Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Makana Henry doesn’t wish to see the youth in Regina make the identical errors that he made as a child.
“I made unhealthy selections rising up, adopted the improper crowd, led the improper crowd, received in unhealthy spots, made unhealthy selections. I used to be being a child, working round and I assumed I used to be invincible,” Henry stated.
So Henry determined to create his personal youth mentorship program known as Reggie Metropolis, which goals to offer youngsters with the chance for sport, education and mentorship.
That’s the reason Henry has teamed up with the Wolverines football group, one other non-profit group that trains athletes from the ages of eight to 18 and introduces soccer to children aged 5 to seven, to construct an indoor turf facility.
The aim of the ability is to offer not solely a year-round venue for teenagers to play sports activities, but additionally school rooms for instructional functions and a room for massaging and physiotherapy.
A fundraising objective of $20,000 was set to pay for the indoor turf facility, and Henry stated they’re about $2,000 wanting that presently, however the turf is ready to be delivered throughout the subsequent week, in hopes of being put in in time for this system’s subsequent sports activities camp in November.
Henry and Justin Nagy from the Wolverines group determined to staff up on this enterprise as a result of they share the identical values and objectives.
“We’re educating the children the integrity and brotherhood of the sport however there’s different elements to life than simply soccer. It offers the flexibility for athletes to return and strengthen their expertise as they transfer ahead via their careers,” Nagy stated.
Single mom Charlene Lewis, who can also be a board member of Reggie Metropolis, stated she appreciates the alternatives that this system has afforded her daughter, Haylee.
She stated this system allows Haylee to go to a camp that’s free, the place she will get to work together with different children which can be from conditions, like a single-parent residence, the place they may not have the chance to play sports activities.
“It’s a fantastic alternative and it’s one thing that I’m honoured to be concerned with and assist out with. It simply helps the neighborhood and all the children that may’t actually afford to be in a sport,” Lewis stated.
Haylee stated she has loved the camps and that they’ve helped her enhance her passing expertise.
“The factor I like about it’s that we do drills at first after which in direction of the tip of it, we’ll play a pair video games. And also you get prizes they usually have foods and drinks,” she stated.
Total, Reggie Metropolis was based by Henry to provide the youth in Regina a constructive outlet for his or her free time.
“I’d similar to them to know that irrespective of the place you come from or what you do, it’s by no means too late for you, you’ll be able to at all times make one thing of your self,” Henry stated.
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