Radio Lollipop Adopt-a-Cop Nathan Vaughan arranged for the Star Wars Storm Troopers and a Clone to come in and visit the children at the Mater Children’s Hospital.

The Storm Troopers and Clone are from the 501st Legion. The Legion is a volunteer club formed to bring together costume enthusiasts and give them a collective identity within which to operate. The Legion’s aims are to celebrate the Star Wars movies through the wearing of costumes, to promote the quality and improvement of costumes and props, and most importantly to contribute to the local community through charity and volunteer work…

They certainly contributed to Radio Lollipop Brisbane, the majority of our children loved the visit although some of our littler ones were a little unsure about it all.

We sincerely thank our Adopt-a-Cop Nathan and volunteer Jaye for organizing the event and for the characters taking the time to come in and brighten (or frighten) the stay of a sick child in hospital.

For more than a year now the staff from ABC Learning Centre have been donating their time to support Radio Lollipop Queensland.

Under the leadership of Loryn Feeney, Business Development Manager for the National Institute of Early Childhood Education, Lead Trainer Rebecca Freier and her team of qualified trainers designed play training for all the Queensland based Radio Lollipop volunteers. The two sessions were a huge success with volunteers learning new skills and activities that they can use when playing with the children on the wards.

In addition to this training the team arranged for their suppliers to donate craft items, toys, puzzles, books, CDs, tapes and lots of other items to Radio Lollipop.

As you can see by the photo Mr Bear from ABC came in to present the goodies to National Support Team volunteer Sandra Ursino and the Terrific Tuesday team. Mr Bear also took time to visit the children on the wards.

A huge thank you to Eddy, Loryn, Beck and all the team from ABC Learning Centres who really help make a difference to the lives of sick children in hospital.

Andrew Kendall Honorary Chairperson Radio Lollipop Great Ormond Street (GOSH) recently took time out from his Australian holiday to fly from Sydney to Brisbane to visit Radio Lollipop at the Mater Children’s Hospital in Brisbane and see the team in action.

It was a great opportunity for Radio Lollipop to be able to share ideas across countries. National Support Team Volunteer Sandra Ursino said Andrew was able to share his experience and particularly explain the benefits of the new play trolleys used in GOSH which are being considered for use in Brisbane. Andrew was also able to pick up some ideas from the Brisbane team and hopefully implement this into GOSH.

The Manic Monday team were delighted to host Andrew during his visit and took the opportunity to take him up on to the wards during their ward rounds.

Check out Andrew with the Manic Monday Team.