Last night we went to schoolies week on the Gold Coast
The Teen Rescue Foundation Board went to schoolies week on the Gold Coast last night. We wanted to see just what goes on and what a difference it makes to have 750 volunteers on the ground to support young schoolies, under the “Red Frogs” organisation. "It's a major night! A major night!" one intoxicated teenager informed us at full voice [...]
The Teen Rescue Foundation story
Every week in Australia, one teenager aged between 14 and 17 dies as a result of alcohol abuse. Rates of drinking at harmful levels among 12 to 17 year olds have doubled in the past two decades. One in twenty 12 to 15 year olds engages in regular binge drinking, one in four 16 to 17 year olds and almost [...]