I am stepping out of my comfort zone, aiming high to reach my goals

My name is Kaes, I was 1 of 12 students from Hornby High that volunteered for Project K, a programme run by the Graeme Dingle Foundation.

At the beginning of the year were all sent out into the wilderness for 18 days to develop our resilience carrying everything we needed over mountains and across rivers. They even wrote a very nice story about us in the news: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/04/chch-students-discover-resilience-strength-after-wilderness-adventure/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNeOwFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqZBRHGo3tRyoC_dLTb6Ozr7nMkRCw-79e9PhqQcZrpcBvxjUpUlpil596yU_aem_xCtGUASQ2YZX9N8yVN8ELg

Once we returned, we paired up with a mentor who would support us towards achieving some of our goals.

My goal is to become a pilot and when I am older, I will join the Airforce.

To push myself out of comfort zones I have explored a few avenues of fundraising, selling Whitakers chocolates and bags of CookieTime cookies at school. So far I have raised enough for 1 flight ($200)

I am reaching the end of my time on Project K at the end of November and would love to reach my target of 4 flights. I will continue to fundraise in my own time putting in all the effort I can outside of school. In the meantime, if anyone is able to support me to reach my goal in any way that would be amazing, and I would be forever grateful.