Minter Ellison is one of the largest full-service law firms in the Asia Pacific region. A Community Investment Program morning tea is held once a month in their Brisbane office supporting a different non-profit organisation each month.

Long time Radio Lollipop Volunteer Amanda Dearlove and employee of Minter Ellison nominated Radio Lollipop as a non-profit organisation to participate in the program.

In November Radio Lollipop was the beneficiary.
Radio Lollipop received a donation for $1,000 as a result of the morning tea. Radio Lollipop Director Sandra Ursino also had an opportunity to speak to the nearly 100 staff members who attended the morning tea about Radio Lollipop.

The staff at Minter Ellison have been huge supporters of Radio Lollipop for many years through the purchase of fundraising chocolates and support at fundraising events.

A big thank you to all the staff at Minter Ellison for your continued support of Radio Lollipop.

On Saturday 11th December at 1pm the South West Harley Davison Owner’s Group (HOGS) will roar up on their motorbikes for the last time to the Bristol Children’s Hospital. Over the last three years they have fundraised at events and auctions (including a final event on the 9th December) for the charity and raised about £12,000. Their ride out and park up at the hospital has been an annual Christmas event whereby they come and donate the gifts they have raised funds for, which, over the years has included TVs, DVDs, computer games and consoles, play equipment, arts and crafts. This year their generous donation includes personal music players for all the residents on the adolescent ward, Wii games for the playroom, as well as teddy bears for all the patients and siblings in over the Christmas period. Radio Lollipop Bristol are hugely grateful for their support, which has really helped them to put smiles on the faces of many children and their families in hospital and will continue to so so in the future.

On 2 December 2010 Radio Lollipop celebrated 20 years of providing care, comfort, play and entertainment to sick children at the Mater Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.

A party was held for the children with special guests including Radio Lollipop Ambassador Ranger Stacey and regular special guest Ronald McDonald who has been celebrating our birthday with us for over 15 years. Our very own Miss Lollipop and Sweetz the Radio Lollipop Koala both joined in the fun.

Brisbane television station Channel 10 broadcast the weather with two live crosses from the Radio Lollipop studio hosted by Amanda MacLeay.

This year Cassandra Nayef from Freckles Kidz Cakery at www.freckleskidzcakery.com made and donated our 20th birthday cake.

We look forward to celebrating with 20th anniversary with our current and former volunteers and supporters at an event to be held early in 2011.

Cutting the birthday cake (L – R) is RL Ambassador Ranger Stacey, RL Chairman of Mater Children’s Hospital Scott Bradley, RL International Chairman Bruce Uhlhorn and Ronald McDonald.