Do you bit for the children this Easter and help your local CFA collect for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. If you can’t help collect, then keep an ear out for the siren’s and donate, a little or a lot, it all adds up.
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Ray Sizer
The CFA’s long and proud history of involvement with the Good Friday Appeal reaches a remarkable 75 years this year, while the appeal marks 95 years of fundraising.
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Raising vital funds for the Royal Children’s Hospital has been a long-standing tradition for CFA members and only further reinforces their commitment, generosity and community spirit.
Over the past 75 years, CFA members have raised more than $41 million for the iconic Victorian cause, with hopes this year to raise more than last year’s $1.88 million.
Easter Family Fun Day
For the fifth year, the annual Good Friday Fundraiser is on at Yarrawonga Yacht Club.
To date, more than $25,000 has been raised from the local community with every cent donated to the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
The event is entirely volunteer-run, with generous support from the Yarrawonga Yacht Club and this year’s program includes two live bands, raffles, a silent auction, an Easter egg hunt, face painting, and a range of food trucks.
Drinks are available at bar prices, just bring a rug or chair for seating.
•Good Friday, April 7
•Yarrawonga Yacht Club
•1.00pm – 7.00pm
Head to the Yarrawonga Yacht Club for the annual Good Friday fundraiser, with food trucks, music, games and facepainting, and the bar will be open.
Yarrawonga Good Friday Appeal
The Yarrawonga CFA and SES are again conducting the street drive for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. Starting at 8/8.30am volunteers will visit each area of Yarrawonga in fire trucks with sirens sounding with members walking the streets rattling tins.
The CFA and SES ask residents to come out of their homes into the streets as the vehicles pass to meet them and donate to this worthy cause.
Volunteers will also head down to the river and caravan parks at some point throughout the day to visit people who are camping in the area that may also want to donate.
Any children or parents that would like to get involved in the tin rattling, meet at the CFA station (Woods Road) at 8am on Good Friday morning.
In the meantime, several businesses around Yarrawonga are collecting donations for the Good Friday Appeal with collection tins on front counters.
Mulwala
Mulwala Fire and Rescue will again be taking part in the annual Good Friday Appeal for the Royal Children’s Hospital.
The “tin rattling” starts at 8.30am sharp at Mulwala Fire Station on Melbourne St.
Big kids, small kids with parents, we need your help to collect money. Please arrive no later than 8:15am, to depart from the Mulwala Fire Station on buses.
Slip, Slop, Slap, bring a water bottle, morning tea snacks, and wear comfortable walking shoes and a smile, and please bring your best "thank you" for the kind donors.
Donations can also be dropped off directly to the Mulwala Fire Station on Good Friday.
Once complete, around lunch time, all participants will receive a lunch of hot chips, drinks and icy poles for your hard work.
The crew at the Mulwala Fire Station are very grateful for any support towards this very worthy cause.
Tungamah
CFA will be running their usual tin collection run on Good Friday morning starting from 9.00am from the Tungamah CFA station.
Money donated to Tungamah Social Club will hold their major fundraiser of the year for the Good Friday Appeal from 11am onwards at the Tungamah Hotel.
There is also stalls, the ever-fun yabby races, a goods and services auction and food and drinks available all day with grab and go and full menu available as well as so much fun for the kids.
The Tungamah Social Club has been raising funds for this cause and others for 20 years so come along on Good Friday and assist them to raise funds for a very worthwhile cause.
Bundalong
Bundalong Rural Fire Brigade will be doing the Good Friday appeal again this year. If anyone wants to help out the truck will be leaving the Cafe at 9am.
The fire truck will drive along the streets of Bundalong with sirens sounding while members walk the streets rattling tins.
The CFA asks residents to come out of their homes into the streets as the vehicles pass to meet them and donate to this worthy cause.
Children need to be accompanied by an adult please. Contact Captain Neil Ford on 0448 212773 for further information.
Devenish/ Dookie
After claiming the third position on the regional tally board for raising a whopping $235,662 last year, the Devenish-Dookie Good Friday Appeal has once again gone above and beyond for the Royal Children’s Hospital.
The annual Show 'n' Shine is on Good Friday from 8am – 12noon on the main street of Dookie.
There will be activities for the whole family including raffles, ticket draws, fun for the kids and most importantly plenty of live music.
Come along and enjoy an afternoon of fun and laughter for the whole family to help raise much needed funds for the Royal Children’s Hospital.
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