Mail - Mt Evelyn Mail - 02nd October 2018

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Lanterns for leukaemia Walkers carrying lanterns transformed Lillydale Lake into a sea of glowing light in a bid to beat blood cancer. Wandin Rotary Club’s Brian Hodgson organised the Thursday 27 September Light the Night event to support the Leukaemia Foundation. Walkers, including Croydon's Maddi and Harley, carried a gold balloon to remember a loved one, white to reflect on their own blood cancer journey, or blue to support others. “I began my walk for Leukaemia to support a relative,” Mr Hodgson said. “Over many years we have shared many Light the Night walks together and enjoyed the company of others each with their own journeys. “One outcome of the night is that we raise money to change lives.” The Leukaemia Foundation will use funds raised through Light the Night for medical research into leukaemia, myeloma, lymphoma and other blood disorders, and support services. Visit lightthenight.org.au to donate. Picture: GREG CARRICK

Mini city for kids A $30 million mini-city where kids can act out adulthood roles and explore potential careers is coming to Lilydale. KidzMondo will open the replica city in 2020 at Box Hill Institute Lilydale campus. It will boast replicas of airports, banks, factories, theatres, shops, police stations, media outlets and supermarkets in a 7000 square metre building. Children will be able to take care of patients as a doctor or nurse, save lives as a fireman and get behind the wheel as a race car driver. They will even be able to trade in their own

currency, enjoy beauty treatments and learn how to make pizza. It will be the first miniature replica city in Australia from KidzMondo, which has centres in Beirut, Istanbul and Doha. The ‘edutainment’ centres aim to inspire kids through educational and engaging activities to prepare them for the world of adulthood. KidzMondo Australia CEO Norman Gray said it was important to provide a setting where children could experiment through play and real hands-on activities. “They will work together and learn from

each other, and because they are having fun they will retain what they are doing,” the former Box Hill Institute CEO said. The KidzMondo centre at Lilydale will feature 80 different activities. Each area will have a facilitator to supervise and provide children with theoretical background about the activity being undertaken. Parents can watch through glass windows, but are encouraged to drop their child off or wait in the parents' lounge. Mr Gray said each child would be fitted with a security bracelet that tracked them in the centre, which would have more than 400 security cam-

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eras that were constantly monitored. Also, children won’t be able to leave the facility without an alarm going off. “They are secure there...(and) the building is all designed as kid-safe. They can do their own thing,” Mr Gray said. Each child will typically spend between four and five hours exploring the centre - plenty of time to allow parents to explore wineries and other tourist destinations in the Yarra Valley. More than 250,000 students are expected to visit KidzMondo Melbourne in its first year. Entry to the centre is expected to cost $37, with discounted prices for school excursions.

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By Melissa Grant


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