The Zonta Club of Noosa is hosting a high tea to honour Rachel Downie, 2020 Queenslander of the Year and developer of Stymie on 21 September.
Stymie is an online resource for students to anonymously report instances such as bullying, depression, self-harm or family violence.
Rachel had became a teacher to help young people flourish, so when a student died by suicide, she decided to take action.
In over 30 years of teaching Rachel discovered that in emergent situations, students often feel too frightened to come forward with possible life-saving information.
Since 2014, Rachel has presented Stymie to more than 700,000 students nationally and internationally.
Students use Stymie to save and change lives every single day by reporting family violence, suicide ideation, bullying, cyberbullying, depression, illegal activity, harassment, self-harm, and harm to their communities.
In 2022, Stymie delivered more than 95,000 notifications.
The high tea will be held on 21 September from 3-5pm at Noosa Springs, Links Drive, Noosa Heads.
Tickets are $75 and can be booked through Trybooking at portal.trybooking.com/au/event/1098648
All proceeds go towards Zonta’s DV support projects.
Find out more about the Zonta Club of Noosa at facebook.com/ZontaNoosa.
