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Fraser Girls with Goals! GALA
Bi-annually on ODD years, on the Saturday of the last full weekend of July, the Fraser Football Foundation hosts the Fraser Girls with Goals! Gala. The focus is simple- empowering girls to achieve goals on and off the football field! Despite the success of the Reggae Girls, who have even reached the Women’s World Cup, the development of football for girls in Jamaica is slow. Additionally, Jamaican girls battle against other social and economic hardships (such as inequality and abuse). The Fraser Girls with Goals! Gala focuses on supporting Jamaican girls in football and holistically. Girls and all-girl teams participate at no cost. All participating girls receive at least football jerseys and boots at no cost. Adjacent to football activities, the Foundation collaborates and cooperates with other philanthropic organizations to provide other resources, education, and services to girls. These includes wellness checks, eye exams, books and academic resources, and clothes. This is a celebration of girlhood and football!
We are seeking sponsors to provide donations for girls (such as hygiene products, books, pens for girls) and organizations to host booths at the events (such as health screens, eye exams, activities for girls). Help us to celebrate girlhood and football!
SEE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FRASER GIRLS WITH GOALS! GALA 2023
At the inaugural (1st) Fraser Girls with Goals! Gala, we provided football boots, football jerseys, water bottles, drawstring bags, Barbie dolls, school supplies, and other goodies at no cost to the nearly 70 girls who participated! It was a celebration of girlhood and soccer!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023 CHAMPIONS:
- Genesis Football Clinic & Academy (U08)
- Evolution Football Club (U10)
- Genesis Football Clinic & Academy (U12),
- St Catherine Rising Stars (U14)
- Kick Start Football Academy (U17)
How beautiful it was to see and experience the joy of these amazing girls! The gifted boots and other goodies were made possible by the generous donations from our donors and supporters in the United States. All the donations and contributions were highly appreciated. We particularly want to thank the families of Tampa Dynamo FC, West Florida Flames, Jayar and the JoyFM listeners, the Florida Soccer School, GRIMCO, and the Willow Wright Water Store.
The Gala was attended by over 3,000 persons cheering and supporting the children from 7 parishes. We thank our distinguished guests who came to show their commitment to the children, includingMr. Michael Ricketts (JFF President), Ms. Elaine Walker-Brown, and Mr. Baron Watson (MFA President). We thank the coaches whose selfless, tireless, and dedicated work with these girls started before the Gala and continues after. Finally, but most importantly, we thank the girls.
We gave them boots, and they gave us their wide infectious smiles, their warm hugs, their bubbling enthusiasm, and their relentless spirit. True blessings. Thank you, Girls! We heard you roar!
