Meals That Matter - See challenge description below!
Meals That Matter: 40 Hours. 500 Meals. One Goal.
This year, from June 13–15, Shirley Boys’ High School and Avonside Girls’ High School are teaming up for our most ambitious World Vision 40 Hour Challenge yet. While our wider school community will be completing their own personal challenges, our student leadership teams will be cooking and freezing 500 nutritious meals in just 40 hours for people experiencing food insecurity right here in Christchurch.
Together, we’re a team of 12 student leaders:
From Shirley Boys’ High School - Head Boy Joel Barrie, Associate Head Boys Daniel Tucker and Tyson Witana, and House Captains Mikaere Walker, Ben Cutler, Lincoln Jones, and Jacob Woodrow.
From Avonside Girls’ High School - Head Students Zoe Croot and Fe’ofa’aki Osai, Deputy Head Students Emma Yule and Trinity Akurangi, and Head of the Pasifika Council Merita Maka.
Over 40 hours, we’ll be preparing three nutritious meals - Chicken Tikka Masala, Vegan Tikka Masala, and Cottage Pie - using the shared school kitchens. The meals will be distributed with the help of Kairos Food Rescue to vulnerable families and individuals across Christchurch.
We're proud to be supported by FreshChoice Sumner, our major sponsor whose generous contribution is making a huge part of this project possible. We also appreciate the support from PAK’nSAVE Wainoni, who have helped us with a portion of the ingredients.
We’re taking on this challenge because food insecurity affects people both in Aotearoa and across the globe - including the Solomon Islands, where stories like Polyn’s (a young girl whose family must choose between food and school) remind us just how urgent the need is.
Our challenge isn’t just about cooking. It’s about community, action, and compassion.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
