All eyes will be on Club Taree tomorrow, November 23 for Manning Great Lakes Police District’s White Ribbon Day world record attempt.
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The 19th fairway of the golf course will be turned into a white, woollen wonderland as kilometres of knitted wool will be laid in an attempt to break the world record for the longest awareness ribbon.
Detective Sergeant Natalie Antaw said contributions for the record attempt have been sent from across the country.
“We’ve received contributions from all over Australia, in every state and territory, including our counterparts at the Northern Territory Police Communications Section. Not only policing departments but communities from a far.
“A massive shout out to our local community in the Manning Great Lakes Police District who have been amazing with their contributions also,” Detective Sergeant Antaw said.
On the back of multiple reported domestic violence related murders this year, Chief Inspector Christine George said the awareness campaign serves as a timely reminder.
“It’s time to raise awareness in this community and across Australia,” Chief Inspector George said.
Chief Inspector George was thrilled with the support shown for the initiative.
“It actually warms our hearts to know when something good is going on, all the community gets involved.
“It’s been humbling the whole community got on board with this initiative.
“Both Natalie and I are stopped in the street on a regular basis by people who are knitting for us,” Chief Inspector George said.
There have been many stories of individuals and community groups coming together to knit.
“We have stories of ladies who are recovering from cancer who have said the initiative has given them something to do,” Chief Inspector George said.
Whether the record is broken or not, Detective Sergeant Antaw said domestic violence awareness is still getting out to the community.
“We may or may not get that but we’ve hit our mark already for the amount of awareness we have raised because of how far reaching the initiative has gone,” Detective Sergeant Antaw said.
The White Ribbon Day event at Club Taree will begin at 10.30am.