Car wash crew eyes US trip
Friday October 9, 2009
Brunswick Club footballers are flexing their entrepreneurial muscle as well as honing their ball skills in the run-up to a Californian tour next year.
Club manager Danny Volino has challenged his squad of under-13 footballers to raise their own cash towards the two-week trip in June, which will include competing in the Californian Sand Soccer Tournament.
Business-minded footballers Jamaal Bailey, 12, and Milkyas Abraham, 12, have already made £200 each by washing cars around the Fulham neighbourhood.
"In an age when kids often get everything, they are having to make a few sacrifices," Danny said. "There is financial hardship within a lot of the group so they are going out with a bucket and sponge and making their own money."
Danny said the club's car washers would be armed with identification badges so residents could distinguish them from bogus callers.
The youth club, in Haldane Road, has made the Californian trip a yearly treat for its young sporting stars and Danny said the experience was both educational and enjoyable.
"The kids have a home-stay with an American family so they get a real taste of Californian life," he said. "They will also visit Universal Studios and theme parks while they're over there."
