Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal
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Appeal close to Newstead’s heart
Newstead and District Fire Brigade members Christopher and Cheryl Simmins have a deep connection to the The Royal Children’s Hospital’s annual Good Friday Appeal, and one that sadly comes with a great deal of grief. When their seven-month-old son James died in 1977, the support from staff at The Royal Children’s Hospital left a profound…
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Healthy Good Friday tally
Communities around Victoria have dug deep for The Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal with an overall final tally of $23,368,724. The tally for regional and rural Victoria reached $5,261,913 with significant contributions from Mount Alexander, Macedon Ranges and Hepburn Shires. Local fire brigades, emergency services, scout groups, organisations, and individuals were involved in this…
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Mega raffle for Good Friday Appeal
The staff members at Maxi IGA Castlemaine have pulled out all the stops to create their fifth mega Easter Raffle to raise funds for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. The Maxi IGA team has done a fantastic job collecting donations and there are an incredible 102 prizes to be won. First prize in…
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Great Good Friday effort
Local fire brigades, businesses and individuals across Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander have boosted this year’s Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal total. Woodend, Newham and Hesket-Kerrie fire brigades collected a near-record total of $14,725 including $11,633 for Woodend, $1679 for Hesket-Kerrie and $1413 for Newham. The Woodend brigade noted an increase in the number…
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Show your support
Gisborne Foodworks is getting behind the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal in a big way. The store aims to raise $35,000 in this year’s fundraising efforts with plenty of fun and entertainment planned. In store tastings, an animal farm and a special visit from the Easter Bunny will be part of the Good Friday…
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Great effort all round
After a COVID-enforced hiatus in 2020, tin rattlers at the traffic lights and street walkers were back, collecting for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal from residents and holiday travellers throughout the Macedon Ranges and beyond. More than $18,500 was collected from the Kyneton area, with Kyneton cubs and scouts, fire brigade and residents…
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Fun and fundraising at Foodworks
Staff at Gisborne’s Williamson’s Foodworks will hand over their day’s wages and all profits made at the store on April 2 to the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. It’s been a store tradition for more than eight years and could see as much as $30,000 raised for RCH with a morning of family fun…
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Good Friday Appeal online not on foot
For more than 40 years, CFA brigades in the Mount Macedon and Mount Alexander regions have been collecting for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal, and in that time they have collected many millions of dollars. However, this year, due to the virus, things have had to change. Traditionally, brigades have used the Good…