Chopstick Challenge
Created by Kylie
6th April 2019
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Story
Eliza (9) and her friends Rosie and Eliza T (8) are holding a week-long sponsored Chopstick Challenge to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. They plan to eat their meals using only chopsticks for 1 week and ask for sponsorship from family and friends. Eliza wants to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis in memory of her Cousin, Jack Senior. Jack was born on 16th January 2018, and sadly died on April 6th 2018 at 11 weeks old, having never left the hospital, due to complications of Cystic Fibrosis. Jack was born in Philadelphia and although we didn't get the chance to meet him, he had a profound effect on all of us. Rosie and Eliza T saw how devastated she was by losing Jack, and they all spent a lot of time talking about him, which really helped Eliza through a difficult time. During their talks they had the idea of raising money for Cystic Fibrosis Trust as something practical and positive that they could do together, in memory of Jack. They came up with the Chopstick Challenge as they wanted to do something that would be difficult to do. Eliza says that if Jack had lived, he would have had to struggle and work hard to do something that we find easy (breathing) every day of his life, and so she thought that using chopsticks would make an everyday 'easy' thing for her more difficult. They came up with a plan to approach their headteachers at their respective schools to get permission to 'chopstick challenge' during school time, and they devised a set of rules to ensure that, whilst wholeheartedly taking on the challenge, they were also thinking of their own well-being! Their rules include: *You must eat a balanced diet, and ensure that you get enough to eat. *You may chop things up beforehand if needed. *You may use normal chopsticks, or 'kids' chopsticks if you are having problems with the normal ones. You may also use a spoon for yogurt, soup etc. *You must practice using chopsticks regularly before the challenge begins! From Sunday March 31st until Saturday April 6th we will be eating as much of our meals as we can with chopsticks. We are determined to raise as much as we can for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, please help us beat our target! From Eliza, Rosie and Eliza xxxUpdates
Update & total raised!
25th April 2020Eliza, Rosie and Eliza T raised an incredible £840.30 for the CF Trust through their Chopstick Challenge!
They spent their whole week using chopsticks, school dinners, rice, crisps... Even porridge 😂
