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Working out to give back From page 1 As a qualified personal trainer, Ryan has worked at Body Fit Training in Lilydale for just over 12 months and hoped people might find inspiration in at least some part of the workout he did. “If people actually want to give this workout a go they can give it a go with common house type stuff,” he said. The support he received from the gym community, Ryan said, was incredible not to mention the people who were watching in support online via a live stream. As a football enthusiast and sporty person, Ryan said physical activity had always been ingrained in his everyday life but this challenge went beyond anything he had ever done before. “As I’ve grown older, you just do it for yourself, you get more out of it, you set goals for yourself and once you’ve reached it you’ve got that next goal. “It’s just a good feeling, it clears your headspace, you can kick back and relax and focus on whatever it is you’re doing. “I’m appreciating it a lot more now than I was when I was younger because when I was younger it was all sports related but now fitness is just competition with yourself.” Having hoped to be finished within two hours of starting, around half way through the 10 exercises the fatigue was starting to kick in but Ryan was determined to finish. Aiming to raise at least $1000 by the end of Thursday, he had reached $1157 by 4pm. Planning to leave the donation page open for an extra week, Ryan said every little bit helped the RCH support and care for sick kids. The hospital treats thousands of children each year and relies on the generosity of donations every year to sustain the level of care
The idea behind the challenge was to be mentally and physically demanding.
Ryan mid air during his 100 burpees.
Pictures: STEWART CHAMBERS
provided on a daily basis. “The hospital treats over 44,000 children in the wards and medical centre, 91,000 in emer-
Running 100 laps of the gym was an exhausting effort.
gency and sees over 470,000 through telehealth or as outpatients in the community each year,” the Good Friday Appeal website reads.
To help increase Ryan’s target, donations can be made via fundraise.goodfridayappeal. com.au/fundraisers/ryanpatersonBFT/gfa
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Montrose CFA members were out rattling tins on Friday 7 April, collecting donations for the Good Friday Appeal. Pictures: MONTROSE CFA
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School students across Victoria made their return to school following summer holidays, while 2021’s preps got their first taste of primary school life. Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy conducted a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony for Badger Creek Primary School students and staff. See page 7 for more back to school excitment.
Back to school! School students across Victoria made their return to school following summer holidays, while 2021’s preps got their first taste of primary school life. Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy By Jed Lanyon
Centre in the lead up to Christmas. Many locals far and wide were able to keep up their Christmas tradition in getting a family photo with ‘The Real Santa’ who they had grown to love. The unlikely tandem tallied upwards of $30,000 from their family Christmas photos and then selected four charities to each receive
$8400 to help make the lives of children better. The four recipients of the funds included: Backpacks 4 Vic Kids, A Better Life For Foster Kids, HeartKids and Chum Creek’s Good Life Farm. The organisations shared how the funds had already been put to good use. Backpacks 4 Vic Kids CEO and founder Sally Beard told Star Mail the donation came as a “delightful surprise”.
“We’re very, very grateful on behalf of the children, whose lives that it will impact,” she said. “We have absolutely put that money to good use.” Ms Beard shared that the $8400 donation from Branded is aiding 112 children in need with care packs filled with toiletries, spare changes of clothes, a toy and more. Continued page 2 12477022-SN06-21
It’s February, but Santa Claus’ gifts keep on coming for several charity organisations who benefited from a partnership between Saint Nick and Seville’s Branded Burger Bar. The burger bar came to the rescue when they partnered with Santa, who had seen his role replaced at Chirnside Park Shopping
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A number of local CFA crews could be spotted out rattling tins for the Good Friday Appeal on 7 April. Montrose, Lilydale, Mooroolbark and Chirnside Park fire brigades all collected donations this year, both online and in person. Across the Knox Group brigades, CFA members were able to raise a total of $26,362.50 in notes and coins, with further donations made with card facilities used this year. In total the CFA, statewide, raised an incredible total of $1,606,287 for the Royal Children’s Hospital. “A huge thank you to all of our members who took part in fundraising for this year’s Appeal, both today and during the lead up, and an enormous thank you to the community members who have once again been so generous and supported the cause,” the CFA posted to social media. Once again the Good Friday Ap-
Members were channelling the Easter Bunny. peal raised a record breaking amount of $23,061,320. “Giving for the kids is what the Good Friday Appeal is all about and what big, generous hearts Victorians have had this year,” Good Friday Appeal Chairman Penny Fowler said. “We are incredibly grateful to communities in Victoria and all the volunteers for digging deep for The Royal Children’s Hospital.” mailcommunity.com.au