Lil Aussie Prems (lilaussieprems.com.au)

Luke and Lucy chat to AFL legend turned TV star Shane Crawford, one of the hosts on the new Channel 9 Show, Money For Jam.

Shane brings in a very special guest, Julia Toivonen, creator of the website lilaussieprems.com.au, an online website for parents of prem babies which has become a net sensation with over 1.3 million hits a month...

Channel 9's new show, Money For Jam, looks at ways normal Aussie's can earn money in these tough times. Shane Crawford, host of the show, brings Julia Toivonen into the station to chat to her about what she's beem doing. 

Julia has created the website lilaussieprems.com.au - which has been getting over 1.3 million hits a month and has a forum with over 150,000 posts. The website has become a wonderful help to parents who need support after having a premmie baby. The problem is that the website has become TOO successful, and maintaining it and paying for it is getting hard for the kind hearted Julia! That's where Channel 9's Money For Jam and LightFM come in!

We chat to Julia and Shane and put the call out to Melbourne, Julia needs a sponsor to get on board and help the not-for-profit website continue running! 

The general manager of Pumpkin Patch, Craig Halfpenny, calls in and offers to help lilaussieprems.com.au out, bringing Julia to tears live on air!

EXCITING NEWS!

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE STUDIO WITH LUKE, LUCY, SHANE AND JULIA ON TV WHEN THE EPISODE OF MONEY FOR JAM AIRS ON CHANNEL 9 SOON!

Listen to the interview right here!

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Visit lilaussieprems.com.au here!

UPDATE : After the interview aired, we received this wonderful email from a Light FM listener called Rhonda :

Thank you for airing the L'il Aussie Prems article. Jules is far too humble to fully explain what the LAP site is doing for families.  I started leaning on the big shoulders of the site a few months ago as I was seeking toddler advice for my prem a 24wkr.  The LAP community opened their arms and embraced my family.  Through them I have regained my strength, as looking after a prem is exhausting and can be very isolating. I wasn't able to listen to the show live this week as I was packing my daughter up to go in for heart surgery (another prem complication).  The LAP community has been sooooo supportive, and its all free.  LAP would not exist if it wasn't for Jules.  She is far too humble to realise the impact that her good works has made on my life and many others (we have tried to tell
her)!