Harold the giraffe has been establishing his fan base throughout the Far North over the last 20 years, and now he needs a hand.
Harold is the mascot of the Far North Life Education Trust, whose mobile classroom is the only one of 45 around the country that has yet to be updated with the latest technology, and the trust needs $50,000 to fix that.
Trust chairwoman Diane Henderson said the classroom hadn't changed much from the days when the educator sat up the front with Harold and children watched a video or DVD.
"The new upgrade is amazing. The sides of the walls are all touch screens, and if the teacher brings up the body and the heart or something the kids can go in and touch it and see the heart beating. It's just really interactive," she said.
"It's always been a magical place with the star lights. It's that kind of thing again, but we're taking it to the next level now, and we think our kids deserve it."