Thank you so much for supporting the Children's Health Foundation by signing up to take part in the KBC Dublin Marathon this year.

Each and every day across CHI hospitals and urgent care centres in Connolly, Crumlin, Tallaght and Temple Street, sick children and their worried parents are coming through the doors in need of world-class paediatric care and treatment. Your support helps fund essential, urgent and life-saving work by raising the funds needed and makes a real and lasting difference in the lives of sick children.

You support wards, theatres, departments and Intensive Care Units right across CHI - from funding patient and family supports like play, music and pet therapy to making it possible to buy state-of-the-art medical equipment, as well as funding new services and redeveloping facilities to supporting ground-breaking paediatric research.

Thank you for helping create a child-centred, home-from-home environment for patients in hospital and for ensuring that children continue to have access to the very best facilities, services and equipment when they need it most. This is the power of your support.

P.S. Don't forget to send pictures to us by emailing Communities@childrenshealth.ie - If you have any questions, we would be happy to help. Thank you so much!