The NRL Cowboys House halls are alive with the sound of students again as 100 excited teens return to their ‘home away from home’ this week, with a strong focus on health and wellbeing setting the tone for term 2.
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A disrupted start to the school year across Queensland meant a shorter term 1 for students, who made the most of the opportunities created for them at NRL Cowboys House.
Two NRL Cowboys House buses emblazoned with Indigenous artwork have been spiritually cleansed to promote safe passage and wellbeing, as part of celebrations for the House’s partnership with global integrated facilities management provider BGIS.
NRL Cowboys House students had the opportunity to impress some of North Queensland’s best basketballers as part of an exclusive JCU Townsville Fire skills and drills clinic at the Boys Campus.
Overcoming their nerves, NRL Cowboys House students Savanah De Bosch and Peah Messa displayed confidence and poise as they welcomed representatives from Corporate Travel Management (CTM) and CBRE – foundation partners of a new Women’s Empowerment Program.
With dreams of one day studying law or physiotherapy at university, Year 10 NRL Cowboys House student Makeilla Gibson will now have greater access to tertiary pathway support thanks to a new multi-year partnership between the Cowboys Community Foundation and the Ian and Shirley Norman Foundation.
The journey of life will be a powerful guide for our players on the field and students in their studies through artist Margaret Mara’s stunning 2022 North Queensland Toyota Cowboys Indigenous design.
Brand new kicks have helped NRL Cowboys House students hit the ground running for the new school year thanks to the generous donation of footwear from Friend of the House, INTERSPORT.
Prolific artist and mother of two NRL Cowboys House students, Margaret Mara has been commissioned to create this year’s Indigenous artwork to feature on the official House polo shirt.
Adaptability has been a key theme at NRL Cowboys House over the past two years, with the disrupted return to the 2022 school year once again putting staff’s flexibility, versatility and ingenuity to the test.