Esther Maxwell

Support my challenge to care for young Western Australians

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!