BINNEY Street was alive on Friday to not only the throng of holiday makers during their mid-journey café stop on Easter pilgrimages, but the air was punctuated with the occasional blurt of fire engine sirens as the Good Friday Appeal reached its annual climax.
Collectors made use of the fine weather to scoop up donations for the Royal Children's Hospital, from visitors and locals as part of the Euroa-wide door knock appeal, with dashing younger collectors being told to 'hey, slow down' by street café crowds and make the most of their effort.
The day raised over $17,000.
The Appeal's organiser of 20 years Neville Mawson praised the efforts of the volunteers, some of whom worked a ten-hour day.
"It's a fantastic effort from a small community in one day," Mr Mawson said.
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"It was down a little bit from last year, but the Good Friday Appeal organisers phoned us that evening and said that, over the years, Euroa had raised more than $500,000 for the hospital."
Four fire trucks worked the streets, with SES volunteers and other community members going door-to-door, with a contingent heading out to the freeway's service stations. Even the caravan park wasn't spared.
Mr Mawson said about 70 per cent of residents were home.
On that metric, the average contribution for each Euroan was about $8, and a whopping $400 was collected per volunteer.
By any measure, Euroa punches well above its rate, possibly right out of the ring.
Mr Mawson also lauded the efforts of junior SES volunteers during the week who manned an Easter raffle which raised $2100.
"It's just showing that volunteerism is paramount, as demonstrated by the junior brigade."
After 45 years' total involvement in the Appeal, Mr Mawson looks far from stopping.
"It's doing well," he said.
"It never stops."
