Eleven brave business and community leaders are prepped and ready to abseil down Building 8 on Hospital Road on Friday for the Canberra Hospital Foundation's Can Give Day.
Among them will be the inspirational Chris Cairns who was left a paraplegic after a series of life-threatening health emergencies just over 12 months ago.
With the assistance of robotic technology being trialed at University of Canberra Hospital, the cricket legend is learning to walk again and is able to participate in the extreme Can Give Day challenge.
The other daredevil abseilers on Friday will be:
- Canberra Hospital Foundation chair Deborah Rolfe
- Canberra Health Services CEO Dave Peffer
- Centenary Hospital for Women Youth and Children executive director Susan Freiberg
- Rolfe Motors owner Richard Rolfe
- Archie Tsirimokos from Meyer Vandenberg Lawyers
- Her Canberra founder Amanda Whitley
- Christine Shaw from Blackshaw Real Estate
- Jane Gunn from KPMG
- Ron Shepherd from Advantage Advertising
- Tane Patchett from Multiplex
Funds raised on Can Give Day go to support clinical trials and medical research in Canberra, therapeutic and supportive programs, transformations of away-from-bed areas, and the purchase of speciality medical equipment, which enhances the patient experience throughout the year.
The link to make a donation is here.
You can donate to a specific abseiler's fundraising tally here.
