Overview

• Thirteen-year-old Atreyu McCann died by suicide on May 23 after enduring months of relentless bullying at a New South Wales public school.
• McCann set up the GoFundMe on May 25 to meet a seven-day deadline for cryogenic preservation at Southern Cryonics, Australia’s first facility of its kind.
• By May 26, donors had contributed just over A$4,500 toward the A$300,000 goal, representing less than 2% of the target.
• The NSW Department of Education has expressed sympathy and is providing counselling and wellbeing support to students and staff affected by Atreyu’s death.
• Any funds raised beyond the preservation costs will be directed to anti-bullying education initiatives, support for impacted families and legal action against institutions McCann says failed her son.