24HR FIGHT - CANCER WALK
In the early hours of Saturday Oct 12, two John Therry students joined a group of 30 walkers to raise money for the 24 Hour Fight Against Cancer Macarthur. They joined the DawnBreakers team, who walk from Camden Palliative Care Unit to Campbelltown Sports Stadium at Leumeah - a whopping 20 kms. Both Maddison Burke (Year 10) and Jeremy Halabi (Year 8) are to be commended on this huge commitment, particularly as this took place not only on a weekend, but during the school holidays!
The walk begins at Camden, walking towards Narellan but cutting through the back of Elderslie/Narellan Vale. We then walk through Mt Annan to our first pit stop at Mt Annan McDonald’s who donate fruit, water and cookies as support for us. We continue along Narellan Rd and pit stop at Campbelltown Hospital for a photo, before continuing along Queen St. We quickly stop at Kings Charcoal Chicken who sponsor the main event and also walk in the DawnBreakers side - they always give us trays and trays of fresh watermelon which tastes so good after walking 16+ kilometres at this point. We then continue to Woodbine McDonald’s where we have a final catered pit stop, before we cross over the train tracks and enter the Stadium as a part of the Opening Ceremony of the main event. Our event is then over, whilst the event for the majority of walkers just begins as they start their laps and walk into the night.
The JT team has so far raised an amazing $1000. All funds raised stay in the Macarthur region and go towards support and care for cancer patients. Donations are still able to be made if you wish to support this cause, (thank you!) https://fundraise.24hrfight.org.au/p/354902/john-therry-catholic-college.
Miss Kelleher would like to thank Mr McAllister for joining our walk, and she looks forward to a bigger JT side next year!
