Girl, 9, raises $2,750 for charity with hat-stack attempt

NaveenaVijayan nvijayan@newwestrecord ca

On a sunnyThursday afternoon, the gym at Skwo:wech Elementary School turned into a stage for a GuinnessWorld Records attempt

Nine-year-old Andi Clark brushed her hair, tied it up with a scrunchie, set aside her glasses and sat straight on a chair smiling at a large group of division 3, 4 and 5 students who sat in front of her as if to watch a play unfold

Some held up posters that read slogans such as: “Go Andi! Stack those hats,” “You got this, Andi!” and “Go and steal the day!”

One had a tiny piece of advice: “Just stay very still ”

Andi did have to stay “very still” to balance a stack of fedoras, cowboy hats and St Patrick’s Day bowler hats on her head A total of about 20 such hats, she said, would feel like a five-pound weight about as heavy as a gallon of ice cream.

Andi was attempting to break the world record for the tallest stack of hats worn at once.

To create history, Andi would have to beat the record of 107.5 centimetres held by a man named Anthony Kelly from New SouthWales, Australia.

“I am feeling pretty good,” Andi said a minute before she readied for her first attempt.

The attempt coincided with Skwo:wech Elementary School’sTerry Fox Run part of the worldwide annual charity held to raise money to help find a cure for cancer

Andi didn’t break the world record, but she did smash herTerry Fox fundraiser goal

The hat-stacking world record attempt fundraiser towardsTerry Fox Foun- dation has so far brought in $2,750 more than double the original goal, confirmed Andi’s dad, Brett Clark

With that, Andi and her stack of hats did their bit to keepTerry Fox’s dream alive the dream of a world without cancer

You can still donate to Andi’s fundraiser through theTerry Fox Foundation at www terryfox org