West Ham Women players have been helping their club spread Christmas spirit across east London this week.
Tuesday afternoon saw Men’s and Women’s First Team players provide plenty of smiles on faces as they surprised 100s of patients, staff and their families through the club’s traditional visits to hospital wards across east London.
Anna Csiki, Eva Nyström, and Seraina Piubel were joined by several of their Hammers teammates at local hospitals including Newham Hospital, Queens Hospital, Romford King George Hospital, Ilford, in addition to a visit St Francis Hospice, Romford earlier this month. The visits all supported and brightened the days of the patients, staff and their families in what can be a challenging time of year.
The players and staff took the opportunity to spend time with patients, taking lots of selfies and photos with families and staff and hearing about everyone’s plans for Christmas. In the festive spirit, goody bags containing plenty of West Ham presents were also handed out, which saw plenty of smiles on faces throughout a heartwarming afternoon.
Midfielder, Anna Csiki said: “I really enjoyed visiting Queen’s Hospital today. I’m glad that we were able to put smiles on the children’s faces and give them some gifts ahead of Christmas, and to also speak and meet the staff who are working so hard during a busy time of year.
“It puts everything into perspective for us as players as well. It’s important that we give back and support our local community and I’m pleased we could do that today.”
Deputy Chief Nurse and Site Director of Nursing at King George Hospital, Anna Page said: “It was great to have West Ham United visit King George Hospital and spread some Christmas cheer for our patients and our staff, it really helps lift everyone’s spirits.
“I would like to thank the club for coming in and for their generous presents. We had lots of happy faces across the wards.”