Peer support programs run under the Red Frogs Australia banner across Toowoomba will benefit from funds raised at the 31st Toowoomba Mayoral Prayer Breakfast, which will be held at Rumours International on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, from 6am.
Toowoomba Region Mayor Cr Geoff McDonald said the Red Frogs organisation had built a trusted reputation as the largest harm minimisation and early intervention service supporting young people across Australia, with similar programs also operating overseas.
"The Red Frogs volunteers have shown compassion and understanding in their mission to support young people's wellbeing while having a positive influence on their lives through various education campaigns,"Mayor McDonald said.
"Apart from handing out their familiar namesake lollies, the Red Frogs offer positive peer role model information, pre-Schoolies seminars plus leadership and life training education to high school students, school leavers, university students and at skateboard clinics and competitions, youth music festivals and sporting events.
"Helping our young people make positive choices is an important lesson that needs emphasising among their peers and the wider community, especially in a world where excessive consumption is all too often seen as the norm.
"The Red Frogs' vision statement neatly summarises what could be a much wider catchcry: 'To reduce suffering and safeguard a generation of young people and empower them to make changes and positive life choices and become a voice of change within their culture'."
