With a paper mâchéd skin and a slick, new paint job, the Pig is ready to be pushed in name of raising funds and awareness for the Country Education Foundation of Australia.
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After receiving materials from Fugen Construction, being designed by Kalplant 3D and being built by Corkhills Engineering, the Pig was ready to be decorated. First stop: Boorowa Central School (BCS), where students paper mâchéd the Pig.
BCS Principal Paula Hambly said Year 9 and 10 art classes, the Year 11 art class and the Visual Design class worked on the Pig.
“It’s a little bit out of the ordinary. Paper mache and paper macheing a giant pig,” she said.
“They enjoyed the challenge, part of it was just working with that material in that shape.”
A team of teachers from BCS will take part in the Pig Push on Sunday morning.
The last step in the construction phase was a pink paint job so the Pig was sent to St Joseph’s Primary School where the students were able to unleashed their creative talents.
St Joseph’s Principal Brendan Maynard said every single student in the school had the opportunity to paint the Pig.
“It was fantastic, everyone got to paint, it wasn’t just one class so every child in the school had a little bit of a go and lent a hand and was part of the big moment,” he said.
“They had a lot of fun with it and they were mucking around with names, whether it was a boy or a girl.”
Mr Maynard will be taking part in the Pig Push and hopes to see plenty of people come out for the beginning of the week-long trek to Orange.
This Sunday will mark the beginning of the journey for the Pig and Justin Fleming is encouraging one and all to come out on Sunday, March 26 at 10am for the launch of the Pig Push.
”We really want to get as many people there as possible,” he said.
Along the way, Justin hopes spectators will empty their pockets for the cause, with the designers including a very clever feature to making donating as easy as possible – a money funnel in the side of the pig so it’s a mobile piggy bank.
“We’re hoping everyone along the way will empty their pockets and purses and give us their spare change. Every $2.00 helps,” he said.
“Living in rural or regional Australia shouldn’t meant that you can’t follow your dreams. And that’s what the 2017 Pig Push is all about – levelling the playing field so country kids have just as much opportunity as city kids.”
The launch of the Pig Push will take place on Pudman St on Sunday.
