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ANNA Greaney\u2019s parents have asked the Portarlington community to celebrate what would have been their daughter\u2019s third birthday with random acts of kindness.<\/p>\n

The adventurous and fun-loving little girl tragically drowned near the town\u2019s pier last September, and parents Billee and Patrick want to make Anna\u2019s birthday on February 9 a day full of smiles instead of tears.<\/p>\n

Billee said her mum created some small cards featuring photos of Anna that she would love to see passed around the community along with some small acts of kindness.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Anna loved flowers and always came galloping in the front door with a fist full of sour grass flowers for me,\u201d Billee said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hoping people might take one of these cards and share it with someone else along with a small act of kindness or a flower under someone’s windscreen in memory of Annie.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother idea I loved is people getting creative and writing Anna\u2019s name in different places.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be in the sand or in chalk on the side of a fence or building, maybe down at the pier where she loved to be (please don’t deface property permanently) or whatever your imagination might come up with.\u201d<\/p>\n

About 10 businesses across Portarlington have already put their hand up to place some of these cards at a counter so people can collect them.<\/p>\n

Billee, Patrick and two of their children Nate and Miranda, are currently in Ireland visiting family and are hoping to return to Portarlington once flight restrictions ease due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully by July things will have settled and we can be home in time for the first anniversary of Anna’s passing in September … I long to sit down at the pier and be where my baby once was.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Billee has created the \u201cAnna Greaney celebration page<\/a>\u201d on Facebook, described as being \u201cfor anyone, anywhere in the world, who wants to support Anna’s family, and celebrate her life – particularly through milestone events\u201d.<\/p>\n

Billee and Patrick would love it if people taking part in the initiative could post photos to the Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Cards will be available at Portovino, Port Produce Tree, Rose Quartz, Jenkins Seafood and Just Next Door, along with My-Shell Beauty in St Leonards and St Andrews Uniting Church which will have a few to distribute at a church service on February 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANNA Greaney\u2019s parents have asked the Portarlington community to celebrate what would have been their daughter\u2019s third birthday with random acts of kindness. The adventurous and fun-loving little girl tragically drowned near the town\u2019s pier last September, and parents Billee and Patrick want to make Anna\u2019s birthday on February 9 a day full of smiles […]<\/p>\n

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