Three year 8 students from Warrawong High School have taken it upon themselves to organise an origami project to give hope to a schoolmate with cancer.
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Caitlin Cooper, Karly Fortier and Jennah Mackay grabbed anyone they could find to help make 1000 paper cranes for 13-year-old Grace Barnett, who has acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and is undergoing chemotherapy at Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital.
"There's a legend that says if an ill person makes a thousand paper cranes, God will grant their wish to cure them, but I thought it will just give her hope," Caitlin said.
Grace's special education teacher Mel Cairns said Grace was trying to make some cranes herself but was too sick. She was "absolutely gobsmacked" when she heard what was being organised.
"It's more valuable than donating money ... they're just so thoughtful and it's such an inspirational initiative."
Ms Cairns said Grace, who also has Asperger's syndrome, had come a long way from being a selective mute to becoming a lovely young woman with a quirky sense of humour.
A charity fund has been set up to help Grace's family.