Pupils score funds for Brazilian soccer club

St. Thomas Aquinas students kick-start donations of training gear, equipment to Sao Paolo

Luke Harris (left), Kiara Machry, Lucas Wagorn, Amy Crawford, Brooke Marklund, and Matthew Callaghan, all Grade 8 students at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary who helped contribute, hold up soccer jerseys that will be donated to a group in Sao Paolo, Brazil, called the Soccer Club. Special to The B.C. Catholic.

A local Grade 8 group, 13-14 years old, has undertaken to deliver brand new soccer equipment to a group in Sao Paolo, Brazil, called the Soccer Club. The local teenagers, from St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary in North Vancouver, are led by Lucas Wagorn. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

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