Rotary soccer balls destined for Honduras

When High River Rotarian Wally Gardiner heard that Syrian refugees in Calgary would like to have soccer balls, he did an on-line search for a supplier. He discovered that the Rotary Club of Livonia, Michigan has soccer balls available with the Rotary logo and the Four-Way Test in 14 different languages, including Arabic and Spanish. The Rotary Club of High River has helped the Michigan club with its fundraising by purchasing some.

 

“We have sent some to the Rotary Syrian refugee group to distribute so they can start a soccer team,” Gardiner said. “The remainder will be going to schools in Honduras…I thought, soccer is an important cultural part of Latin America.”

 

Gardiner will take the soccer balls to Honduras when he goes on a microcredit project Insight trip, April 17-22, 2016. This trip is open to Rotarians and Opportunity International Canada (OIC) donors. They will visit OIC’s office in Tegucigalpa and the branch in Santa Barbara that is funded by Rotary, OIC and Global Affairs Canada.

 

Gardiner’s travels in Honduras will also include a visit to the Good Samaritan Women’s Health Clinic, where he will deliver donated laptop computers and medical supplies.