Ellie De Landre-Line is a little girl with some big ideas.
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The seven-year-old student from Jerrabomberra Public School is taking one of her amazing thoughts Australia-wide.
She would like every child in every school across the nation to wear yellow in honour of Canberra's Annabelle Potts, who is battling brain cancer, and to raise money for the Isabella and Marcus Foundation, which is focused on finding a cure for the insidious disease.
She's calling her campaign the Wear it Yellow for Annabelle – School Challenge. And why yellow?
"Yellow is the colour of sunshine, hope and happiness and of course, the colour of lemon," she said. Childhood cancer awareness also uses the colour yellow.
Ellie has been an enthusiastic participant in five-year-old Annabelle's Lemon Face Challenge.
People suck a lemon, sharing the results on social media. Each post is about raising awareness for the incurable cancer she suffers - DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) - and giving some joy to Annabelle.
"I would tell everybody to do the Lemon Face Challenge and make everyone aware of DIPG and that more money is needed for a cure," Ellie said.
"It really makes me sad Annabelle does have brain cancer."
Ellie's mum Jo De Landre has already emailed every school in the ACT and surrounding region asking them to consider taking part in the challenge by allowing students to wear something yellow (socks, ribbons, a t-shirt or scarf) on a particular day to show solidarity with Annabelle.
Each student makes a gold coin donation to the Isabella and Marcus Foundation, which works closely with researchers in Australia to develop treatments for children with brain cancer. In return, the children enjoy the privilege of watching the principal and teaching staff take on the Lemon Face Challenge in front of all the students.
Ellie and her year 1/2 classmates at Jerrabomberra Public have already shown the way, wearing their best yellow on Thursday and raising money for the foundation. And Ellie has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, asking him to boost funding for brain cancer research.
"She wanted to know who the boss of Australia was so she could write to him," Jo said with a laugh.
Her teacher, Peta Kenningham, was impressed by the children's desire to help.
"Ellie is a kind-hearted girl who thinks about others and today our students have raised over $140 to donate to the foundation, showing how empathetic they are to others in need," Mrs Kenningham said.
Mrs Kenningham, year 2 teacher Jane Taylor and even principal Chris Hunter had a go at the Lemon Face Challenge, much to the delight of their students.
Jo said her family had been in contact with Annabelle and her family for about two years. Ellie even wrote a book about Annabelle becoming "an amazing princess" and would read it to her via video.
"One of the things we've always instilled in her is how fortunate she is and how she needs to give back," Jo said.
Annabelle's mother Kathie was appreciative of all Ellie and her family had done.
"Ellie is such an incredible little girl with a huge heart. She sends Annabelle a video every day to make Annabelle laugh," Kathie said.
"The awareness for DIPG and childhood brain cancer Ellie and her family are helping to spread is incredible and we are so touched and grateful. If everyone’s heart was as big as little Ellie’s, we could put an end to childhood cancer."
