Lemonade Day Raises Awareness for Motor Neurone Disease

St Joseph's Primary, Wauchope, hosted 'Lemonade Day' to raise awareness and funds for Motor Neurone Disease in support of the inspiring story of the Adkins family, members of Wauchope’s school community. (18 June 2021)

St Joseph's Primary School, Wauchope, hosted a spectacular whole school community event, 'Lemonade Day', to raise money and awareness for father Matt Adkins' battle with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

St Joseph's Primary's idea behind a 'lemonade' theme comes from the saying, 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,' a motto of the Adkins Family. 

Students were joined by their families as they learned about MND through the Adkins family's inspiring message that you can still make lemonade events under challenging circumstances and live with a positive can-do attitude.

The school community enjoyed a whole school picnic lunch with lots of yummy lemon treats and fun activities including a relay event involving running and lemon squeezing between Year 6 and St Joseph's staff. The day's main event was the MND Big Freeze 7 Ice Bucket Challenge, with students nominating seven brave staff members to have ice-cold buckets of water tipped over them. 

'We really appreciate the school and community support. It was great that we were able to raise awareness for MND in a fun and colourful way, highlighting the resilience and a positive mindset towards life's challenges,' said mother Bianca Adkins.

'Today was a true example to the St Joseph's Primary School, Wauchope community spirit. It was wonderful to have students and families participate in our Lemonade Day,' stated Principal Brendan Kiely.

This fantastic display of school community spirit and compassion raised $3,500. 

Watch the highlight video of the event here!