Bringing smiles to children in hospital over the festive period

FOUR local children have helped bring some festive joy to the Children's Ward at Altnagelvin Hospital.

In a heartwarming gesture siblings Ryan and Nicole Conway, from Cranagh, came together with their cousins, Eva and Lana Campbell from Omagh, to donate toys and selection boxes.

Ryan and Nicole have been making the kind donation for the last five years, by saving their pocket money to then buy the toys, ensuring plenty of smiles on Christmas morning for the little ones and their families.

A spokesperson for the Western Trust said: "The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) Children's Ward at Altnagelvin Hospital wish to say a huge thank you to Ryan and Nicole Conway from Cranagh along with their cousins, Eva and Lana Campbell from Omagh, and Teresa O’Neill, River Vale Country Private Care Nursing Home, Cookstown, for their kind donation to patients in the Children’s Ward, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry.

"Ryan and Nicole saved their pocket money over the past year to buy Christmas presents for the Children’s Ward.

"This is the fifth year they have did this along with the help of their little cousins, Eva and Lana.

"The staff and patients in the ward are very grateful for their continued kindness and generosity.

"The Christmas gifts will be gratefully received by the patients and their families who will be in the ward over the Christmas period.

"Thank you Ryan, Nicole, Eva and Lana.

“We think you are all on Santa's 'Nice List' and will definitely be getting gifts under the tree on Christmas Day!"