We love love love it when volleyball players do something like this.
Last month, after winning the last FIVB tournament this season, the FIVB Bangsaen Thailand Open World Tour, 2012 Olympic silver medalists April Ross and Jennifer Kessy wasted no precious time by visiting SOS Children’s Village in Thailand.
According to our source:
“SOS Children’s Village houses youth who were orphaned by the tsunami in late 2004. The team is led by head coach Bob Selznick, who hopes to organise a local tournament for volleyball players around Phuket. The SOS team is noted for winning the PTT Schools Tournament last year.”
The beach duo joined by Brad Keenan (April Ross’ husband) pledged to provide a new court for the girl’s volleyball program. April and Jen visited the village last year and provided funds for the volleyball team’s new uniforms and other equipment.
This year’s visit was joined by their Olympic silver medals and were showed to the girls to go with some life and volleyball tips. They also gave more than a dozen signed sport bras from even competitions around the world.
Our source adds:
“Both women are sponsored by athletic equipment and apparel company 4POINT4, which takes a portion of every sale and puts it toward supporting less fortunate kids both in sports and education.”
April’s Message
“These are the girls that play volleyball at the SOS Children’s Village in Phuket, Thailand. They lost their parents in the tsunami in 2004, they (and their village) are the one’s we are trying to help through our sponsor 4point4. Hopefully we’ll be able to create a volleyball court and a small soccer field for them. Their culture is so different from ours, but we believe sport builds life long character that can give you an advantage in any culture. But they are already amazing girls!”
Thank you April, Jen, Brad, 4POINT4 and everyone involved in this event which for sure have made a difference in the lives of these girls. This moment will be forever cherishes!
(source: thephuketnews.com/ images: FIVB & April Ross FB Page)