Kits for Kenya: School and GAA club team up for good cause
A group of 22 pupils and four staff from Dromore High School will jet off to Africa next month to carry out voluntary work in the city of Nakuru.
During their 11-night trip, members of the school’s Kenya 2018 Team will assist with the construction of a school hall and a classroom, as well as helping to teach lessons for local schoolchildren.
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Hide AdAnd thanks to the generosity of members of Clann na Banna, the group will have 100 sports kits to hand over to local youngsters.
One of the team members, Sara Topley, was delighted to receive the donated kits from Clann na Banna youth development officer Pat Vaughan.
“We heard about the trip Sara and her fellow pupils are planning through a mutual contact,” Pat explained. “We were delighted to donate club jerseys and shorts to the Dromore High School team as they head off to Kenya in March.
“As well as other items, Sara and her fellow team members will be presenting the much-needed kits, donated by the club and its members, to local children and youth organisations who they will be working with.
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Hide Ad“Roy Hodgen from White Label Cleaners kindly offered to wash and freshen up the jerseys before Sara and the team take them to Kenya.”
Thanking Clann na Banna and White Label Cleaners for their generosity, Gillian McMurran, Dromore High’s Kenya 2018 trip team leader, said: “Dromore High Kenya 2018 Team would like to sincerely thank the Clann na Banna GAA club for kindly donating 100 kits for us to take to Kenya. We would also like to thank White Label Cleaners in Banbridge for cleaning the kits for free. We also have Hillsborough Boys Football Club collecting football boots for us to take with us, so anyone who has outgrown or finished with their football boots they can be left at the school before March. Thank you to team member Sara Topley and her family for organising this.”