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Berbice Cricket Board and Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club make charitable donations
Some children of the Alpha Childern Home pose with their educational materials.
The donation to the All Saints Anglican Church
The Berbice Cricket Board and the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club on Thursday last made donation of cricket gear, educational materials, footwear and other items to three organisation under their cricket development, educational and charity programmes.
The two cricketing organisations over the last six years have worked together to assist cricket clubs and other NGOs who work to make positive differences in the lives of youths, the less fortunate and elderly.
The Tamarind Root Cricket Club of Hampshire received a collection of cricket gear worth $60,000 to assist them to take part in Berbice Cricket Board organised tournaments. The donation included a set of stumps, batting pads, batting gloves, wicketkeeping pads and wicketkeeping gloves. The Alpha Children Home of East Bank Berbice received a collection of educational materials for ten orphans under the Berbice Cricket Board Educational Awards Scheme. The Children Home also received 36 pairs of footwear.
The All Saints Anglican Church of New Amsterdam also received a wide array of stationery for its office, toys, footwear and a variety of formal clothing for members of the church. Secretary of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club
Tamarind Root Cricket Club receives the donation of gears
and Public Relations Officer of the Berbice Cricket Board Hilbert Foster in handing over the donations to the three organisations stated that the Berbice Cricket Board and Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club were pleased to assist and urged that the items be used for their intended purpose.
Addressing members of the Tamarind Root Cricket Club directly, Foster urged them to place special emphasis on the development of young talents to ensure the future of the club.
Foster also urged the Alpha Children Home to form an Under-15 Cricket Team for the orphans and pledged assistance in this regard.
Representatives of the three groups expressed gratitude to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and Berbice Cricket Board, while they pledged to use the items properly.
The Berbice Cricket Board in 2013 has targeted a total of 50 charity presentations to groups and cricket clubs in Berbice.
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