It’s more than a marathon for these wonderful walkers. Almost 400 students from four schools wore their broadest smiles—and strongest shoes—as they took on a huge challenge for a great cause last week.
Students from Elisabeth Murdoch College, Woodlands Primary, Langwarrin Park Primary and Langwarrin Primary walked more than 50km from St Kilda to Frankston over the course of one day. Leaving their schools at about 5.45am and starting the lengthy walk at 7am, the I Can Challenge participants raised more than $200,000 for the Good Friday Appeal, an annual fundraiser for Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital.
I Can Challenge organiser Jess Wade said the event had a special connection to the appeal, with the Good Friday Appeal chair, Penny Fowler, related to one of the participating school’s namesakes(同名的人). “We participate because of the connection with Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, who is Penny Fowler’s grandmother,” Ms Wade said. “We were lucky enough to have Penny join us for the first 10km, which was awesome.”
The I Can Challenge has been running every second year since 2014, collecting more than $655,000 in donations in that time.
One of the walkers, Oscar Taylor, 10, raised $3000 for this year’s event, knocking on doors in his local community to ask for donations under the supervision of his parents. His proud mum, Sammy, said Oscar’s efforts ahead of the walk boosted his confidence, respect, empathy (共情) and public speaking skills. “He was pretty nervous to begin with, so he made a video to post on the local community Facebook page announcing his intention to door knock and asking the recipients to be kind as it was his first time,” she said. “It was met with such an amazing response, that he was pumped to get started and meet everyone.”
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