{"id":1919,"date":"2012-04-05T06:33:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T20:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/inthenews\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2015-04-29T13:51:30","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T03:51:30","slug":"good-friday-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/good-friday-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Friday is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RCH patient Declan Barrett. Photo courtesy of the Herald Sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Good Friday at The Royal Children’s Hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our very first Good Friday Appeal at the new Royal Children\u2019s Hospital (RCH) is shaping up to be one of the best yet with a number of special visits planned by TV celebrities, furry creatures and sports stars.<\/p>\n

You can be part of it too. Tune into the Good Friday Appeal telecast on Channel Seven, pick up a copy of the Herald Sun and listen to 3AW and Magic throughout the day.<\/p>\n


\nChannel Seven Evening News<\/strong><\/p>\n

See how the hospital is getting ready for this year\u2019s Good Friday Appeal in Channel Seven\u2019s Evening News broadcast live from the hospital at 6pm on Thursday 5 April.<\/p>\n

From the hospital\u2019s Main Street, Peter Mitchell presents the news. He will also be joined by sports presenter, Sandy Roberts and weather presenter David Brown.<\/p>\n


\nChannel Seven Good Friday Appeal telecast<\/strong><\/p>\n

From 9am to 5pm, Channel Seven\u2019s Nick McCallum and Jennifer Keyte will conduct interviews with patients, families and staff live from the hospital\u2019s Main Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>to see the Seven News coverage supporting the Good Friday Appeal.<\/p>\n


\nHerald Sun lift out<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pick up a copy of the Herald Sun tomorrow. There will be a special Good Friday Appeal lift out featuring some of our patients.<\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>to\u00a0read the\u00a0Herald Sun coverage of the Good Friday Appeal.
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\n3AW and Magic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Radio stations, 3AW and Magic will cross live to the hospital throughout the day to interview patients, families and staff.
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\nKids Big Day Out<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a day of family entertainment get along to the \u00a0Good Friday Appeal Kids Big Day Out at Etihad Stadium, Docklands.<\/p>\n

The day features stars from the smash hit movie, Happy Feet Two, dancing duo Mumble and Gloria and Channel Seven celebrities.<\/p>\n

There will also be a Teddy Bear Hospital \u2013 bring your Teddy Bear or a soft toy for a check up.<\/p>\n

Find out more at www.goodfridayappeal.com.au\/kids_big_day_out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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RCH Choir at 3.00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

The RCH Choir is gearing up to once again play a special part in Good Friday celebrations at the hospital, by performing live on Channel Seven\u2032s Good Friday Appeal telecast.
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\nWave goodbye at 4.55pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Patients, families and staff will gather in Main Street for the hospital\u2019s final wave goodbye to the TV audience.
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\nSupport the Good Friday Appeal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit the Good Friday Appeal <\/a>website to donate or find out more.<\/p>\n

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Join in the excitement of the Good Friday Appeal. There’s plenty of ways to keep up to date and support throughout the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7198],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-friday-appeal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1922,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions\/1922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}