Talent and stunts galore as 40 Hour Famine kicks off!
March 17, 2006
The fantastic guys from Off the Ledge show off their skills (and World Vision).
Leaping off tall buildings (Off the Ledge) in Auckland, suspended on a queen-size bed from a crane (The Edge DJs) in Christchurch, bashing a car to smithereens (Westlake Boys) on the North Shore, sifting through rubbish in Dunedin, performing a fantastic play (MacLeans College) in Howick – these are just a few of the talented and crazy stunts and events leading up to this weekend’s 40 Hour Famine.
Crazy or not, all the participants are driven by a common passion – to stamp out child labour and poverty.
Other events are a concert at Kristin Middle School, which aims to raise $25,000 this year; students from Elim Christian College caging themselves at Botany Town Centre, and some in Christchurch in a cage in Cathedral Square. The latter got themselves on to Breakfast last Wednesday morning and Campbell Live, TV3, that night.
Students tube-racing down the Avon got themselves into the Christchurch Press, and Wellington College faminers were photographed by the DominionPost.
Wakatipu High students also got into the cage scene with five of their Famine organisers incarcerated to raise funds. Catlins Area School held a successful art auction with contributions from Margaret Mahy and other well-known artists.
New Zealand lawyers and judges are about to participate in their 11th “Lawyers for the Famine”, and have raised over $100,000 over the years.
Bay of Plenty students at Bethlehem College are participating in a Slave Drive, a shanty town, a pizza party and a Labour of Love, while their neighbours at Tauranga Girls’ did a “Walk of Thought” yesterday (Thursday).
New Plymouth Boys’ High School students will be experiencing some repetitive and boring tasks this weekend, and one student at PioPio College will be getting his head shaved next Wednesday – the supreme sacrifice!
It’s all on for this weekend as school children and young people throughout the country deny themselves - or go the extra mile - to raise funds to stamp out child labour.
