Radio Lollipop always loves to hear feedback about our service. During the recent National Volunteers Week in Australia, look what our Radio Lollipop volunteers received when they turned up for their shift at Radio Lollipop at Monash Children’s Hospital in Melbourne….
This is what the hospital nursing staff say about us….well done to all our volunteers, you really do make a difference.
Radio Lollipop at Monash Children’s Hospital in Melbourne have recently produced a short video to showcase the great work our volunteers are doing since we opened our doors at Monash Children’s Hospital in November 2013.
In addition to our Monday night service, with our recent intake of new volunteers we opened our Saturday morning service to the great delight of the children, their parents and siblings and the hospital staff.
Thank you to Rooftop Film Co for donating your time to Radio Lollipop to produce this for us.
On Friday 6 March 2015, the Prep to Year 6 students at Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Melbourne Australia took part in Radio Lollipop day – a musical, colourful, fun-filled occasion to raise money for Radio Lollipop at Monash Children’s Hospital.
The students collected all their spare 5 cent coins and used them on Wednesday and Thursday to “Give me Five!” and vote for their favourite songs.
On Friday morning, Radio Lollipop Australia Board Director, Lisa Leong, was introduced at Assembly by her daughter Billie who is in Grade 1 at PLC, and then interviewed by Social Service Captains Sami Sharp and Georgiana Karakitsos about Radio Lollipop.
The Social Work Captains said: “We decided to support Radio Lollipop because we could empathise with the children in hospital and wanted to bring a smile to their faces”. Then, at lunchtime, the top ten songs with the most votes were played. Receiving the most votes – and beating Katy Perry and even Frozen’s Let it Go, was Geronimo by Sheppard! Everyone danced and sang along enthusiastically.
Radio Lollipop Melbourne was touched by the generosity of all the students and staff at PLC. Upon receiving a cheque for $800 from the school, Lisa thanked Sami and Georgiana, Social Service Co-ordinator, Hannah Bangah, and Head of the Junior School, Cheryl Penberthy, (who suggested the fabulous “Give me Five” concept!), and said: “as we heard in Assembly, “Give me Five” demonstrates that there is no contribution too small to make a difference”.
Photo 1: (L – R) Radio Lollipop Director Lisa Leong and her daughter Billie at Assembly.
Photo 2: Cheque Presentation at PLC. Hannah Bangah (Social Service Co-ordinator), Sami Sharp and Georgiana Karakitsos (Year 6 Social Service Captains), Bruce Uhlhorn (RL International Chairman), Lisa Leong (RL Australia Board Director), Billie Yuille (Daughter of Lisa!)
Monday the 25th of November 2013 will forever be an important date for Radio Lollipop, as it is the day Monash Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia celebrated their first official night on the wards!
After 12 months of hard work in establishing the first Radio Lollipop in Victoria, Australia, nine very excited Radio Lollipop volunteers began their duties and took to the wards with huge smiles and great enthusiasm.
Although unable to connect to the Brisbane broadcast yet, the team entertained the kids with amazing crafts dreamed up by Mirjana (or Magic Matilda as she is now known), played games and distributed colouring books and activity sheets. Greg was able to make a two year old girl giggle from her tippy toes with his impromptu ukelele solo. Malisha made a boy ‘King of the Playroom’ with her crown-making prowess! Sian and Saloni came up with their Lollipop personas and Mike and Liv were impressed by Rushmi’s ruthless card skills.
Radio Lollipop Monash has commenced with a play program with the radio to be broadcast from Radio Lollipop Brisbane. We hope to have our own Radio Lollipop radio studio by mid 2014.
The Melbourne team are eager to volunteer to the best of their abilities, loving the one-on-one time with some seriously amazing children and their families and will do whatever they can to make the stay of a sick child in hospital much brighter.
To the Executive Team at Monash Children’s Hospital in particular Dr Nick Freezer and Mr Andrew Williamson and your team, thanks for welcoming the Radio Lollipop family to Monash Children’s Hospital!
