Prisons Training School -- Photo credit to Lethbridge Kodiaks

By Connor Gunn

Lethbridge Kodiaks donate soccer jerseys to school in Ghana

Jun 25, 2020 | 1:15 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB– The Lethbridge Kodiaks logo is now being proudly represented more than 11,000 kilometres away.

Nursing student Jill Brown personally delivered two complete Kodiaks soccer jersey kits to the Prisons Training School in Ghana earlier this year.

The donation started with Kodiaks soccer head coach Sean Carey, who started thinking of an impactful way to donate the set of uniforms retired by the team in 2016.

Carey apparently thought of Brown immediately and began the initiative at a moment’s notice.

“Jill and I were talking about her career plans when she mentioned she was going to Africa to expand her nursing experience and help people that don’t necessarily have the same health care we have,” says Carey.

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“That’s when we started discussing the possibility of taking the jerseys there and giving them to a school that would be able to use them like we had.”

The school the jerseys were donated to completely relies on sponsorship to provide equipment and transportation for its athletics program.

Ghana isn’t a normal Christmas vacation spot for students, but for Brown, it was the perfect opportunity to connect with a friend and become immersed in a different culture.

“It may seem like a strange destination to vacation at, but I was fortunate enough to be brought there by my friend Ernest who is from Accra and had just finished his degree,” says Brown.

Carey was happy to give back and hopes groups can do the same in the future.

“It’s so exciting that we were able to donate our jerseys to a school that relies on donations,” says Carey. “Hopefully in the future we’ll be able to do it again.”

The jerseys will now be used year-round in physical education classes, as well as at lunchtime and after school.

If a sponsorship allows them to travel, the jerseys will also be used in games against other local schools.