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Channel Nine viewers raise big total for Sydney Children’s Hospital Gold Telethon

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Channel Nine in partnership with the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation yesterday raised $5,584,631 in the annual Gold Week Telethon.

From 9.00am until 4.00pm, the stars of Channel Nine supported this worthy cause to raise as much money as possible for kids who need a helping hand as part of Gold Week, the major annual fundraising campaign for Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, which touches the lives of more than 300,000 children across NSW and beyond each year.

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The Gold Week Telethon was broadcast LIVE from the Nine studios in Sydney, hosted by network personalities including Karl Stefanovic, Lisa Wilkinson, Richard Wilkins, Sylvia Jeffreys, David Campbell, Tim Gilbert, Erin Molan, Beau Ryan and Stevie Jacobs, with live crosses to the Sydney Children’s Hospital throughout the day.

The celebrity phone hub was manned by Ross Greenwood, Ben Fordham, Danika Mason, Amelia Adams, Jaynie Seal, Ken Sutcliffe, Renee Gartner, Yvonne Sampson and Brett Finch from Channel Nine, along with Sophie Hensser, Lincoln Younes, Mandy McElhinney and Gracie Gilbert from Love Child, Tyler De Nawi, Michael Denkha, Rob Shehadie, Sam Alhaje and Tahir Bilgic from Here Come the Habibs, Zoe Ventoura and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor from Hyde & Seek, Carmel Rodrigues, Blake Morgan, Nada-Leigh Nasser and Jasmin Jade Nasser from The Voice 2016, author Nikki Gemmell, Ruan Sims, Australian women’s rugby league and rugby union player, rugby league great Mario Fenech, TODAY Show commentator Rachel Corbett and many more.

The studio audience was entertained throughout the day with performances from Thirsty Merc, David Campbell, Prinnie Stevens, Mahalia Barnes, The Wolfe Brothers, John Foreman, Gentlemen of Deceit, Lee Kernaghan and sisters Jasmine and Nada-Leigh from The Voice 2016.

Over seven years the telethon has raised over $24.5 million for the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, thanks to the generosity of the community and the major partners. The money has gone towards numerous services and equipment, including research into personalised medicine for rare diseases and a video laryngoscope for the Anaesthetics Department for children undergoing surgery.

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