The Lights FC 0rganization in Collaboration with the Think Kindness organization during their excursion for Global acts of kindness, Donated recently donated 40 Lights FC youth jerseys, soccer balls and mini soccer balls that went to a village of Tsibu-Bethel, where the children live in an orphanage, and the Kabore School, located in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana.
When Lights players heard the proposal, they insisted that they provide their own cleats for the kids. That included forward Tabort Etaka Presto, a Cameroon native.
“It’s a privilege for me to give back,” Preston said. “We grow up in a very hard way. There are a million things we don’t have. The little we can give at least is going to help in any way.”
Defender Panzani Sousa from Democratic Republic of the Congo, said: “It feels very good. It’s a positive movement that we want to do all the time.
“Just give back anything that you have. Anything matters. Everything matters there.”
Bishop Gorman senior soccer player Paige Sotelo reached out to the Lights for donations and took part in the trip, along with several other Gorman student-athletes.
“I’m very excited to see that these wonderful kids are wearing the Lights jerseys, ecause that is my hometown and they’re able to share the love of soccer that I grew up with,” Sotelo said.
Lights owner Brett Lashbrook was proud of the care package.
“Lights FC is always interested in giving back,” he said. “With several players on our roster from West Africa, this one is extra special to them.”
Sousa said the kids just want to play soccer and have the same chances as everyone else.
“I just wanted them to have an opportunity to get the cleats we play with,” he said.