Other FRIENDS OF STAnd Tall
Credit: Maree Turk
Over the years we have met so many wonderful people at Stand Tall. Through their compassion and interest in building hope in young lives, these friends have championed Stand Tall in diverse ways, standing with us to make a change. We cherish the relationships that have been made, and the new ones we are yet to build. In 2023, we look forward to another year, Standing Tall with you.
ThAnk you…
The Hon. Scott Morrison MP - Former Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian MP - Former Premier of NSW, The Hon. Sarah Mitchell MLC - Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning, The Hon. Rob Stokes MP - Minister for Planning and Public Space, The Hon. Kevin John Anderson - MP Minister for Lands and Water, Hospitality and Racing, The Hon. Dugald Saunders - MP Minister for Agriculture and for Western New South Wales, Zoë Robinson - Advocate for Children and Young People, Cr Russel Fitzpatrick - Mayor of Bega Shire Council.
Australian Sporting Heroes:
Layne Beachley AO, Dawn Fraser AC, MBE, Kieren Perkins OAM, Nick Farr-Jones AM, David Campese AM, Pat Rafter, Hugh Bowman
Glen Gerreyn - Motivational Speaker, Michael Crossland - International Speaker, Founder of orphanage in Haiti & Author, Joany Badenhorst - 2018 Winter Paralympic Co-Captain, Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett - Orange Sky Laundry, Brett Murray - Make Bullying History Foundation, Aminata Conteh-Biger - The Aminata Maternal Foundation, Sami Kennedy-Sim - Australian Freestyle Skier, Eddie Elguera - Two-Time World Champion Skateboarder, Julius Achon - Child Soldier Survivor, Olympic Runner, Government Minister & Inspirational Speaker, Beau Ryan - Former Professional Rugby League Footballer, Derek Rabelo - Blind Big-wave Surfer & Author, Matt Purcell - Creator of Social Kung Fu, Tony Hoang - Inspire180 Project, Danny and Leila Abdallah - i4Give Day, Molly Croft - Co Founder of the The Tie Dye Project, Nicho Hynes - NRL player for the Cronulla Sharks
Eloise Wellings - Long Distance Olympic Finalist & Inspirational Speaker, Nicola Olyslagers - 2020 Olympic High Jump Silver Medalist, Elka Whalan - Former Olympic Swimmer, Tony Hoang - Former Gang Member turned Motivational Speaker, Emma Mullings - TV Presenter, Radio Announcer & Recording Artist, Andrew Edmondson, OAM - Gold Medalist Australian Wheelchair Rugby, Jordan O'Reilly - Co-Founder & CEO of Hireup, Poppy Starr Olsen - World Champion Professional Skateboarder, Talitha Cummins - TV Journalist, Campbell Remess - Project 365 by Campbell, Chloe Howard - International Speaker and TEDx Presenter, Beaver Fleming - Professional Skateboarder & Inspirational Speaker, Anna Cocquerel - Home and Away Actor, Dan Smith - Olympic Swimmer 2016, Jason Owen - Founder of 'Doin it for Rural Aussie Kids' & The X Factor Runner Up, Nathan Barnden - Local Bushfire Hero.
Timomatic - Singer, Songwriter and Dancer, 2nd runner-up on Australia’s Got Talent, Judge on Dance Boss, Bella Taylor Smith - The Voive 2021 Winner, Jael Wena - Australian representative for Juinor Euro Vision 2018 and contestant on The Voice 2022, Cyrus - Winner of the X-Factor, Taylor Henderson - Runner-up on the X-Factor, Raw & Rugged (The Youth Workers) - Dance Crew - 2018 Winners Dance Boss on Channel 7, Liberty Band - Musicians, David Taylor - Singer/Songwriter, Steve Deal - #1 Charting Country Artist, Jack Vidgen - Singer, Winner of Australia's Got Talent and Fatai - Semi Finalist on The Voice, Elyse Sene-Lefao - Semi-Finalist on The Voice, Hugh Wilson - Music Producer and Artist, D Minor - Rap Artist, Semi-Finalist on Australia’s Got Talent, Talent Development Project - Featured Artists in 2020 Mobile Choir, Schools Spectacular Featured Artists, NSW Dept of Education - Featured Artists in 2020 Mobile Choir, Lance Russell & Ryley Davis - Professional Freestyle Motocross Riders.