Volunteer for children's charity

Ettalong Beach resident Ms Carol Langburne will join other local volunteers to raise money for the Starlight Children's Foundation on May 1.

Starlight Day is the foundation's annual fundraising initiative to help raise money for innovative programs to ease the pain and burden for children living with an illness or injury.

Ms Langburne said she would volunteer four hours of her day on May 1, to sell Starlight merchandise at Erina Fair.

"After making some small donations to the Starlight Children's Foundation and visiting their website to find out more about the organisation I discovered they were looking for more volunteers," Ms Langburne said.

"Since I am retired and I can spare a few hours of my time I decided to give it a go and registered online.

"Other people in the community should definitely get involved in this special cause because it is a pleasant thing to do and doesn't take up too much of one's time.

"If we all volunteered a few hours of our time it would go towards making a much bigger difference."

The Starlight Children's Foundation is currently seeking more than 4000 volunteers for Starlight Day on May 1 and is aiming to raise $1.6 million.

Clare Graham, 10 Mar 2009 Interviewee: Carol Langburne, Ettalong Beach Press release, 6 Mar 2009 Jess Brophy, Starlight Children's Foundation