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Esther M

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Every school day across Western Australia, 250,000 students walk into a school where someone knows their name. In 2025, YouthCARE chaplains and volunteers showed up in 600 school communities and 38 sporting clubs across the state, from the Kimberley to the Great Southern.

They sat with students navigating hard things, served nearly 700,000 meals through Breakfast Club, delivered 30,760 wellbeing sessions, and supported more than 10,000 athletes and their families on the sidelines.

260,000 people. One consistent presence. Ridiculously good care.

Your support helps provide ridiculously good care to young Western Australians.

My Challenge: Try New Things

I love to try new things and learn new skills. I am not 'ridiculously good' at most of the things I try, but aim to be 'ridiculously good' at regularly attempting things with enthusiasm, and celebrating the attempts. 

Examples of things I have tried over the last year or so include Taiko Drumming, Woodcarving, cooking pasta from scratch, indoor snowboarding, braiding, aerial silks, and an ice bath. 

For this fundraising challenge I plan to try a MINIMUM of 30 new things - that is the equivalent of one per day! To make this achievable I will be not only trying new activities and skills, but will be aiming to also try new foods (e.g. feijoas), new places (e.g. a new surf break), new friend challenges (e.g. 'draw with your feet'), new approaches to tasks, and new experiences. 

How you can help: 
1. Donate to support the work Youthcare does in caring for school communities 
2. Suggest something for me to try, try a new thing with me, or better yet - offer to teach or guide me in something new! 
3. Commit to your own 'ridiculously good' challenge!

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My Updates

Thank you!!!

Tuesday 2nd Jun
A HUGE thank you to all those who supported me in this challenge, either by teaching me something, feeding me something, going with me to something, and/or donating! 

I was unwell a fair bit this month so the shape the challenge took morphed to accommodate that, and I am so grateful to have been able to complete it even with those limitations! In no small way is this due to the wonderful network around me! 

Challenge Completed!

Tuesday 2nd Jun

Number of Days into the Challenge: 31 (COMPLETE!)

Total Number of 'New Things' tried: 30 (16 New Activities, 7 New Skills/Strategies, 7 New Foods, 1 New Book Series)


New Things since last post: 

Parody Denim Photoshoot

New Room Arrangement Style

3D Printing

Beatsabre

Belgian Soup

Using a Foam Cutter 

Kit Kat Cereal

Toaster Pop Challenge

Parody Denim Photoshoot

Dramatic Entry Challenge

Human Bike Challenge

Human Bird Challenge

Audience Direction Game

Homemade Caramel Popcorn

Tik Tok Dance 

PB & J Cadbury Chocolate

Grape Hearts

Create a bitcoin wallet 

Homemade Truffles 

Potblack Pool 

Reverse Running Challenge 

Hotpot

Jamu & Klepon

Wednesday 13th May
A huge thanks to my delightful friend Tenielle for teaching me how to make Jamu & Klepon!

Update!

Wednesday 13th May

Number of Days into the Challenge: 13 

Total Number of 'New Things' tried so far: 8 


New Things: 

Using a “Flying Orb Ball”

Hot Glue method for removing a broken-off key from lock

Making a loud obnoxious noise using a single blade of grass and my 2 thumbs

Fencing (Enguarde!)

Tasted a traditional UK Fish Pie

Made and tasted Jamu (an Indonesian medicine drink) 

Made and tried Klepon (an Indonesian dessert)

Developed & ran a wellbeing session for a whole class targeting identified needs

Thank you to my Sponsors

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Peter Freckle

Not a trivial challenge! Goooo Esther!!!

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Tarni King

You go girl!!

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The Hartigs

Go Esther! 💜

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