Boorowa Central School hosted Terry Campese, (Raiders) who was in the World Cup, Scott Logan (Raiders), Brett Morris (Dragons), the son of Steve Morris, Ricky Thorby (Dragons) and from the Eels, Josh Cordoba and Kevin Kingston.

The idea behind the Community Carnival was to promote “Eat Well, Play Well, Stay Well”, an attempt to help avoid childhood obesity by promoting the idea of eating the right foods and having an active lifestyle which in turn will promote better health.

The NRL is the first sport to be linked with this health message.

The players over the three days they were in the area, visited 27 schools including Harden Murrumburrah, Temora, Young, Cootamundra, Wombat and Binalong and handed out 25,000 autographed cards, 10,000 posters, 10,000 footballs and used about 30 litres of sunscreen!

One Community is a co-ordinated approach to childhood obesity and has involved the NRL, CRL, ARL and QRL and works with the following four charities Youngcare, Life Line Australia, National Breast Cancer Foundation and Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia and these are linked with the “Eat Well, Live Well, Stay Well” promotion, as it is more likely that children will follow well known players eating fruit and vegetables and drinking water than because Mum and Dad said to.

Everyone looked to be having a great time, players and children alike, so thank you for including Boorowa in the event.