Red Nose Day celebrations took place across the nation last Friday and youngsters at Taylors Gully Children’s Services in Stawell were quick to throw their support behind the campaign.
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While many childcare centres throughout Australia organised discos to support the fundraiser, children at Taylors Gully took the option of making their own red noses and making a donation to support the Sudden Infant Death Research Foundation.
Red Nose Day has continued to grow in popularity since its inception in 1977. Kaarene Fitzgerald commenced the formation of the Sudden Infant Death Research Foundation Inc the day following the death of her son Glenn on July 10 that year.
The first Red Nose Day was held in Victoria in 1987. When the Red Nose Day campaign was initiated nationally in 1988, it was Kaarene who had the foresight and initiative to encourage the other member organisations of the National SIDS Council of Australia to use this unique method of fundraising.
