Volunteers Collecting Donations To Send Kenya Lacrosse Team To World Championship

Volunteers will be collecting donations for the Kenya Lacrosse team at Thursday nights Lakers game.

Kenyan lacrosse players sporting some PTBO gear. Photo courtesy of Ashlee Aitkin.

Ashlee Aitkin, general manager at Kawarthas Food Share, began volunteering with Kenya Lacrosse when the women’s team came to Peterborough for the World Champions in 2019.

Since then she has continued working with the organization and done what she can do to help from home.

On Thursday Aitkin and other volunteers will be at the doors of the memorial Centre to collect donations for the Kenya U21 boys lacrosse team.

The team will travel to Limerick, Ireland in two weeks to compete at the World Championship.

According to Aitkin it will cost approximately $200,000 to get the team to the championship. This includes airfare, accommodations, the proper VISA to allow them to stay and any tournament fees.

Those that are interested in donating but unable to attend tonight’s game are welcome to donate to the teams GoFundMe.

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