Canterbury teenager Ross's baked bean challenge raises money for new African schools
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by Alex Claridge
Wacky Ross Waldron spent a day
sitting in a tub of baked beans to raise money for charity.
The 16-year-old (pictured
left) Chaucer School pupil was submerged in 186 cans of beans
at the Whitefriars shopping centre in central Canterbury for eight
hours.
He raised £562 which will be put
towards sending him on a trip to Kenya next summer where he will
help build a school with the charity Camps International.
The beans were donated by Tesco,
where Ross works at the Whitstable store.
Ross, of Field End Place in
Boughton, said: “Everyone thinks I’m bonkers for doing this, but
they’ve been really supportive too.
“Loads of my friends and even the
teachers from school have been down to see me.
“I got used to the smell of beans
quite quickly, but it was quite uncomfortable and I got cold in the
afternoon, especially when the wind picked up.
“But it’s all for a good
cause.”
Ross was helped out by his sisters
Page, 13, and Taylor, 11, and step-father Tony Barnett.
But it was his mother Kelly who
came up with the idea and who spent months planning it.
She said: “It was a fantastic day
and we were absolutely gobsmacked with the amount we raised. It
exceeded all our expectations and was much more than we could have
wished for.”
Passers-by were invited to guess
how many tins of beans were used and the those who came closest
received prizes.
Kelly added: “It’s been a lot of
work, but I’d especially like to thank Whitefriars and Towergate
Insurance, who have been the main sponsor.”
Monday, September 21 2009
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