FUNDRAISING for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal has started across the Loddon.
Inglewood Fire Brigade and Cafe 3517 have teamed for a second year with $2 from every breakfast roll sold being added to the local appeal total.
Brigade members Tarryn Smith and Shane Maxwell helped owners Brooke and Dave Smyth launch the 2025 effort on Sunday morning.
They are hoping to better last year’s contribution of $400 to the appeal.
“Our community always gets behind the fire brigade and its work for the Good Friday Appeal,” Brooke said. “We had such wonderful support for the initiative last year and we are very pleased to continue support for the appeal and the brigade.”
Brooke said the breakfast rolls were a huge menu hit with customers “from the moment doors open each day”.
She hopes Cafe 3517 will help the brigade top its 2024 fundraising total of $6400.
“We’ll be giving $2 from every breakfast roll sold between now and Good Friday to the appeal,” Brooke said.
Cafe 3517 is also among 30 local businesses taking part in the shire’s Shop Loddon campaign aimed to boost businesses and the economy.
Meanwhile, raffles for the Good Friday Appeal have already started in Inglewood and Korong Vale and Boort Amity members collected donations at this month’s harness racing cup meeting.
Donation tins will be collected by local volunteers in the days before Good Friday, April 18, as town totals are recorded.