About Our Challenge
This June, our Spirit Captains are taking the initiative to lead our school in the Push-Up Challenge to raise funds and awareness for mental health. We have chosen to support the mental health organisation headspace, and our school fundraising goal is $2,000. The Push-Up Challenge is an annual Australian mental health and fitness event, running from 3–26 June 2026, where participants complete 3,307 push-ups in 24 days to represent the lives lost to suicide in Australia each year. By taking part, we are helping to start important conversations about mental health and showing support for those who may be struggling.
You can show your support by joining our school team and getting involved in the challenge. In your homeroom, you will sign up in groups of 4–5 students. Each week, your group will be set a certain number of push-ups to complete, and these can be done in your spare time or at school, as long as they are recorded correctly.
Every push-up and every dollar raised helps improve mental health outcomes for young people in Australia through the headspace organisation. The homeroom with the highest total number of push-ups at the end of the challenge will win a pizza party. Let’s work together, support mental health, and see how many push-ups our school can do! #pushforbetter
Supporting headspace
headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention mental health services for 12-25 year olds.
Each year, headspace helps thousands of young people access vital support through our headspace centres in over 175 communities across Australia, our online and phone counselling services, our vocational services, and our presence in schools.
The support headspace receives from the community helps us achieve our vision - that all young Australians are supported to be mentally healthy and engaged in their communities.
State Of The Push-Ups
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Thank you to our Sponsors
$250
Anonymous
$120
Anonymous
$120
Naomi McQueen
Yeah Isaac!
$100
Rosie
Well done Tess! Such an important organisation.
$100
Bethany Boulton
You will be so strong after this month! Go for it August!
$100
Paul Scarborough
$100
Ginny
$100
Matt David
Go for it Leo you legend!
$100
Mum & Dad
Good luck with the challenge hon, congratulations on helping such a great cause. Love Mum & Dad
$65
Naomi McQueen
Yeah Eli!
$65
Jacqui Duggan
Go Alice!
$65
Naomi McQueen
Yeah Tilly!
$65
Joe David
100 minimum each day please.
$65
The Douglas Family
Go August!
$65
Emily Gordon
Super effort August!
$65
Nicole McLachlan
$51
Facebook Donation
$50
Michelle Scanlon
$50
Jim Cowan
Great cause Ollie, but don’t get muscles bigger than mine with all those push ups ok!
$50
Angus Cowan
Hey Ollie, This is for both of us - I'm doing the challenge too. I enjoyed the day off yesterday but not looking forward to pumping out 170 pushups tomoz !
$50
Greg Lorimer
Hey Karen - Good luck !!
$50
Katie Lewis
Go Flossie!!
$50
Sebastian (Toni) Cheatle
Sebastian would like to donate his annual pocket money charity portion to Florrie
$50
Zachary (Toni) Cheatle
Zac would like to donate his annual charity money too. He’d like to give $50 for 50 push ups.
$50
Karen Gorrie
$50
Karen Spiller
$50
Regina Brennan
Have every faith that you will complete the challenge x
$40
Emily & Andrew Mills
Go Ollie! Thanks for supporting a great cause with your push ups. Love Mum & Dad xx
$35
Stella Carrlson
$35
Gabrielle David
Good on you Leo.That chest will be looking amazing.
$35
Mads
Go Tess, such a great cause
$35
Christie Robinson
well done Tess x
$35
Anonymous
$35
Merrilyn Mills
Great effort Ollie.
$35
Naomi McQueen
Yeah Shilo!
$35
Naomi McQueen
Yeah Jamie!
$35
Naomi McQueen
Go Bryce!
$20
Youth Atheltic Development Academy
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$20
Maddy Morris
Great cause and a great way to challenge yourself! Good luck! Love Aunty Maddy
$20
Anonymous
$20
Kate Giroire
Go for gold Leon
$20
Kate Gleeson
$20
Lauren and Nella W
Go Brad!
$10
Kate
Go team!
$5
Michelle Scanlon
$5
kirra harvey
$5
Jemima Henley
$3
Leigh Mccready
Here you go guys my son benjamin is doing the push up challenge so i will donate.
Teams supporting
Legends supporting 110
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