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2011 Good Friday Appeal

Helping out for a good cause this year are Grant Denyer, Sonia Kruger, Larry Emdur, Hugh Sheridan, Jessica Mauboy, Justice Crew and more.

Seven’s annual Good Friday Appeal, which airs across Victoria, has again lined-up a star-studded list of celebrities all lending their time and talents for a good cause.

Like many telethons, it will no doubt be another day of shaking the tin, manning the phones and providing a few spontaneous moments of telly. Last year it raised over $14m for the Royal Children’s Hospital.

Helping out are Grant Denyer, Sonia Kruger, Larry Emdur, Esther Anderson, George Houvardas, Hugh Sheridan, Ryan Corr, Virginia Gay, Blair McDonough and more.

At 7:30pm there will be the annual variety show featuring Todd McKenney, Jessica Mauboy,
Justice Crew, Mark Seymour, Daryl Braithwaite, and Stephen Rossitto.

Seven Melbourne is proud to telecast the 2011 Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal live from Etihad Stadium, with all funds raised going towards medical equipment for the hospital and research.

Founded in 1931, The Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal is a Victorian icon – up there with the W-Class tram, MCG and the footy!

This iconic fundraising activity is exceptional as it brings together people from all parts of the community with the common goal of raising money for Victoria’s sick kids.

Throughout the day and night a host of Seven personalities will be joining the telecast including Good Friday Appeal ambassador Jennifer Keyte, Peter Mitchell, Rebecca Maddern,
Grant Denyer, Sonia Kruger, Larry Emdur, Helen Richey, Rhys Uhlich and Dr Harry Cooper.

The telecast will get underway at 9.30am with Sandy Roberts in the hosting seat. During the
morning Sandy will cross to a plethora of fundraising events throughout Victoria, including The Werribee Mansion egg hunt and the Henley Homes/Villawood house auction.

Home and Away stars Esther Anderson, Rhiannon Fish, Luke Mitchell, Rebecca Breeds, Jay Laga’aia, Charles Cottier, David Jones Roberts Packed To The Rafters favourites George Houvardas, Hugh Sheridan and Ryan Corr and Virginia Gay and Blair McDonough from the hit new drama Winners and Losers, will be popping in to the take calls in the phone room and joining in on the telecast panel fun.

Veteran Good Friday Appeal supporter and Royal Children’s Hospital Ambassador Dan Webb will be coming in for a chat and Tony Porter will be reporting from inside the hospital, providing an insight in to the positive impact the appeal has.

The telecast will stop briefly at 6.00pm for Seven News, Today Tonight and Home & Away.
At 7.30pm, Australia’s Got Talent host Grant Denyer will introduce the action packed night of
entertainment.

The evening telecast will feature live performances from Todd McKenney, Jessica Mauboy,
Justice Crew, Mark Seymour, Daryl Braithwaite, and Stephen Rossitto.

Bruce McAvaney will lead an AFL football panel that includes; Leigh Matthews, Matthew Richardson, Tom Harley and Dennis Cometti.

Special messages of support from international stars will also be received during the night.
Over 600 volunteers manage the phone lines in the tally room and hundreds of other volunteers are involved in a variety of ways throughout the day.

The Good Friday Appeal has contributed more than $211 million to The Royal Children’s Hospital since its inception. Victorians donated a remarkable record of $14,462,000 in 2010 and the Good Friday Appeal hopes to top this again in 2011. The brand new children’s hospital, being built next door to the current hospital, will open in November this year.

It begins at 9:30am Friday on Seven.

14 Responses

  1. Why don’t Seven Adelaide do a telethon also? Our governments shutting down rural hospitals and wasting billions on a new hospital no one wants, so why not have a telethon and raise much needed money for the neglected Women’s and Childrens Hospital…

  2. another year, another Good Friday Appeal with the exact people.

    im hoping one year Channel 7 can skip the blatant self promotion of their shows suring the appeal. I mean it’s a great cause, dont ruin it by being…. channel 7. haha.

    Seriously, open up the celeb gates to anyone that wants to help, i’d love to see way more variety of stars on that thing just just the same Ch. 7 ‘stars’

  3. Why can’t Seven show this Live across Australia on one of their digital channels. I was in Melbourne this time last year and watched it for the first time and it was good to see. Why can’t Seven just put it on 7TWO or 7Mate for the rest of us to watch. This is a fantastic cause.

  4. Seven should consider showing this nationally on 7 two. I’m quiet sure the children’s hospital would benefit from extra cash raised, and ex pat Victorian’s can watch show.

  5. This and MacHappy Day is what we need to see more of. Interesting that Larry is involved, as I believe The Morning Show is still airing in other states on Good Friday. So who will then be presenting along-side Kylie?

    David, could you please fix the Hhelping on the blurb of this article?

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