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St Bede’s students raise $100k for teen cancer

Tuesday, October 7th, 2014

On Wednesday 24th September 154 pupils and 40 staff left St Bede’s College in Christchurch New Zealand on the start of the “Run For A Life” CanTeen fundraiser.

When they crossed the finishing line last week each of them had run the equivalent of a half marathon each day for the past five days.

Their 120-kilometre effort raised more than $100,000 for CanTeen, a charity supporting teenagers with cancer.

The 154 St Bede’s College pupils were joined by six other students from other Catholic schools.

The boys were split into eight 20-person teams, each running to Christchurch from a different South Island location, including Nelson, Cromwell, Motueka, Haast, Karamea and Mt Cook.

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