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Good Friday Appeal organisation gives thanks to Echuca-Moama

By Adair Winder

Aug 31, 2022

Vital funds raised: Echuca-Moama raised more than $94,655 for the 2022 Good Friday Appeal. Pictured are Peter Tressider, Dee Nesbit and Terry James of the Echuca-Moama Kiwanis Club. Photo by Steve Huntley

Good Friday Appeal executives visited Echuca to thank all the local money raisers who contributed more than $94,655 towards the 2022 appeal.

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A phenomenal $22,328,154 was raised during the 2022 edition of the appeal.

Good Friday Appeal director Rebecca Cowan attended the thank-you event at Echuca Workers on August 25.

She expressed her sincere thanks to everyone from northern Victoria who was involved in the collection and raising of funds.

Former president and current member of Echuca Lions Club Laurie Stewart said the event was a fantastic opportunity for donors and volunteers to meet the team behind the Good Friday Appeal.

“This is the first time the thank-you event has been held in Echuca,” Mr Stewart said.

“Each year they pick two regional towns to hold the thank-you event and this year we were fortunate enough to be picked, along with Phillip Island.

“It was great for the people on the ground to be able to have that face-to-face contact with people from the organisation, that we have worked so hard alongside.”

Thank you: Former president and current Echuca Lions Club member Laurie Stewart has been instrumental in collecting and raising funds for the Good Friday Appeal. Photo by Steve Huntley

Mr Stewart thanked Echuca-Moama community members for their annual donating and volunteering efforts.

“We want to thank the community as a whole — the Lions club, the volunteers, the brigades and the local businesses that allow us to place our donation containers at their place of work,” he said.

More than 80 people attended the event, with some guests travelling from Finley, Ararat, Albury-Wodonga and Shepparton.