Register soon for first prems walk

Registrations will close next week ahead of Warragul’s first Walk for Prems on Saturday, October 29.

The walk is the first held in Gippsland to raise funds for Life’s Tiny Treasures Foundation which supports families of babies born sick or prior to 37 weeks gestation.

Starting at 10am, the 3.5km walk will utilise the nearby walking trails. There will also be craft and cake stalls as well as a Lions barbecue and entertainment.

Registrations close on Wednesday, October 18 with the cost to participate $18 for adults, $10 for children and $7 for babies under two-yearsold.

Walk for Prems is now in its eighth year. Funds raised will help support 48,000 premature or sick babies born in Australia every year.

When the foundation expressed interest at setting up walks in regional locations, local resident Serena Arnold jumped at the chance to host a Warragul walk.

Ms Arnold said her son Thomas weighed 1.2kg when born at 32 weeks gestation. Now a perfectly healthy nineyear-old, the family volunteer at Monash’s Ronald McDonald House to give back and she said “I’ve seen the help they (the foundation) have given everyone”.

“It’s amazing how many people know someone who’s had a premmie,” she said.

To register or for further information, visit walkforprems.org.au.