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In 11 hours and 15 minutes, a Beechworth teenager and eight friends walked 40 kilometres for the 40 Hour Famine, raising more than $2,000. When adults supervising the walk told her to stop after she picked up injuries, her answer was blunt: "If others do it every day, I can do it once." That's Amy Schilling's approach to most things. In 2025 she founded Teens Who Care, a youth-led volunteering program she built almost entirely herself, partnering with the Beechworth CFA, Land