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Guyana Committee of Service donates running shoes to Athletes
Leslie Black (right) with the Athletes who were presented with running shoes recently.
Kaieteur News – The Guyana Committee of Service (GCOS) was founded by the CEO of Payless Varity Store and former Athlete Joseph Ramkumar after reading a newspaper story by former Guyana Sportsman and Journalist Sean Devers on the plight of former Wold Tittle Boxing Contender Boxer Clive Atwell who needed a brain Surgery.
Since then the Guyana Committee of Service has embarked on numerous fund raiser ventures to aid sportspersons in need of assistance with their latest undertaking being ‘the running shoes programme’ by selling stickers with the words ‘I LOVE Guyana’ for $250 each. The money earned from the sales is used to buy running shoes for Athletes who needs them across Guyana.
A press release from GCOS’s member, Athletics Coach Leslie Black states; “We never stopped and went on in assisting the Crifta team over the years, assisting Athletes with gears over the years.
We gave young Athletes in Berbice, Linden, Georgetown and on the West Coast. We are about to distribute to Athletes in the hinterland, Essequibo and Bartica.
As an Athletics coach for over 30 years and training in managing Guyana Caribbean top distance Athletes also a (AA) National awardee, I know the importance of running for Athletes.
We are a non-profitable organisation and do different programmes to obtain funding for sports persons and our team is made up of Eugene Noel (chairman), Jumbie Jones, Rajan Tawari, Leslie Black, Bill Rogers and founder Joseph Ramkumar among others.”
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