With only a few months left until the date finally arrives, the excitement just keeps on building. This past weekend, Patrick Steenberge (Global Football President) visited an orphanage in Tanzania asking if the children would like to come and watch the Kili Bowl. The Owner of the orphanage responded to Patrick by telling him to save 6,000 tickets for their children! We all understand that this trip is for a football game and a once-in-a-lifetime trip...But what I think we will take most importantly from this trip is that we affected someone's life. Just think of those children in Tanzania who live everyday of their lives without a family. There's no family bonding time watching a football game on TV for them. They have never seen a football game in their lives, they might not even know what football is! Not only will we help them in service work or entertain them while they us play, but we will get to be with these children. A friend of mine just came back from Tanzania after studying abroad. He told me the children are just excited to even see an American. We will be forming relationships with them while we try and teach them how to play Football during the Youth Camps. Who knows? Meeting us might have an everlasting affect on their lives. Once that experience with them comes, we will be living our lives here at Drake appreciating everything we have.
Cameron Good, #4
P.S. - below is the promotional video I created for us to send out to corporations. This video provides visuals of our upcoming trip and information on how to donate money. I hope you enjoy it!
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