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Socking It to Eating Disorders in Wales! 

4/3/2015

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A Guest Blog from Zac Missen, Llanfyllin High School :

Why Charlottes Helix?

As my sister has suffered from Anorexia over the past 6 years, I thought it would be good to use a charity in eating disorder awareness week, which was close to the family, and being a senior prefect at school it was easy to get everyone on board.
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Snake wrestling!
Picture"Odd" socks
I got the school on board as they had done 'sock it' before, therefore knew what it was about.  I suggested Charlotte's Helix instead of Beat, being an up and coming eating disorder charity.  I wrote a letter with the head boy to the parents and guardians of the children in school, explaining who Charlotte's Helix are and about eating disorder awareness week.  We have to have all our letters translated into Welsh which may be the first time Charlotte's Helix has been seen in the welsh language*.

'Sock it' is a fun and easy way of raising awareness of eating disorders whilst raising awareness of Charlotte's Helix and what the charity is achieving too.

Pupils were expected to wear their silly socks and bring in any odd socks too, as well as donate at least a pound to wear their non uniform socks.  We made a sock snake at lunch break with all the odd socks, the end measurement was somewhere around 30 meters...
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socks that rise above their shoes
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well modelled socks
In all we raised  £240, which should be on the way to Charlotte's Helix.  The day was great fun and the pupils really enjoyed it.
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snake charmers | charmers neidr
From the Editor:  Thank you Zac, and all at Llanfyllin High School, from all at Team Charlotte's Helix!  It looks like you had a lot of fun, with the socks, with the snake, and with the construction of the day, and we are so very grateful for the awareness and the funds - and, just for the record, *it is!

Y Ddraig Goch ddyry gychwyn!
(Rough translation - The Red Dragon leads the way!)
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Emily Bevan and Liana Mensh for the Helix design
Dr. Cynthia Bulik and her UNC team for the AN25K challenge
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