Helping In Kenya

Back in the Summer the Predators families gathered several large boxes of soccer gear and clothing for college student TJ Widbin to take to orphanages in Kenya where he had organized soccer clinics as part of his missionary work.

It's great to see our gifts were appreciated and had a positive impact on these young guys.

A special "Thank You" to everyone who contributed and to TJ for organizing everything.

A Note From TJ Widbin in Kenya

Your gifts are really appreciated....

From  TJs Blog: On the soccer note things are going great. The only problem is that they are Kenyan, and let's be honest they can run for days if the daylight allowed them to. And well I am an out of shape American. So basically the games consist of me being a goalie, but hey that's fine with me. We have done a little bit of "teaching" but there really isn't any point because everyone here knows soccer like the back of their hand. They just want to play. So basically we have just had pick up games with the kids. Which is still a lot of fun. Amazing how happy you can make a bunch of kids by just giving them a ball to play with. Thanks a lot Mark, Bob and The Predators, and the Wizards for all the equipment!

TJ and the boys wearing some of the jerseys we sent.

The crowds at games are a little larger than we get:

An email to us: We just held a game at school and we gave away the two sets of jerseys that you got. The school that used them didn't have any jerseys before and oddly enough their school colors are yellow and blue. So thank you so much! Anyway the game was crazy! The principal had told me on the phone that the kids were excited but I had no idea. There were about 1,000 kids there to watch. So the whole field was just lined with kids. It was awesome to see! The players loved the jerseys and the game went great! We are also donating some jerseys to a rehabilitation school here that doesn't have any jerseys so they will work great there! Thank you so much for everything that you did to make this trip as awesome as it has been! When I get back I will be sure to send you all the pictures and videos so you can show your team how much help they were. Thanks again and god bless! TJ

The boys look great in the two new sets of jerseys we sent.

At last. They can throw that old "practice ball" away. TJ practicing with the boys.

Wow. What a crowd. 1,000 watched the game.