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Devonport TAS 7310
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Phone: 03 6424 0200

Donathon Becomes Alexathon

Donathon rebranded as the Alexathon on August 27 with around 200 students sporting pink clothing to show support for a good cause.

The weekly college initiative to get students and staff moving became the Alexathon after Don College teacher, Joel Beveridge, received devastating news about a relative. Alexa Leary was involved in a serious bike crash four weeks ago in Noosa, sustaining serious brain damage and the loss of use of the right side of her body. She is currently recovering in Brisbane Hospital. 

To help Lex on her recovery journey, her family began a movement to encourage everyone to get up and get moving to support those who don’t have that luxury right now. The movement is called #MoveForLex. This started as a way of supporting her with close family members assisting Lex showing her daily videos of people all over the world supporting the #MoveForLex movement. Each video she is shown is having a positive effect on her as she begins her recovery. 

The movement has exploded, gaining interest and support from Olympic athletes, AFL footballers, NRL stars and thousands of others across the world.