The No-Way Campaign Foundation, the Sydney Roosters, along with the NSW Police and the NRL, helped host a group of aboriginal kids from Brewarrina to Sydney. This town is about 800 North West of Sydney and near the QLD border. It has a large aboriginal component and the health standards of the kids are not the best. Family violence, excess alcohol and drug taking are normal compared to most areas of the State.

    

The group were treated to a Sydney Roosters First Grade training session and meet and greet with the players in the morning, followed by a light lunch and refreshments, and then they set off to Australia’s most iconic beach - Bondi Beach, for a surf lesson provided by Surfing NSW in the afternoon. The kids look forward to this trip each year, as it is a highly sought after ticket in town.  

    

Rugby League is the main sport in winter and they cannot get enough of it. For the past 3 years about 20 kids and 4 adults travel down from Brewarrina to attend rugby league matches and participate in healthy activities that they may not otherwise have access to. The Healhty Highs "From the Bush to Bondi" program again provided another exciting event to coincide with National Drug Action Week 2010.

    

Selected on their school attendance and good conduct around town, most of the children participating in the event have never seen the ocean before, let alone stand on a surfboard! "It's was such a special day for these children," said Darren Marton, CEO of TNWC Foundation." As organistaion we are committed to focusing on rural and remote areas right across Australia and promoting healthy lifestyle choices for young people." 

    

This event also culminated in the announcement of World Water Ski champion Lauryn Eagle coming on board as a foundation ambassador, which marks the start of a long and fruitful relashionship between herself and TNWC Foundation. "I am honored to be asked to be an Ambassador for TNWC Foundation. Unfortunately drug use with young people is on the increase. And If I can make a difference to just person's choice to say no-way to drugs I've won," Lauryn Eagle said.