The Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal raised $23.368 million this year with $5.261 million contributed by regional Victoria and southern New South Wales.
This year, funds from the Good Friday Appeal will also go directly to selected regional hospitals including Ballarat, Barwon, Bendigo, Goulburn Valley, Albury-Wodonga and Latrobe Valley to support new equipment and scholarships and improve the experience and outcomes of children receiving care in regional settings.
Towns across the Wimmera and Grampians raised the following amounts:
Ararat $40,472; Birchip $4576; Dimboola $11,607; Donald $11,960; Edenhope $2312; Goroke $4837; Harrow $2530; Hopetoun $5925; Horsham $73,188; Jeparit $2146; Kaniva $2664; Murtoa $5569; Natimuk $6725; Nhill $13,206; Pomonal $59,381; Rainbow $9163; Rupanyup $3473; St Arnaud $12,668; Stawell $35,146; Telangatuk East $17,860; Warracknabeal $29,993; Watchem $1979; and Willaura-Lake Bolac $12,867.