Coogee to Bondi Hospital Fundraising Paddle

I am Charlie, I am a 15 year old boy who recently had a very close call and nearly died. I was in Intensive care for five days, three of which I was unconscious. I will be attempting a paddle from Coogee Beach to Bondi Beach, on the 27th of October (sea state permitting - if not another date will be arranged) to fund-raise for the ICU in Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick. The reason I want to do this paddle is because the ICU saved my life. I was in a coma for three days after fracturing my skull skating down a hill. I will be doing this paddle with the support of my surf club (Bondi Surf Bathers Lifesaving Club). Bondi to Coogee is 4.3 kilometres long, and I will be paddling it on my Surf Race Board. The club will be giving me support with the IRB (Inflatable Rescue Boat). The reasons I am doing this are that I love doing lifesaving endless amounts, and without the ICU at Randwick Children's, I would not be here to do my favourite thing (lifesaving). The paddle is also another thing to physically push myself towards, something I also love to do. I want to give back because I was given a second chance at life by the ICU, I owe my life to the surgeons, doctors and nurses who took care of me while I was lying unconscious with breathing tubes in my throat. My mother (Fiona Wingett) is the beneficiary for this, and will collect the money to hand over to Sydney Childrens Hospital, as I am not over 18 and cannot collect the money for this.