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March 29th, 2013 
Victorians are being asked to dig deep for sick children as part of the annual Good Friday Appeal.
Source: AAP
TENS of thousands of people, including Victorian Premier Denis Napthine, are doing their bit to try to reach the Good Friday Appeal’s target of $16 million.
Victorians raised a record breaking $15,820,640.78 for the Royal Children’s Hospital by midnight on Good Friday last year.
Good Friday Appeal executive director Deborah Hallmark said organisers would be happy with any result but were hoping Victorians could help break the record again this year and reach $16 million.
By 3pm (AEDT) on Friday, $4,561,138.14 had been raised.
Ms Hallmark said the 82-year-old appeal had become iconic because of the way the Royal Children’s Hospital touched everyone’s lives.
The community effort had been incredible, she said.
“Sometimes it’s exhausting just thinking about how much energy people put into it,” she said.
“The phones have run hot and people have fundraised in all sorts of crazy ways.
“Everyone is touched by this charity.”
Fundraising events are taking place across the state while more than 100,000 volunteers are shaking collection tins on street corners.
Dr Napthine managed to raise $27,000 in just 30 seconds after reading an advertisement for Chemist Warehouse on radio, while fishermen in the Murray River town of Swan Hill are holding a fishing competition to raise funds.
The Rosstown Hotel in Carnegie is doing its bit by trying to set a record for the most chicken parmas served in one day, with all proceeds to be donated to the appeal.
Dr Napthine urged Victorians to dig deep for the hospital that has supported Victoria’s sick and injured kids for more than a century.
“It’s a great institution and it needs our support,” he said.
The appeal has received more than $245 million since it began in 1931.
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