The Armidale Bowling Club will hold a large toy raffle on December 14 to raise money for a New England teenager who has her sights set high.
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Amber Dennis, of Inverell, is in training to climb Mount Kosciuszko in February 2019. This would be a challenge for many of us – but it is an inspiring ambition for the nineteen-year-old, who has cerebral palsy.
“It’s a pretty cool opportunity, because not everybody gets to do this,” Amber said. “I get to do this, and it’s like conquering your own limitations.”
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Amber is the first from the New England area to participate in the Cerebral Palsy Alliance’s Krazy Kosci Klimb 2019 – an 18 km trek up and down Mount Kosciuszko to raise funds for equipment for clients and their families.
The Klimb is an empowering challenge for young people living with cerebral palsy or other disabilities.
Open to people from the age of 12, the event centres on 20 lead participants, each helped by their support teams, walking the summit track from Charlotte Pass to the top of Mount Kosciuszko.
Amber has been chosen to represent the region, and raise awareness around what people with disabilities can do, and the achievements they can make when supported by the community.
She is excited about the challenge ahead, but knows it’s going to be hard reaching Australia’s highest peak.
“Staying motivated to get up the whole way instead of just collapsing, I think, will be the hardest thing,” Amber said.
Amber’s dedicated team includes her mum Angela and sister Lona-May.
The 2018 Krazy Kosci Klimb raised over $250,000, and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance is looking to do even better in the 2019 event.
To help raise funds, the raffle will be held at the Bowling Club, December 14, from 5pm to 7pm.
More than $5000 worth of prizes to be won, plus a great selection of children’s favourite Christmas gifts, including bikes, trikes, scooters, magic sets, soft toys, dolls, nerf gear, laser tag sets, tea party sets, and Transformers.
This is the fifth year the Cerebral Palsy Alliance will run the Krazy Kosci Climb, and Amber is urging readers of The Armidale Express to get behind her and her team.
“All that help is appreciated, because it will really make a difference in the future,” she said.
“I’m looking forward to getting to the top and saying: ‘I climbed a mountain!’ Even if I have a disability, I can still do it. If I can do it, you can do it.”
People can donate to Team Amber via the following link: https://www.krazykosciklimb.com.au/