Legon Cities Board Chair donates to 3 institutions
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The Board Chairman of the Lemla Group, Mr Richard K. Atikpo has donated items worth thousands of Cedis to the Rising Star and Potters Village Orphanage, Dodowa and the Accra Psychiatric Hospital on the occasion of his birthday last Friday.
The Group includes Legon Cities FC, Gulf Energy, Lemla Energy, Lemla Veterinary Services, Tomrich Mines and Construction and Airtech.
The items donated to the three institutions included bags of rice, cartons of milo, milk, oil, biscuits, beverages, student mattresses and cash.
The Group also organised a party for the children at the two orphanages.
Presenting the items, the General Manager of the Group, Mr Martin Agboyo, said that the donation was an act by the Board Chair to support the vulnerable and to give back to the society in "these very difficult times of COVID-19 as well as enabling the children realize their potential in the not too distant future".
Receiving the items on behalf of the orphanage, the heads of the three Instutions expressed gratitude to the Group and pledged to use the items for the benefit of the children and inmates at the hospital.
They also made passionate pleas to the Group to further strengthen its support to the orphanages and the hospital at large.
The Group also pledged to help refurbish Potters Village orphanage and develop the footballing talents of children in these orphanages.