Just received this press release about a Kelowna fundraiser for Ghana.
Twelve Kelowna youths will be hosting a marathon gaming event, from Monday, December 19, beginning at 12:00 noon, and ending Friday, December 23, 12:00 noon. Their charity of choice is “Villages of Hope and Heart”, a Kelowna-based non-profit organization which is dedicated to the health and education of women and children in Northeast Ghana. The goal of the fund-raising event is $5,000, and this will help purchase a soccer field, sanitary facilities, and full uniforms for over 300 residents of the Bolgatanga area.
“Thanks to the generosity of many people, last time we held an event like this, we were able to buy therapeutic equipment for Kelowna General Hospital. This time, our team decided that they wanted to positively impact the lives of others in a country desperate for our help,” said Geoff Webb, spokesperson for the group. “By providing a ‘pitch’, their name for a soccer field, giving them shirts, shorts, and shoes, and teaching them the elemental rules of soccer, they can also learn family skills, health information, and personal empowerment.” When asked about the area, Webb said, “Youth like us breathe soccer. Ghana was a quarter-finalist in the 2010 World Cup. The children there have very little, except for a passion for ‘football’. The kids and women there are poor in every way, and they need our help. Our team of eighteen- and nineteen-year-olds are dedicated to this cause. Soccer can provide education, inspiration, and most of all, hope.”
So how do you donate? Webb says, “You can watch the Marathon ‘live’ on YouStream during the event. You can interact, donate, or just watch. At any time, you can donate by going to
Happy Holidays form the youth of Kelowna and Ghana
Michael Patten
Villages of Hope and Heart
"Joan's Villages"
778-478-1148
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