Ronald Mcdonald House Charities KEEP UP TO DATE Sign up to our newsletter Home > News & Blog > Heroes and Villains Descend on Manchester House Share this story: HEROES AND VILLAINS DESCEND ON MANCHESTER HOUSE BLOGGER: JOE TAYLOR Superheroes, villains, princesses and pirates ventured to Ronald McDonald House Manchester on Sunday 2 August to bring some excitement and magic to our families staying in the House. Our sunny garden was filled with web slingers, dark knights and ice princesses – and that was just the kids! We were delighted to welcome a selection of comic book characters such as Spiderman, Batman, a Princess Anna, evil queen Maleficent and Peter Pan’s fairy friend Tinkerbell. We were also thrilled to receive a second visit from our favourite female pirate Bonnie and two (yes, two!) Captain Jack Sparrows. We love any excuse for a party at Ronald McDonald House Manchester, so a visit from our favourite characters was an opportunity to play games and eat cake. Our devoted volunteers are always keen to join in with the festivities: Liz and Bridget took charge of our raffle and tombola while Liz’s daughter Jenny painted nails for our wannabe princesses, Becky and House fundraiser Jo manned a very busy toy sale, Nikki and Sarah painted faces and made balloons, and Phil repeated his success at the House Anniversary by running the ever popular arts and crafts table. Then there was the buffet – filled with sandwiches, cupcakes, biscuits and drinks donated and prepped by Becky – that our mini heroes and princesses managed to finish off in about 10 minutes. I guess all that crime fighting and kingdom ruling really builds up an appetite! Each of our heroes had as much fun as the families and happily posed for photos for the whole afternoon. The children in the House, and those visiting from the wards at the Royal Manchester Childrens’s Hospital were delighted to see Spiderman showing off his backflip skills, Captain Jack stumbling into the bushes and Olaf from Frozen making a surprise musical appearance. I even caught Pirate Bonnie playing a game of tin can alley and Elsa and Anna (above) posing on the motorbikes and sports cars that had raced over to the House. Who can blame them? It’s always a pleasure to see past families coming to see us at the House. It was a joy to see Ted Allibone and family (Ted pictured left with dad Rick) after their recent stay with us. Ted was mesmerised by a talking Storm trooper. (We do think he may have secretly been a good guy as we caught him asking for high fives from all the children playing nearby). While everyone enjoyed watching Tinkerbell sprinkle her magic pixie dust, baby Ted (pictured below) was even more excited to sit on grass for his first time ever! As the party went on, we asked guests ‘Who’s your superhero?’ My favourite answer came from Christian Welsh whose sister Elizabeth was being cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Christian said “All the nurses and doctors at St. Marys because they looked after my baby sister, and the staff at Ronald McDonald House Manchester because they let me stay with my mummy and daddy.” Glad we could help, Christian! When the day drew to a close, our heroes, villains, princesses and pirates waved goodbye as we cleared away the aftermath of another very successful event. The next day, one little boy who had come dressed as his hero Buzz Lightyear couldn’t quite understand where Anna and Elsa had gone! A huge thanks to Mick and Alex from Sci-Fi Hire for helping to organise such a special day and we’d like to give a big shout out to Swizzels for donating lots of lovely sweets and Party Delights for providing our fantastic decorations! BACK TO ALL STORIES THE LATEST FROM RMHC SHOW MORE NEWS 22/09/2015 HEROES AND VILLAINS DESCEND ON MANCHESTER HOUSE Superheroes, villains, princesses and pirates ventured to Ronald McDonald House Manchester on Sunday… READ FULL ARTICLE VIEW ALL RMHC NEWS SOCIAL Help to crowdsource our story time books and name one of our characters at http://t.co/5Gn8484vr0 #storytime #family Add your magic touch to our books and name our characters at http://t.co/5Gn848m6PA. Please RT #storytime #books http://t.co/nGW78Dpack FOLLOW US UPCOMING EVENTS 14/11/2015 - 14/11/2015 BEST OF BRITISH GALA DINNER You are cordially invited to join us at our Gala Dinner... GO TO EVENT VIEW ALL RMHC EVENTS © 2014 Ronald McDonald House Charities Ronald McDonald House Charities is an independent charity registered in England and Wales (802047) and in Scotland (SC040717). A company limited by guarantee no. 2252337, registered in England. PRIVACY POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERMS & CONDITIONS