Lightbulb Trade Relay Project for Research into a cure for Parkinson's Disease

'WATT' started it all?

Hi I'm Sakira and I go to Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington. As part of my Year 9 course this year, Marsden has introduced a new subject called "Remarkable Time". In this subject we were asked to carry out a project which starts in Term 1 and finishes in Term 3. This could be anything from writing a book, creating a new maths formula or even inventing something.

I decided because my Grandma in Australia was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and, has declined rather quickly, I wanted to find a cure. Seeing I'm only 13 this obviously couldn't happen so then I decided to raise money for people who COULD find a cure. Ummm.... But who are these people? That was one of the first questions I needed to answer. Another question on my mind was how I was actually going to raise the money itself. I surfed the net for some ideas and Mum told me to look up the 'paperclip to house' journey. It turns out a guy called Kyle McDonald traded a paperclip to a house using a bartering system.

I thought this was a really cool idea- the ability to trade something so little into so much more. I wanted something more symbolic than a paperclip though and then it came to me... A lightbulb moment!... Why not use a lightbulb? So there it was… the birth of my "Lightbulb Trade Relay" project. I decided that I would start with a lightbulb and seek "Relay Runners" that could hopefully take it step by step on a wonderful journey. Who knows, a lightbulb may have wings that will take it flying towards the sky!

Please help my lightbulb soar by making a donation. No worries how small or large the amount... It will all help!