Variety Mini Bash – Kiwi Kids Donate to Kiwi Kids
as Bash Heads for Whangarei
Day one of the 2014 Variety Mini Bash will be remembered by everyone on it, and not just because Ewen Gilmour is no
longer front and centre. Nor because of the mile-wide smile from 10-year-old Kaeleb Dovey as his wheelchair was strapped
into the last Liberty swing Ewen worked to help pay for, or his laughter as the swing began to move at the hands of
several willing participants from Tauranga, Auckland and Tarakani Teams.
No, they’ll remember it as the day every school joined the Bash Bucket Shake challenge – hustling friends, family and
schoolmates for the small change that quickly adds up to make a difference to Kiwi Kids, with $1015.25 raised this way
today alone.
TV One’s Simon Dallow was the man tasked with accepting the buckets on behalf of the Bash, which hopes to augment the
amount with a one-hour bucket-shake challenge in Whangareion Saturday afternoon.
The 2014 Mini Bash set off from Wainui School this morning, where kids in fancy dress laid on breakfast as a fund-raiser
for their school.
Led by Ewen Gilmour’s GT Radial Falcon, the cavalcade headed on to Silverdale, Red Beach, Orewa and Warkworth Schools
before ending the day at Mangawai.
On Saturday 18 the convoy will run a working bee at Moirs Point Camp, before heading to Whangarei to see which team can
raise the most money via a city-centre bucket shake.
The day will end at Tutukaka, with Sunday marking the event’s official end at Marsden Yacht and Boat Club.
ENDS