This years Villa Maria Gap volunteers headed out to Peru on Wednesday and flying with them were 5 sets of football shirts from Burgess Hill Town Football Club.
- Pictured (left to right) Gary (BHTFC) Jon and Simon (Quest Overseas) and Heather (Quest4Change)
The Club donated the shirts to Quest4Change at the end of last year after their Commercial Manager Garry Newton, walked in off the street one day to find out more about what we do. Garry then got Chief Exec Gary Croydon involved and before we knew it five full sets of shirts had been delivered to our offices in Hove. The shirts flew out early on Wednesday and have safely arrived. They will be making their way to our Children's project in the shanty town of Villa Maria in the next couple of weeks.
- Jon handing the shirts over to the volunteers at Heathrow
Quest4Change started working in Villa Maria in 1997, providing a programme of summer activities for children in the district. The aim is to give these children a focus for their free time, reducing the risk of them falling into bad habits such as drugs and crime. From the project’s beginnings offering 2 months of games during the summer holidays in its first few years, this project now provides year round workshops in sport, art, dance and music, as well as after school clubs to help with school work. The donation of the shirts came at the perfect time as the community has just launched it s latest initiative, a community football league and these shirts from Burgess Hill Town FC will give a real boost to the newly formed teams. Our thanks go to Garry, Gary and everyone at BHTFC for their support.
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