Founder Love // We love Jon Sundt because…

He’s the heart behind Natural High. Happy Birthday to our Founder, Jon Sundt. Show him some love by reblogging this post and telling him why Natural High inspires you!

+ Natural High started because of Jon Sundt and his story.

+ Jon provides a platform for us to change culture and to show everyone that having a natural high is better than an artificial high.

+ He leads by example (he has many natural highs)! He surfs almost every morning in San Diego!

+ He is a family man to not only his beautiful family but to the whole Natural High Team!

We could not do what we do without an awesome whole hearted leader like Jon Sundt. <3

Coronado High School Assembly January 11, 2013

Coronado High School, your pictures are now up on the Natural High Facebook! Be sure to tag yourselves and your friends. :)

Natural High in Ranch & Coast

Media Coverage

Ranch & Coast Magazine

Check us out on Pg. 26 “Hitting The Natural High Notes” in Ranch & Coast Magazine. Read Here.

Read about Natural High on Pg. 31 of Ranch & Coast Magazine

Living High, Naturally

(Source: thefix.com)

Natural High founder, Jon Sundt, talked about Natural High’s mission and some of our celebrity advocates Cassadee Pope, Timmy Curran, Travis Pastrana, Lauren Conrad and Terry Kennedy on NBC 7 San Diego.

Natural High Founder, Jon Sundt, made page of UTSanDiego!

We are honored to share that our Founder, Jon Sundt, made the front page of UTSanDiego! Please take this opportunity to thank Jon for all he has done and continues to do in support of the Natural High mission!

(Jon Sundt & Natural High 5 Talent: Cassadee Pope)

“Q: How did you get involved in giving back?

A: At a relatively young age, I was involved in the rehab of my younger brothers. My brother Eric and my brother Steven, one and two years younger than me, fell into the drug trap here in the beach communities of San Diego. And I saw them eventually lose their battle to drugs. They both died. One committed suicide and one overdosed. So you know, when something like that happens to you, for me, it changed me. And I realized that I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. I saw the world very differently after that moment. There is a lot of brokenness and I felt like I wanted to step up and make a difference”

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FOUNDATION HELPS KIDS FIND THEIR NATURAL HIGH

Join us for Natural High’s 12th Annual Gala with Honorary Guest Bethany Hamilton, star of Natural High 6 and author of Soul Surfer (now a movie)! To learn more or buy tickets to Natural High’s Gala on October 6, 2012, check out: http://www.naturalhigh.org/gala

How A Drug-Related Tragedy Inspired Transformational Thinking

BY Shawn Parr | Source: Fast Company

Nonprofit Quarterly Features Natural High

It’s Cool: Updated Anti-Drug Approach to “Just Say No”

June 25, 2012; Source: Fast Company

When targeting young people with important messages, it’s more effective to tell positive stories than it is to lecture. That’s the advice the founder of a fast-rising anti-drug nonprofit has for other organizations in a new Fast Company article.

Jon Sundt, founder of Natural High, knows the pressure young people face to be cool by using drugs. He lost two brothers to drugs: one overdosed in the back of a police car and the other’s suicide was related to drug addiction. As Sundt and his family looked for help for his brothers, they came to the conclusion that many drug prevention programs weren’t having a lasting impact on young people. The reason, he thought, was that youth are constantly bombarded by messages about how cool it is to do drugs from celebrities and their peers.

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