# Christmas comes early at Rainbow House thanks to American Express!

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/12/15/christmas-comes-early-rainbow-house-thanks-american-express/
- Published: 2009-12-15T16:01:44+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Christmas comes early at Rainbow House thanks to American Express!

 

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Santa will be taking on a different persona this year when the Global Commercial
Card division of American Express spreads a little bit of Christmas Cheer to sick
children in London.

 

As part of an internal employee initiative, they have chosen The Sick Children’s
Trust to support and will be bringing a variety of gifts including toys, books, 
games and puzzles over to one of the charity’s London houses – Rainbow House.

 

Catherine Moore, Vice President Marketing & Strategy EMEA at American Express said:“
With it being the season of goodwill, we wanted to do something worthwhile and support
a charity this Christmas. After speaking to The Sick Children’s Trust and gaining
a better understanding of what it does, we felt this was a valuable cause. Employees
are donating gifts to Rainbow House, and we can’t wait to see the look on the children’s
face when they see the presents.”

 

Andy Pickering, Head of fundraising at The Sick Children’s Trust added: “We support
families from across the UK so that they can be together when their child is sick;
this becomes especially important at Christmas time when they are away from home
and everything that is familiar to them. Being able to provide some festive cheer
to families such as the Mansoors is very important and we are grateful to American
Express for their generosity in helping us to make this happen.”

 

Ends

 

Maryam is staying at Rainbow House whilst her sister, Sadas, is being treated at
Great Ormond Street Hospital. She was a bone marrow donor for her sister and the
family, from Nottingham, will be staying over Christmas.

 

### Notes to Editors:

 

The Sick Children’s Trust runs seven ‘Homes from Home’ at major hospitals around
the country where families can stay free of charge, for as long as they need whilst
their child is undergoing treatment. There is a growing demand for our ‘Homes from
Home’ as children must increasingly travel long distances to get the specialist 
treatment they need. In essence, The Sick Children’s Trust ensures that the very
basic of all medicines has a chance to work; family love and support.

 

To date we have helped more than 30,000 families. To run our ‘Homes from Home’ we
rely entirely on voluntary donations; and need to raise nearly £1million this year
to keep them open.

 

For further information about The Sick Children’s Trust, please contact Sarah Wallace
on 020 7791 2266 or email sa***@****************st.org

 

www.sickchildrenstrust.org

 

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