Whilst on vacation in Miami during February 2010, Andy (Radio Lollipop Chairman for Birmingham), took the opportunity to visit the Radio Lollipop studios at Miami Children’s Hospital. Andy (and partner, also a Radio Lollipop volunteer obviously!) was given a fantastic welcome, a tour of the studio and the Play Area and was able to meet with the rest of the ‘Wacky Wednesday’ volunteer team in Miami, headed up by the magnificent Brittany! Andy took away lots of ideas for Birmingham, as well as various Miami goodies from the studio, including a tape recording from a recent show! A fantastic afternoon/evening – not spoiled one little bit by a torrential rainstorm on the way home – at least it was warm rain! Thanks to everybody at Radio Lollipop in Miami for your hospitality, particularly Brittany, thank you for taking the time out to show us round and sit-in on your show – a great experience and a great hospital and volunteer team.

Join Radio Lollipop this year and fundraise with a difference.After our last amazing ZIP slide across the River Clyde, the Radio Lollipop (Glasgow) Events Dept have been thinking hard on a new fundraiser but we like to do things different in glasgow forget standing in a cold windy street with a bucket! Strap yourself in to your harness, get on the roof and let the fun begin!

On Saturday the 22nd of May we will be doing our charity abseil which will take place on top of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow which also known as YORKHILL.

So if you think your up for the challange sign up by emailing! abseil@radiolollipop.org,
visit rldo.radiolollipop.org/abseil or phone 07768466264 & ask for Andrea!

Radio Lollipop (Glasgow) has teamed up with one Glasgow’s finest companies A1-Textiles. A1 raises thousands of pounds for charities each year through its textile collection operation around central Scotland. The clothes are exported to countries in Asia & Africa. A1 pays £4 for each 10-kilo bag of material collected with another £1 going to Radio Lollipop, although donors can choose to have their full payment given to the charity as well.

Gordon Fraser, Managing Director of A1 Textiles said: “We decided to support Radio Lollipop after seeing the fantastic work they do with the children at Yorkhill. My own daughter has been a patient there too. The volunteers do a lot of wonderful things like hand out toys and having been on the wards to see what they do I was very impressed by the effect this has. For example there was one wee girl I saw who was not well at all, the volunteer had given her a brand new, soft squidgy ball and her mum was absolutely delighted that she had a toy she could play with safely. Of cause doing that sort of thing costs money so we are happy to help out.”

Kate Malone of A1 Textiles added: “ Not only are Radio Lollipop a very worthy charity in themselves but every penny raised for them goes directly to the children, whether through stationery and drawing utensils, prizes or project materials. All the very talented and caring staff are voluntary.
This was a determining factor to us working with them. We wanted a local charity where people could see where their donations were going and one where all monies raised went directly to the charity, not wages and admin.”

The year 2009 was beautifully recapped by the talented volunteer writers at Radio Lollipop at Miami Children’s Hospital.

Our colorful and informative newsletter was circulated to over 500 donors. We are so proud of all the hard work that went into this newsletter!

If you would like to read our newsletter please visit us at www.mch.com/radiolollipop