If there's one day that holds significance for Kiwis on the annual fundraising calendar each year, it's Red Nose Day.
Dating back to 1989, Red Nose Day is Cure Kids' flagship fundraiser which has seen New Zealanders join forces over the years to raise funds for vital child health research. Red Nose Day has grown to become one of our country's most recognised appeals, symbolised by red noses and made popular with its catchy theme song 'You make the whole world smile'. Children of the 80s and 90s will probably hold fond memories of the annual fundraiser, and the fun that went along with it.
Last year, the Red Nose Day appeal raised over $1 million thanks to the generosity of Kiwis. Red Nose Day is back on Friday 28 September and it is set to be another big one with the aim to raise another $1 million for child health research.
Many of us know someone or we may have been personally affected by serious illnesses and conditions that affect our children. From stillbirth, cystic fibrosis, child cancers, obesity, autism spectrum disorders, asthma, and inherited heart conditions to mental health, infectious diseases, epilepsy and type 1 diabetes, to name a few.
That's why Cure Kids is committed to making a difference by supporting researchers, medical experts and scientists in the field of child health – and over the years many breakthroughs have been achieved.
