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Children jockey for position in front of a fire truck while donning red noses Wednesday at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line in Havre.
TJ Brockie lies in the grass and plays with a foam red nose Wednesday at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line in Havre.
Jocelyn Waltner, left, and classmates put on their red noses prior to taking a group photo in front of a fire truck Wednesday at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line in Havre.
Havre firefighter Cody McLain takes a group of children on a tour of his fire truck Wednesday at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line in Havre. McLain took groups of 10 on brief tours of the truck for a large portion of the afternoon.
Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Wednesday had a preview of Red Nose Day with club members posing with Havre Fire Department firefighters to submit to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America today.
"It's a good opportunity for the kids to be part of a growing movement," Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Prevention Specialist Susan Brurud said at the event.
Red Nose Day is part of a campaign to end worldwild child poverty, the program website says. Today is National Red Nose Day.
The campaign was started by Comic Relief USA in partnership with Comcast NBCUniveral, Walgreens, Mars Wrigley Confectionery and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The funds raised in the campaign are given to support domestic and international abuse prevention programs that ensure the safety and wellbeing of children.
The site says the campaign has been ongoing for the past four years and serves children in the United States as well as across the globe.
Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line's Torch Club, a middle school prevention group, organized the local event for the Havre club to compete with the other clubs around the country Wednesday. The club with the best picture is awarded $5,000.
Brurud added that Steve Helmbrecht of Helmbrecht Photography would be submitting their picture for the competition.
"It's great for kids," she said, adding that the children in the Torch Club researched, organized and planned the event.
The children get to participate in a nationwide movement and get to have fun, Brurud said.
She added that this is the first year the club has participated in the event, but the Boys & Girls Clubs of America has been part of the campaign for five years.
Torch Club President Sienna Gleed, 10, said she was having fun at the event and enjoyed meeting new people.
Club Vice President Joella Bradley, 10, said the club works to teach leadership skills, kindness and respect to each other and the community to their members. She added that it was exciting to see the fire department get involved.
Brurud said that she was very happy with the work of the children and was proud of them for organizing the event themselves.
"They even had a backup plan in case of the weather," she said.
She added that the children ordered approximately 120 red noses for the other children in the Boys & Girls Club to wear.
"We got down to the exact nose," she said. "That is planning. Good job kids."
Red Nose Day is still accepting donations from the public. People who want to donate can find a link on the Havre Encourages Long Range Prevention - HELP - Committee's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HELPCommittee/ or visit the Red Nose Day's website at https://donation.rednoseday.org/.
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