STEP-A-THON

You might have heard about it before, or perhaps you don’t even know what it is! That was me a couple of days ago. One morning, Mr Petch told our class about the ‘Step-a-thon’, an event raising funds for the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. The aim is to gather sponsors before the event. Next, you count your steps for the whole week (1-7 September) and then your sponsors are able to donate money towards the cause. Plus, you would have fun every day!

The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is an organisation focused on combating emerging children’s health issues, such as diabetes, obesity and food allergies, as well as finding answers to unsolved problems, such as cancer and genetic conditions. Their vision is to be a main contributor to the fountain of knowledge that will help improve many children’s lives.

The first 25 000 children that register for the Step-a-thon will receive a free pedometer that will help in counting your steps. I have registered for the event and am very excited! Did you know the average child takes 10 000 steps per day? What would happen if every child registered was sponsored $5 for every 10 000 steps? A miracle, that’s what!

Sign up for Step-a-thon at http://stepathon.org.au/

- By Lucy