This Friday, June 16, three 6th Form students from St Bonaventure’s, will abseil down the iconic Orbit structure and observation tower in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, for CAFOD.
The 114.5 metre tall building is the UK’s highest free fall abseil and only the brave attempt such a feat but that is exactly what John Dawes and Gabriel Vieira, both 17 and Amal Shabu who’s 16, will be attempting to do to raise funds for the charity.
They have set up a JustGiving page as they want to raise ÂŁ300.
In the build up to the descent, the boys have been selling ice creams and lolly ices in the playground at the school in Boleyn Road every lunch time and break time to help boost funds. With the warm weather, these have been very popular with the ices selling out each day.
The abseil is set for 3pm.
The Director of RE at St Bonaventure’s, Andy Lewis, who will be going with them on Friday added: “They said they wanted to do something big for CAFOD and you can’t get much bigger than this. I know they are really looking forward to it and we’re hoping for good weather to make the descent smoother.“
