One young resident who is now onto his second year of personally donating his pocket money, with mum Kira and dad Tyrone donating funds from since he was born is Kobe Murray.
Each week, Kobe gets a certain amount of pocket money, generally between $5 - $10 from doing chores around the house with majority of this going into his Good Friday Appeal box.
The intellectual four old understands what a difference his donations make as he is aware that his dad Tyrone was very sick when he was born and spent time in the Royal Children's Hospital.
Proud nan Jann Murray said any spare money he gets he fills a money box to be able to take down to the fire station to donate.
“He is very smart and understands what the day stands for,” Mrs Murray said.
“Our son, Kobe’s dad Tyrone wouldn’t be here without the hospital. Kobe knows that and says he does it ‘cause daddy lived’.
“When he gets extra money, he always has to go to the supermarket or somewhere that will change his notes to coins.
“He always says ‘if you are going to give me money, you have to make it coins.”
Whilst Kobe has taken it upon himself to donate his pocket money to assist sick children, the family have always been involved in the appeal.
Nan and Pop Jann and Gordon currently assist the Tungamah Good Friday activities with the small town raising a fantastic $31,769.
“Anything to do with the Royal Children's Hospital, we as a family try to be involved where we can,” Mrs Murray said.
“It’s great to see people coming from everywhere to donate and take part in what has become such a great day for such a worthwhile cause.
“We just wanted to do something to give him a bit of acknowledgement and a bit more of a push to continue it going forward.”
Kobe wasn’t the only youngster to donate his hard-earned pocket money with the Chronicle witnessing for themselves, as well as the CFA and SES crews who conducted the street drives providing feedback that many young people donated to the cause which is a heartwarming act to witness.
