Articles tagged: Good Friday Appeal

Team celebrates district’s efforts
The Colac community has reached a double milestone for its Good Friday Appeal fundraising –50 years supporting the cause and more than $1 million raised over the half-century.

Thea takes on 500 to fundraise
Colac 12-year-old Thea Anderson is set to take on 500 kilometres of skiing along the Murray River this week to fundraise for the Good Friday Appeal.

CFA’s fundraising appeal returns
Local CFA members are ready to raise important funds for this year’s Good Friday Appeal, and will be out across Colac from today.

Lions reach appeal milestone
With fundraising for this year’s Good Friday Appeal underway, the Colac Lions Club is set to reach a special milestone.

New funds to boost region
Colac Area Health could see the benefits from a new funding boost for the region.

Special donation to RCH ‘family’
Gellibrand’s Luke Williams lives with two chronic health conditions and has already had 15 theatre procedures, but he doesn’t let anything hold him back.

Fun morning supports cause
A Colac fundraiser had the community walking laps and eating chocolate all in support of the Good Friday Appeal.

Hospital appeal is a success
A barrage of wet weather over the Easter long weekend has failed to dampen the generosity of Colac and district residents, after raising $46,417 for the Good Friday Appeal.

Fundraiser Ava set to feature on broadcast
A Colac 11-year-old’s heartfelt fundraiser for the Royal Children’s Hospital in honour of her brother has landed her an appearance on the Good Friday Appeal broadcast.

A bright new era for Pippa Zappelli
Colac’s Pippa Zappelli is thriving five years on from a cancer diagnosis that changed her and her family’s lives.

Creative Colac clothing
Having experienced the support and care the Royal Children’s Hospital gave her brother Jack, Ava Schram decided she wanted to give back.

Footy fines foster fundraising
A photo of a Birregurra footballer in the Colac Herald would usually cost them a $5 fine to help fund the end-of-year footy trip, but Jonty Graham’s newspaper appearance has supported an even worthier cause.

Thousands raised for hospital
Two Colac district fundraisers have collected more than $32,000 to support sick children and their families in a record-breaking year for the Good Friday Appeal.

Playful Peach bounces back
Whether she’s singing and dancing along with Emma Wiggle or running around with her dad’s Birregurra football teammates during warm-up, Peach Graham is an active and confident toddler.

Laps to support children
“Do it for the kids” is the driving factor behind a Colac fundraiser for the Royal Children’s Hospital.

Supporting sick children
“Children’s cancers and sicknesses didn’t take a holiday during COVID.”

Colac generosity on show
Colac residents have dug deep to contribute $24,926 to the Good Friday Appeal.

Baby’s injury demonstrates value of Royal Children’s Hospital
Lueanne Nemet never expected that her family would require the services of the Royal Children’s Hospital.

Volunteers out in force for hospital doorknock
Colac and district volunteers will be rattling tins again for the Good Friday Appeal this week after the fundraiser went virtual last year.

Giving back: Son’s experience sparks hospital fundraiser
Will Stephens is a cheeky, fun-loving boy who loves garbage trucks and golf.

Baby cousins share more than just a birthday
When cousins Mila McCarthy and Ted Baulch were due to be born eight days apart, their family joked of a possible shared birthday, but never wished for what would unfold.

Doctors trial treatments for girl’s rare kidney disease
A KIDNEY disease and resistance to medication have forced a 10-year-old Gellibrand girl to spend time at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital while doctors trial new treatments.

