Our Care Package Arrived!
After a year of waiting and transiting, our boxes arrived in Togo in December, 2024. Unpacking day was like Christmas with the girls excitedly picking out soccer cleats and suiting up in new socks, shin guards, and jerseys and kicking and bouncing around the new balls.
See the thank you letter from School Director, Sister Marie-Claire below (translated into English).
We are pleased to share that the Northfield Community has again been extremely generous with their time, talents, and materials.
With the help of the St. Olaf Volleyball Team, the Northfield Girls Basketball Association 6th grade girls team and friends, the Northfield Soccer Association, Planet Soccer, the Northfield Hospital and Clinics, Champion Sports, and many individuals, we sent the following items to Togo:
Socks - 533 pairs
Shoes - 108 pairs
Uniform Jerseys - 208
Balls - 77
Equipment (air pumps, nets, practice pinnies, clipboards, etc.) - 164 items
Personal Protection (shin guards, knee pads, goalie gloves) - 56 items
Athletic clothing (non-uniform) - 549 items
Basic medical supplies - 30 boxes
Handwritten encouragement cards - 172 cards
Staff at College Monfant distributed the items to students and programs who need them most.Â
Thank you again for your generosity and for making our 2023 Supply Drive a smashing success!
St. Olaf volleyball team writing encouragement cards.
Northfield Girls Basketball Association 6th grade girls team packing supplies.
St. Olaf volleyball team packing event group photo.
Boxes and suitcases ready for shipment.