Videos: 4 Garrison Officers’ Mess Keep-fit Club (Ridge) donates GH¢160,000 to eight foundations
THE 4 Garrison Officers’ Mess Keep-fit Club (Ridge) in Kumasi, has donated a cheque of GH¢20,000 each to eight orphanages in the region.
The gesture which forms part of the club’s corporate responsibilities was done during its annual Get-together dinner on Sunday January 5, 2025.
The beneficiaries include Obeng Kwakye Foundation, Ashan Children’s Home, Kumasi Cheshire Home and Cherubs Home.
Others are Frhab Ghana Charity Foundation, Perfect Peace Foundation, Blessed School and Missionary of Mercy.
President of the 4 Garrison Officers’ Mess Keep-fit Club (Ridge), Kwasi Badu, presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries, Mr. Badu stated that the gesture was part of the club’s areas of focus and contributions to help and put smiles on the faces of the children and other less privileged in the society.
“As a Keep-fit club, the passion to help the needy in the society is something that we all cheerish most. When you pay a visit to any of the orphanages here, the conditions there are so horrible that sometimes if you are not careful you may end up crying so we took it upon ourselves to learn a helping hand to them,” he said.
The money, he disclosed was solicited through individual contributions from the members of the club.
He promised the club’s quest to continue to improve the lives of the needy in society, and appealed to the beneficiaries to use the money for its intended purposes for the well-being of the children.
Mr. Badu called on other groups to support the orphanages to render quality care and support for the inmates.
He also called on more Ghanaians to join Keep-fit clubs to engage in fitness to promote a healthy lifestyle. He elucidated that sedentary live styles lead to so many ailments, hence the need for a regular exercise to release unwelcomed materials from the body to improve their health.
He seized the opportunity to invite male interested individuals to join them. “We are about 121 members, and I will appeal to anyone who is interested in exercise to join us,” he added.
Some of the children who accompanied their heads to the event prayed for God’s blessings for the members of the Keep-fit club and also pray to God to replenish whatever they have spent on them.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Frhab Ghana Charity Foundation, who spoke on behalf of the other beneficiaries thanked the Keep-fit Club members and urged on other corporate bodies and groups to emulate the kind gesture to assist their facilities.
