Entries and donations to Kayak for Kids are coming in steadily and are well ahead of last year’s figures. It’s great to see so many new faces, but it’s also great to see regular paddlers such as the Yeung family and the team from Sydney Ultrasound for Women back again. Dez Blanchfield and his Blast Paddling network have been going great guns promoting the event through the paddling community and the number of single entries is well up … as are the team entries. There’s still time to to set up your fundraising page and register to paddle, so if you haven’t already why not do so and join in the party? Our continued thanks to our Principal Sponsor Trust Company, our Event Partner AROC Sport, our Major Sponsor Baiada Select Poultry and our Event Supporter PaddleNSW, whose contributions ensure that every dollar donated to Kayak for Kids goes directly to providing service to our children with additional needs. For more information visit our Kayak for Kids web site.

The staff at 2UE News Radio have gotten behind Kayak for Kids and recorded a Community Service Ad promoting the event. The ad features our Event Ambassador Shelley Oates-Wilding and is now playing. Lifestart will give a free Kayak for Kids rashie and sun hat to anyone who contacts us to report they’ve heard it. We will check times though, so don’t try and trick us! Contact Christopher on 9807 9700.

Despite the rainy weather half a dozen Lifestart Eastern Sydney families turned out with a full kids contingent at the Sydney Football Stadium today to give Lifestart’s support back to one of our best supporters, Baiada Poultry. The Baiada-owned brand Steggles held a media conference to announce their sponsorship of the Sydney City Roosters who will now become - you guessed it - the ‘Steggles Roosters’! An important part of the sponsorship is that the ‘Steggles Roosters’ will work closely with Baiada’s Children’s Charity Nest to raise money for charities it supports, which includes Lifestart. Apart from providing financial support to Lifestart, Baiada also supports us with providing chicken kebabs for many of our events and volunteers to assist with bar-b-cueing and other duties.