"Pens and School Supplies for International Townships"
PASS IT
My name is Rachel and I have just graduated High School and will attend UPenn in the fall. After a trip to South Africa in 2006, I enlisted the help of Play Soccer to create the non-profit organizationPASS IT to help improve the school that I visited in the South African township of Khayelitsha, just outside of Cape Town.
The aim for 2007 was to collect for one school in one township. In the first summer, with the help of all the Play Soccer coaches and your generosity we collected over 20 thousand school supply items. THANK YOU
On the 26th June I traveled back to Cape Town and to Khayelitsha to personally deliver items to the school I visited in 2006. Through your generosity we have so much more to pass out that I have made contact with other schools and towns in need along the coast. Read my blog for details about the trip.
Our goal for the summer of 2009 is to have every camper donate at least one item from the list below.
"THANK YOU EVERY ONE. WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER 20 THOUSAND ITEMS in 2008" Please keep donating, send your items to the address below.
Read why I chose to work with the children of the townships
South Africa is obviously a beautiful country - But there is a beauty here that many people do not hear about and never get the chance to witness.
These children have so little but they are so full of laughter and love. We are fortunate to have a good education system unlike the children we met. There is not enough money to buy basic education necessities that we take for granted such as pens, pencils, and paper.
All of them express hopes and dreams for the future. With the help of your donations, I would like to help make their dreams possible.
Please keep donating, send your items to, Play Soccer, 24 St Martin Dr, Unit 10, Marlborough, MA 01752
