Charity defends role model

By Melissa Meehan
FORMER Endeavour Hills resident Sally Arnott, 23, has again been attacked by the Herald Sun over the weekend.
Previously a victim of ranting columnist Andrew Bolt for her involvement in the Miss Earth Competition, the newspaper has again touted her as a poor role model for children after it has been alleged that she admitted having sex in public in an online interview with website Cosmic Tribune.
Ms Arnott has been volunteering her spare time to teach life skills to a number of high school students in Cranbourne and surrounding areas.
In an interview with the News in September, Ms Arnott spoke of her involvement with Victorian drug prevention initiative Connectus and non-for-profit organisation The Beacon Foundation.
This week Connectus project manager Aileen Traynor said that Ms Arnott was always willing to help others.
“Sally’s intentions are always for the best. She is sincere and genuinely wants to help others who are less fortunate than herself,” Ms Traynor said.
A graduate at Swinburne University, Ms Arnott said that she spent a lot of her spare time volunteering for charity organisations and looked for new ways to encourage those around them to take note of what was happening in the world.
She said that the program gave students the ability to prepare and conduct themselves when entering the world of work and throughout their employment.
During the same interview her mother, Trish Chandler, described her daughter’s involvement with the mentor program as an important part of her life.
“It is really important to Sally that she sets a good example for kids growing up in Cranbourne and surrounding areas,” Mrs Chandler said.
“She wants to inspire them to get involved in community events and show them that the sky is the limit when you set your mind to something.”