When it seems impossible to think of anything else other than COVID-19, a heart-breaking tragedy for a well loved and respected team member at Orchard House Care Home brought everyone together to embrace and support their much beloved friend and colleague.
If you know of the Residential Dementia and Nursing home in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, then you know that they are renowned for their fun initiatives and activities, fundraising, their community spirt and above all their love of family. Whether you’ve worked at the home for six minutes or six years, once you’ve joined the Orchard House Team, you are part of the family!
So when Egle, one of the home’s nurses, gave birth to a little boy born sleeping named Adas earlier this spring, everyone was devasted for Egle and her family. During moments like this, many feel helpless and everyone at the home wanted to support Egle and her family to help in any way they could.
The Orchard House Family sprang into action suggesting ideas on how they could fundraise as well. The firm favourite was to have a Fun Day which would bring everyone together (staff and residents alike) to help raise as much money as possible in memory of Adas.
When all of the donations were totalled up, they had raised over a staggering £1,500 for the Bereavement Suite and far surpassed their original fund-raising target of £1,000. The amount increased even further when RCH Care Homes, the care provider under which Orchard House Care Home belongs to, donated an additional £500, resulting in an amazing total of over £2,000.
Egle and her family recently presented the cheque to the Queen Elizabeth team who were blown away by the substantial donation raised by Egle, her family and Orchard House.
“I couldn’t believe the amount of money that was raised in memory of my son Adas. There are no words to say what it has meant. I have been a part of Orchard House for six years and they are like another family to me”.