Year 12 Students Random Act of Kindness

Lucas Watson is a Year 12 student who suffers from Cerebral Palsy but more importantly is a big Parramatta supporter who hasn’t been able to watch any Parramatta games to the dismay of his classmates. Zaine Nassar also loves his rugby league and was talking to Lucas about football. He was surprised that Lucas had not seen his team play live and decided to take action to rectify that situation. Zaine decided to purchase tickets to the Eels versus Bulldogs match. Zaine and a few other Year 12 students picked Lucas up and took him to the game. Zaine’s account of the day is below.

Josh, Andrew, Lucas, Matthew and I all went to the Parramatta vs Bulldogs NRL game at ANZ stadium. It was Lucas' first time going to ANZ and he was really excited to watch his favourite team the Parramatta Eels play against the Bulldogs. Lucas is a very big Parramatta supporter and I’m a very big Bulldogs supporter. Lucas loves to let me know how much better Parramatta is compared to the Bulldogs and he loves to remind me that we have only won 1 game this year. I love to remind him how many wooden spoons Parramatta have secured. 

We sat right on the half way line and could see all the action. Lucas was very excited and star struck when he saw his beloved Parramatta Eels run out onto the field for the first time. Lucas was amazed with the atmosphere and how close he was to his team and the action. The game kicked off and Lucas and I were on the edges of our seats as there was a lot of bragging rights to be won. Parramatta started the game strong scoring 3 quick tries. The bulldogs later scored 2 tries but were no match for the firing Eels who went on to score 3 more tries. The game ended with a final score of Bulldogs 10 - Parramatta 32. Lucas was very pleased with his team's big win and let me know how pleased he was the whole car ride home. Josh and Andrew both decided to follow in Lucas' footsteps in letting me know how bad the Bulldogs are on the car ride home. All though my team lost and I normally hate it when the Bulldogs lose, this time was different. This time I wasn’t too upset that the Bulldogs lost, I was glad that they did lose because the smile that it brought to Lucas’ face and the cheeky look of success after seeing his favourite team win live for the first time made the loss all worth while. 

Zaine Nassar

These random acts of kindness go a long way in enhancing the Wellbeing of yourself and others.

Well done Zaine.