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The Friendlies is continuing to support bushfire relief by collecting donations for the Rotary National Bushfire appeal. Donations can be made at The Friendlies Foundation office, opposite main reception. Staff also rallied to bushfire aid in early January, collecting a large number of items for donation in just three days, including clothes, toys and bottled water. Rodveb Removals were able to take the donations to the Bushfire Centres, at their own expense, along with many other donations from the Bundaberg community.More

Preparations are underway for The Friendlies Stage 6 theatre complex expansion across Crofton Street, with the removal of houses on Crofton, Electra and Woondooma Streets. The house on Woondooma Street will be removed to make way for a 16-unit development to house out-of-town families, visiting doctors and new staff. The other back-to-back houses on Crofton and Electra street were sold and are being relocated to make way for a new road which will run from Woondooma Street along the hospital,More

A high-school art project has drawn attention to spinal conditions and an amazing new machine being used at The Friendlies. 2019 Senior Rhys Crook created the wire and pipe spine, titled Crooked, as part of a school project. “We had a self-portrait unit to do and I was looking at my physical being,” Rhys explained. “I’ve had scoliosis for three years now, so that’s a big part of me and something that will never change, so the spine idea wasMore

Toys, wine, gifts and vouchers were just some of the hundreds of dollars worth of prizes donated for The Friendlies Foundation recent Mega Christmas Raffle. Launched in early November and drawn the week before Christmas, the raffle was generously supported, with more than $2500 raised. The Friendlies Foundation public relations officer Maria Ebert thanked all of the foundation’s supporters for the generous prize donations. “This has been one of our most successful raffles to date, and it wouldn’t have beenMore