Today, twenty Great Ormond Street Hospital patients, siblings and friends entered the world of top rugby players, when the Saracens invited them to a training day at Wollam Playing Fields in St Albans.
The sporting stars helped the youngsters to prepare for the RBC Race for the Kids 5k family fun run on 24 June, which will raise vital funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.
To kick off the day the group of Great Ormond Street Hospital patients, brothers, sisters and friends got an exclusive tour of the ground and watched the rugby heroes train with their coaches. Later, they were invited on to the pitch for a series of fun training sessions.
Many of the participants will be taking part in the RBC Race for the Kids 5k family fun run on Sunday 24th June 2012, in London’s Battersea Park. To sign up, visit www.raceforthekids.co.uk
Money raised from the RBC Race for the Kids 5k family fun run will help fund the essential redevelopment of Great Ormond Street Hospital and make a difference to the thousands of sick children who are treated at the hospital every year.
Saracens fly-half and centre player, Owen Farrell said, “The patients who went along to the training session today were all winners and we were bowled over by their enthusiasm to get stuck in and have lots of fun. The RBC Race for the Kids run in June represents the real challenge – which is to raise money towards the essential redevelopment of Great Ormond Street Hospital so it can continue its superb work.”
About Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity:
Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals with the broadest range of dedicated, children’s healthcare specialists under one roof in the UK. The hospital’s pioneering research and treatment gives hope to children who are suffering from the rarest, most complex and often life-threatening conditions, from across the country and abroad. Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity needs to raise £50 million a year to help rebuild and refurbish Great Ormond Street Hospital, provide vital up-to-date equipment and fund research into better treatments for the children. You can help us to provide world class care for our patients and families. For more information visit www.gosh.org
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) and its subsidiaries operate under the master brand name RBC. We are one of Canada’s largest banks as measured by assets and market capitalization, and are among the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, corporate and investment banking and transaction processing services on a global basis. We employ approximately 74,000 full- and part-time employees who serve close to 15 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 56 other countries. For more information, please visit www.rbc.com.
RBC is committed to making a lasting social impact through inspired, responsible giving and by building strong partnerships with the charitable sector. We invested more than $56.6 million with charities in hundreds of communities worldwide in 2010.
