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July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Bullant - Saturday 27-Jul-2013 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. RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - redpaint - Saturday 27-Jul-2013 Nice work troopers, I love the fact that the kids liked the stormie better than the 2 face characters. RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - muppet - Saturday 27-Jul-2013 Great work troopers RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Angelman - Saturday 27-Jul-2013 "There are no diminishing returns on a stormtrooper" I heard someone say. That said well done to everyone, I've heard back from a mum up here who's child was visited by the Redbacks in a Brisbane hospital and that visit still remains very special to them and their child. Keep up the great work. RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Azrael - Saturday 27-Jul-2013 Top Job guys & gal... Wish I could have been there... July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Bullant - Saturday 27-Jul-2013 I can neither confirm nor deny that a certain stormtrooper was seen to make the Vulcan sign and say "live long and prosper" on the way out of one of the wards after hearing that the sick child was massive Star Trek fan. The things we do for sick kids ... RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Oevil1 - Saturday 27-Jul-2013 It was a great troop...despite the lack of Dooku fans Besides...look at us...we're awesome! RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Rebelrach - Sunday 28-Jul-2013 Everyone loves the armour! Well done guys, super effort! RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - BIDS - Sunday 28-Jul-2013 Well done Troopers. RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Sithprincess - Sunday 28-Jul-2013 Yeah, was a good troop. The only reason the 'TK' was the favourite was coz he asked them who their favourite was, then pointed at himself to prompt their answer. July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Bullant - Sunday 28-Jul-2013 Ssshhh RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Cavalier - Sunday 28-Jul-2013 Hi Sabine!!! Nice work guys, love hospital troops RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - scope - Sunday 28-Jul-2013 great job team RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Oevil1 - Sunday 28-Jul-2013 Quote: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 Rigged! Maybe a bit of Grievous will change their minds...bwahahaha (Oevil1 laugh) RE: July Wonder Factory Visit - Saturday 27/07/13 - Sabine - Monday 29-Jul-2013 And I vote for not having the carry the Grievous chair around Also quick mention of the parent who spotted TK coming around a corner, she jumped and several expletives and giggles followed (great reaction). It was a lovely morning, my favourite moment was the two girls that giggled and screamed their way around their room, one being responsible for the 'ninja pillow' attack. |