The search is on for volunteers to help out with this year’s Good Friday Appeal, on Friday, April 7.
The Tullamarine-based Uncle Bobs Club (UBC) is on the hunt for intersection collectors, counting room volunteers and face painters and fairy floss sellers at the Kids Day Out at he Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
UBC fundraising and volunteer manager Stacey Ramadge said the club has been involved with the Good Friday Appeal since 1942.
“It all started with a few gentlemen who decided they wanted to do more for the children’s hospital. They donated one bob – as it was known back then – every week and visited the hospital. The kids knew this was happening and referred to the gentlemen as ‘uncles’ and that’s how the Uncle Bobs Club came about,” she said.
The club looks after all intersection collectors on Good Friday, as well as assisting in the appeal counting room and at the Kids Day Out.
Ms Ramadge said volunteers needed to be 16 years or older and have a police check, while counting room and Kids Day Out volunteers must also have a Working with Children Check.
Intersection collectors are needed from 10am-5pm, while the Kids Day Out runs all day, from 9am. Counting room volunteers are asked to work in the afternoon and evening.
Anyone interested in volunteering should call 9335 6300 or visit: ubcvic.org.au
Laura Michell
