Boks challenge schools to join #StrongerTogether campaign
Kolisi and the players received a roaring welcome at the school
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and fellow Rugby World Cup winners Damian Willemse and Herschel Jantjies caused much excitement as they delivered food parcels and a message of hope to a group of Peakview High School learners in Athlone, Cape Town on June 25.
The trio of Springbok RWC winners, who were accompanied by Blitzbok and Imbokodo captains, Siviwe Soyizwapi and Zintle Mpupha, and representatives of the charity organisation Gift of the Givers, also laid down a challenge to schools across the country to get involved with the campaign.
The school that sells the most tickets in the raffle as part of the campaign will win a “visit” by the Webb Ellis Cup, while 44 unique prizes are also up for grabs.
The gathering at the Cape Flats school was to raise awareness for SA Rugby’s #StrongerTogether for R32-12 relief campaign, whereby the Springboks are assisting with hunger alleviation through a unique project.The other charity who will benefit from the campaign, where raffle tickets are sold for R32-12 and the players are giving away some of their most prized possessions from last year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan, is Food Forward SA.
Kolisi and the players received a roaring welcome at the school, where only the Grade 12 learners are back as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown regulations. The Bok skipper and his fellow national team players handed over food parcels and school stationery to the 67 matriculant learners, while their proud teachers were watching the event in the school ground.
Willemse and Jantjies were the two youngest members of the 2019 RWC winning squad and both players said they were excited to be part of the proceedings and happy to be part of the fund-raising campaign. Kolisi shared a few words of inspiration with the learners before the handover of the food parcels.
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