example, a decoupage techniqe, working with colors on glass and paper and also made eggs from felt. In the Geriatrics and aftercare ward patients decorated gingerbreads and in the Rheumatology and Rehabilitation wards they began to make flower brooches.

So that even employees had been reliefed from worries, we prepared a spring workshop for them as well. After a few hours under the experienced guidance volunteers took away beautiful hand-knitted baskets from the workshop.

The big event, which volunteer program implemented in April, was the Easter camp for children of employees called "Journey to Easter treasure".

Children over two days got acquainted with Easter traditions. They said goodbye to winter with making the figure of Moran when they chanted the poem in Krcský woods, then threw it into the stream and  welcomed spring. Children had a creative and physical activities. In the pottery workshop they decorated a ceramic egg, baked Judas, made  bunnies and eggs from paper and many other activities.

During December to February we implemented under the program "In hospital with Lekorice" these actions.

In this period the volunteer program continued with regular visits by volunteers on the hospital wards. Within regular volunteer program volunteers spent 418 hours with children and adult patients during this period.

One of the largest one-off event in December belonged to St. Nicholas for patients, from almost all inpatient wards. On December 5, when we celebrate St. Nicholas Day, volunteers created 8 groups of devils, angels and Nicholas, who visited adult and children patients. They visited about 500 patients and they were handing out small toys and fruits to children and greetings and small ornaments to adults.

In December, the art workshops, where patients decorated gingerbreads or made Christmas wreaths and Christmas decorations, was realized. 4 workshops were realized on the paediatric wards - the child neurology, the paediatric clinic on the Child Psychiatry and the Department of Paediatric Surgery and Traumatology. Another two workshops were on geriatrics ward.

The volunteers meeting with the hospital management is one of the greatest appreciation of volunteers. On this solemn meeting, which is always at the beginning of December, the hospital management thanks to the volunteers who with this event appreciates the work which volunteers do for the hospital. At the meeting, volunteers also receive small gifts and flowers for  their volunteer activities.

Total 4 musical performances took place on the wards for adults. There performed  children from kindergarten, elementary school and music schools. The magican had two performances on the pediatric wards, all the kids just loved him.

Corporate volunteers helped to the geriatric ward, where they put some pictures on the walls and then they embellished bathroom on the paediatrics ward.

3 art workshops were also prepared for staff and volunteers.

We would like to thank all donors for their contributions in 2014. Thanks to them we were able to train 15 volunteers also pay for insurance for their regular activities.

For additional financial contributions we are going to buy art supplies for creative workshops, as well as aids for dogs who go along with volunteers visit patients on a hospital ward.