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Firefighter facing challenge again u by Kent Caddick
When Darfield firefighter Philip Hunt hit his mid-life crisis instead of buying a sports car he turned instead to stair climbing.
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And it wasn’t just any ordinary stair climbing as he took on the biggest challenge in New Zealand, the Sky Tower Stair Challenge which raises money for the Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand organisation (LBC). Last year Hunt was one of 750 firefighters who battled their way up 51 floors to the top of Auckland’s Sky Tower in full firefighter gear weighing up to 25kg. The 2014 event saw over $915,000 raised in support of LBC. “I guess I was bitten by the bug after that as late last year I went to Melbourne and completed the 88-floor climb up the Eureka Skydeck tower,” Hunt said. He’s now in training to do the 2015 Sky Tower challenge in May and is looking for sponsorship support from the local community to help raise more money for LBC. Hunt, who lives on a lifestyle block on the outskirts of Darfield with his wife Joana and their 6-year-old twins, said his interest in raising funds for leukaemia research came after his own brush with cancer. “Around 11 years ago I was diagnosed with bladder cancer but fortunately I came through that alright. It raised my awareness of these types of illnesses and I wanted to be able to assist in helping to raise funds to support people with cancer and help with research. “One of the best things about supporting LBC is that all funds raised go directly to the organisation and no one is taking a cut on the way through.”
p Darfield firefighter Philip Hunt is looking for help to raise funds for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand
This year Hunt, who owns Malvern Waste Solutions, has developed a unique fundraising campaign by offering up his bin and waste collection truck to be sign-written with the names of those businesses who donate to LBC in his name. “We worked out by clearing off our own signage from the truck we have 26
spaces on the truck for businesses to have their names placed there.” Those spots are now up for grabs at $100 a placement and it is a matter of ‘first come first served’. People and businesses can go to Hunt’s Facebook page to sign up. continued on page 4 …
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