The Dream Machine surprised little Tommy

Tommy Kelly Shaw is a brave little boy from Birr, Co. Offaly who suffers from brain and spine cancer.

In the past time he has endured a huge amount so for his 5^th birthday his parents wanted to organise something really special.

Tommy loves Mickey, Minnie, Donald and all of Disney characters, so on the day of his birthday the Dream Machine & the Dream Team headed to Tommy’s house to surprise him and make his dream come true.

An amazing birthday party took place and Tommy just couldn’t believe that his favourite characters, along with his friends & family, where there to celebrate with him. 

After the party the fun continued as he had the opportunity to enjoy the magical inside the Dream Machine, playing with a very important friend.

Ronan’s Christmas Present

When Granny Bridie from Barna, Co. Galway contacted the Share a Dream to ask if they could bring their Dream Machine to Galway to visit her 4 year old grandson Ronan who was fighting a terrible life threatening illness, Share a Dream immediately got to work.

On the 29th of December the Dream Machine the Dream Team headed from Limerick to Galway but did not expect to do battle with superstorm “Frank” along the way, wich was a frightening experience.

Fortunately, the Dream Team was able to organise the best Christmas party ever for Ronan and all his family. Ronan's favourite characters Mickey, Minnnie, The Minion, Donald and Woody all arrived to his door to meet him and later he enjoyed playing inside the Dream Machine – the interactive fun bus.

“Thank you Shay for making the day so special, you battled through Storm “Frank” to make it to us, to put a smile on a very special little boys face. You do amazing work and truly made a huge impact on both the kids and the adults” said Ronan’s Aunt Amanda Gaynor.

Caoimhe is a Fashion Model for a day

14 years old Caoimhe O’ Neill from Dukes meadows, Kilkenny is like any girl her age she loves fashion, clothes and make-up. Unfortunately, unlike most 14 year olds she suffers from aortic regurgitation, asthma and Sjorgens syndrome. Also, in April this year she was diagnosed with Lupus and Rheumatoid factor positive.

Her sister Aoibhinn wrote to Share a Dream to make Caoimhe‘s fondest dream come true as she is denied so much that most young girls her age take for granted. “Caoimhe dreams of having a VIP girly day be pampered and feel like a top model” she said. So, Caoimd had the opportunity to meet her own Personal Shopper Karen Morrissey and other models from Assets, to do what was necessary to get her ready to walk the cat walk. 

Full of confidence the new Caoimhe made her debut to being a top model at the Black Friday Fashion Extravaganza in the Mac Donagh Shopping Centre where she received a standing ovation.

According to top model and stylist Karen Fitzgerald Caoimhe was a natural and Mum and sister agreed.

Christmas dream for Alexandra

Alexandra is a beautiful little 5yr old from Kilmallock Co. Limerick who like most girls her age loves Princesses. However, sadly this little Princess was diagnosed with a terrible cancer called “Rhabdomyosarcoma", spending the last 4yrs of her young life fighting this terrible disease.

Alexandra’s Mum Tracy contacted Share a Dream to ask if one of her little girl’s dreams could come true. She said: "Share a dream do incredible things for very sick children like our Alexandra and anything you can do to give us all a lift this Christmas would be a memory we would always cherish.”

So, Alexandra with her 4yr old sister Vanessa and mum Tracy were collected by limo at their home in Effin and travel to Kilmallock along with a cavalcade of vehicles. There a parade took place where hundreds of locals lined the streets so that the community can share in this little Princess’s dream day.

After the parade Alexandra, her sister and her mum got their hair, nails and make up done and met Princess Elsa and Anna who presented them with their own Princess dresses and got them all dressed up before heading into the Ball room.

At the Charleville Park hotel she was greeted by all her little school friends, family and relatives and a fantastic show took place followed by a special meet and greet with Mickey, Minnie, Donald and all the gang who travelled from Disney to meet Princess Alexandra.

Finally, she met the big man himself Santa Claus who presented Alexandra and her sister Vanessa with a huge gift hamper.

Santa joined all the Princesses, Disney characters, family and friends on the floor to finish an absolutely magical dream day for a unique angel.

Princess Dream Comes True for Eoin

Four year old Eoin Stewart from Ballybeg, Waterford was diagnosed with Cancer last year.

Eoin has a tumour in the liver (rhabdomyosarcoma), has undergone 9 cycles of chemotherapy, travelled to London during the summer for 30 sessions of radiotherapy and still has more MRIs and scans to undergo.

His birthday was on the 16^th of November when he turned 4 years old but as he was in hospital he couldn’t celebrate it. So, his mum Emma contacted Share a Dream to see if the Dream Team could visit him in his home with two Princesses.

Eoin loves Princesses as after he lost most of his hair he became infatuated with long hair, which is exactly what beautiful Princesses have.

So, on the 21^st November the Dream Team headed off to Waterford to meet Eoin, his family and friends. Eoin and his sister Abigale spent the day showing the Princesses around his house along with Mickey Mouse and Woody. Later he brought the Princesses into the Dream Machine to play with all the magical toys.