BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Mathew MacDonald | Honorary Chairperson Radio Lollipop Gold Co ast T 0408 883 527 E chairpersongc@radiolollipop.org W https://www.radi olollipop.org/ Radio Lollipop believes in the healing power of play – p roviding smiles and laughter to children at a time when they need it most . One in four children are admitted to a hospital before reaching age 14. Though some patients are short-stay\, many have a recurring need for ca re and return repeatedly to hospital. Some who are terminally ill spend m uch of their short lives in hospital. Radio Lollipop gives young patients a voice and a choice during their stay. While they can´t say “no” to tak ing their medicine or receiving treatment\, they can request their favour ite songs\, win prizes and hear their own voices on the radio. Those acti vities give youngsters a haven of normality in the hospital day which in other respects is strange\, different and often scary. DTEND:20220616T213000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T053708Z DTSTART:20220616T213000Z LOCATION:Southport Yacht Club 1 MacArthur Parade Main Beach\, QLD Australi a 4217 SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Rotary Breakfast Speaker: Mathew MacDonald UID:a524f771-5faa-42d5-bf63-21b4324eb3e9-637910118000000000 X-ALT-DESC:
Radio Lollipop believes in the healing power of play – p roviding smiles and laughter to children at a time when they need it most .
\n\n\n\n\nOne in four children are admitted to a hospital before reaching age 14.
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Though some patients are short-stay\, many have a recurring need for care and r eturn repeatedly to hospital. Some who are terminally ill spend much of t heir short lives in hospital.
\n\nRadio Lollipop gives young patien ts a voice and a choice during their stay. While they can´t say “no” to t aking their medicine or receiving treatment\, they can request their favo urite songs\, win prizes and hear their own voices on the radio. Those ac tivities give youngsters a haven of normality in the hospital day which i n other respects is strange\, different and often scary.
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