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INSPIRING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TOStand TallSpeakers included Derek Rabelo (famous Brazilian blind surfer), Lucas Patchett and Nic Marchesi (Young Australians of the Year), Tony Hoang (leading anti-drugs youth communicator), Brett Murray (“Make Bullying History”), Emma Mullings (TV and Radio Personality), Poppy Starr Olsen (World Women’s Skate Board Champion), and singers Emma Birdsall (Semi-finalist “The Voice”) and Jack Vidgen (Winner of Australia’s Got Talent, 2011).Stand Tall’s first champions Surf Camp, at the International College of Management, is on 2-6 January. The Surf Camp is for young people who donot easily have opportunities to goon a family holiday,to surf, play a variety of sports or learn valuable life skills. They will also be given the option to train as interns to assist with the production team at the 2017 StandTall event.Bookings for the 2017event are already filling fast. Schools are invited toBook through the website: www.standtallevent.comStand Tall brings together leading youth communicators with star musicians, sportsmen and other popular young successful role models from Gen Z pop culture. They impart hope, courage to make right choices and wisdom learned from their own life experiences. Stand Tall – The Event has grown so dramatically since its inception four years ago that for 2017 they have booked the stunning new Darling Harbour theatre at the International Convention Centre. They will also be running their first summer surf camp for disadvantaged youth at the ICMS on 2-6 January, 2017.Schools across Sydney report an epidemic of anxiety among students and the event is specifically targeted at helping students deal with issues such as bullying, drug use, eating disorders, depression andlow self-esteem. The event is a wonderful opportunity for students from private, state, and independent schoolsfrom all over NSW to mix with their peers and hear powerful messages from sporting stars, actors, singers and young community leaders who have all overcome hardship to live successful lives.Founders Angela Farr-Jones and Jeanine Treharne said feedback from students who attendthe Stand Tall event has been exceptional.“This is a packed, full-day event and the students go home inspired and filled with hope. We receive reports that students have been inspired to reject drugs, stop the bullying cultures in their schools, value themselves and make safe life choices.” Among the 25 Schools who attended this year’s event are Turramurra High, Knox Grammar School, Wenona, Mackellar Girls High, The Scots College, Arden College, Kambala, Picton High, Burgmann College, Canberra, Oxford Falls Grammar, Covenant Christian School and Maitland Christian School.Further details at http://www.standtallevent.com