On the beat: Good Friday Appeal tin rattling volunteers made residents aware of their early morning arrival with the assistance of sirens from fire trucks, police cars and SES vehicles.
Sirens echoed through the streets of Kyabram on Saturday and bleary eyed residents, often in dressing gowns with coins and notes in their hands, stepped outside their homes to meet Good Friday Appeal volunteers at their front gate.
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Instead of door knocking, CFA, VicPol, SES and community volunteers walked alongside the emergency services vehicles and announced their arrival in streets with the use of sirens - normally reserved for responses to emergency situations in the community,
Since the events of the pandemic, the CFA-lead door knock had altered its approach to avoid any unnecessary close contact with community members, a decision which had allowed the appeal to maintain its high standards in Kyabram.
Appeal co-ordinator Mick Crompton, who alongside teenage son Kayne, was himself door knocking in the streets of the town, said there had been no reduction in the amount of money raised through the decision not to knock on the front door of homes.
“People now know that on Good Friday when the sirens sound in their street it is time to come out and donate,” he said.
Team Tamani: Leilani Tamani has a sense of urgency to her involvement in the Good Friday Appeal collecting, spending the morning alongside Kyabram SES Unit member father Joji.
Mason’s message: Tameka Cheong and son Mason spent the morning alongside the CFA, SES and VicPol door knockers on Friday. Mason, who has Lowe Syndrome, is a regular visitor to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and was spreading the message about the life changing treatment he is receiving from specialists at the hospital.
