GALLERY: Hope and Health 2019

Vancouver Whitecaps FC players and coaches participated in the fourth annual Hope and Health in Musqueam on Monday.

Hope and Health is an all-day experience that utilizes soccer to build resilience and connection amongst Indigenous children and youth ages 4 to 18. Hope and Health was founded in 2011 by Whitecaps FC head of first team operations and facilities Ed Georgica and his wife Deana Gill-Georgica, along with Bill Yoachim, executive director of Kw’umut Lelum Child and Family Services. Yoachim is also a former Whitecaps FC Community MVP nominee and league contest winner.

Hope and Health is about building relationships and connection more than anything else. The bigger picture and context…