So… what do you do with 32 million five cent coins?
You make them into a massive heart of course – get yourself a world record then dump all the money into cancer research!
I have been following Connie & her brother Sam at Love Your Sister – a family that has devoted so much to raising money to kick cancer in the backside. (Sam, I must admit has a whole string more of colourful adjectives than I am willing to write down in my blog 🙂 )
One of my sisters, Rosemary, who lives in Canberra where this event is happening, and my niece Emma went down after work to join in the fun – so all the photos are from Rosemary (She is like my interstate correspondent)
Due to the amount of coins received, there was no way they could stack them – so they just built a big heart shape and let people (in Sam’s words) “Piff them in!”
There were stalls set up to buy this and that to add $$ to the cause – I can’t upload videos on my page, but the fairy floss had flashing lights!! Can’t get much cooler than that hey?
Rosemary said the security at the barrels amused her. How far do you think someone is going to get trying to move a barrel full of coins?? Only the very strong criminals need apply.
There was other fun stuff around. Fancy a go on a unicycle?
When Connie was diagnosed with breast cancer, Sam set out on his unicycle and rode 15,000kms (9320 miles) around Australia, setting a Guinness World Record and raising over 1.75 million dollars! That takes brotherly love to a whole new level!
You donated by buying five cent coins by the metre. I am assuming that distances to each location noted here also let you know how many five cent coins you’d need to line up to get there!!
Meh – too much maths – lets eat fairy floss! (Emma and her friend, Oscar – who was experiencing his first ever taste of that sugary goodness!!)
This is Connie’s last project. The cancer is taking its toll, but she wanted to do something amazing while she still could.
They aimed at a million dollars. Things are still happening out there as I write, but at last count they were up to $1.6 million.
I am so very happy it has been such a success – and that money will go directly to the places it needs to go to get the research done.
Cheers!
PS link to an interview with Connie and Sam – They are so excited – its lovely to watch!
PSS while proof reading this I did read that they made over $2 million!
send this lovely person information from this site they have been beating cancer for over 50 years:
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Hi – sorry this ended up in my spam folder! I will find some time soon to have a read 🙂 Thank-you
Love this! Such a neat way to raise money for an important cause. Not to detract from that topic at all, but I got me some chooks(we never use the word “chook” in the southern US so this was fun for me)! Actually they are week old chicks, only 2 of them, so do you still use the word “chook” if it is actually just a tiny chick? Anyway, my daughter brought them home from school. They had an incubator in the classroom so when the eggs hatched, the kids got to bring them home. This is my first time raising my own chickens so wish me luck!
Thanks Jennifer – was fabulous to see their success yesterday – I was excited to have some live updates from my sister!!
LOL – I love it how I am seeing some of the Australian words creeping into messages from readers! (I think ‘cuppa’ and ‘chooks’ are quite popular)
And how exciting getting chicks!! I suppose we would call them chicks until they looked more chook-like! haha
We have never raised them from babies before either – with all the other things to do and distractions we have settled for birds at point of lay. Maybe one day I will give it a go?
I hope you have a lot of fun with them. Hand raised chooks are awesome and friendly!
Have you had older chickens before or is this your first time with them at any age??
I grew up around chickens because grandpa had a farm but this is my first time having any type of chickens on my own. They are fun and I hope they lay eggs one day like yours!
You’ll love it so much! Getting your own eggs is so exciting! Although ours are not laying too well right now!! First time ever we have had bad production! Might have to get some more chooks when I return home!!
I love the name fairy floss. In the US we call it cotton candy. I love to eat it too. Talk about a sugar high.
lol – yes, I am going to enjoy the ‘language exchange’ when I am in the US! Fairy floss is awesome stuff!! 🙂
Thanks for sharing this Lisa! It was such an exciting day and night! I wish I could have gone, but with a virus I didn’t want to compromise anyone’s health there, as there were lots of cancer sufferers. Of course I donated online. Let’s hope it keeps climbing! What an amazing pair! X
Such a shame you were under the weather 🙁 But smart move not to go! Glad I got to see what was happening via Rosemary and Emma! I’ll have to go back and check what the last tally was! xx