‘Spread the love of football’: Blue Bombers connecting with youth in remote, northern Manitoba communities – Winnipeg | 24CA News
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have wrapped up a collection of visits to varsities in distant, northern Manitoba communities earlier than the season will get underway.
On Thursday, Bombers extensive receivers Nic Demski and Drew Wolitarsky travelled to Bunibonibee Cree Nation, also referred to as Oxford House, in northern Manitoba, greater than 900 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
“Just trying to spread the love of football and the love of sport in all these communities up here,” Demski informed Global News.
Wide receivers Drew Wolitarsky and Nic Demski.
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“These kids really don’t have the chance to come into Winnipeg often and see football drills and how to play the sport of football, so (we) just want to spread the love of football and get a football in their hands and see if they enjoy it.”
Oxford House is greater than 900 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
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The workforce says the aim of the journeys is to introduce Indigenous youth to soccer for gratis to the varsity of households and promote the game in each nook of the province.
“One thing I take out of this is that we’re not just in Winnipeg, we’re trying to spread this all over Manitoba and we appreciate the sport for all of Manitoba,” Demski mentioned.
“So even to come to these communities and show what they have to offer to us, we just like to return and spread love and positivity back to them and hopefully they can pickup a football and learn a new gift while they do it.”
During Thursday’s go to to Bunibonibee, the workforce visited the highschool and elementary colleges, delivering flag soccer gear together with footballs, flag kits, and drill books. They additionally gave out shirts, signed autographs, and ran the scholars by way of drills.
The gamers serving lunch to college students at Bunibonibee Cree Nation.
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Wolitarsky says it’s necessary to share the ability of sport and teamwork with the scholars.
“I think just being able to win or lose with other people around you is really big. I lost a lot as a kid but I did it with friends, I did it with people I knew I could rely on and talk to,” Wolitarsky mentioned.
“And sometimes when you’re alone it’s harder to take those losses and it’s not as fun to celebrate those victories by yourself.”
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