Max Kaplan, who’s 11 years old and plays in the East Cobb-based North Atlanta Tophat Soccer Association, is planning a trip to Kenya early next year to help build a soccer field there for other children.
His mother Amy Kaplan tells us he’s raising money through GoFundMe for the both of them to travel to the East African nation to participate in the field-building project through Crooked Trails, which is organizing the effort in a remote Kenyan village.
Max is a rising sixth grader at Hightower Trail Middle School. The Kaplans want to collect $8,000 in donations for the trip and began the fundraising page last week.
Here’s more about the project’s objectives from Crooked Trails, which describes itself as “travel with a purpose:”
- To immerse participants in the social, spiritual, cultural and economic life of a native community;
- To share in a remarkable travel experience with fellow participants who hold a desire to make the world a better place;
- To complete a meaningful volunteer service project with community support
- To return to home with a measurable appreciation and greater understanding of the Maasai people and the incredible wildlife of Kenya;
- To gain valuable soccer skills and game ethics by spending close time with great soccer coaches.
