Solomon Islands Community Trip

The Queanbeyan AFL Club is undertaking an end of season trip with a difference and seek your
support to develop outstanding young men and women. Our men and women will partner with
community projects in the Solomon Islands to build a fresh water supply for an orphanage and
refuge. The players will also make donations to local communities and spend some time passing on
AFL skills to the Solomon Island locals.
This is a unique initiative that the Club is very proud of – our players and volunteers are giving up
their own time and funding their own trips – to help some of the poorest communities in the Pacific.
The trip will be led by our Club Chaplain, Scott Minchin who travelled to the Solomon Islands as a
Defence Member in 2016. Upon his return, members of the Queanbeyan Tigers playing group
approached him about making a trip as a playing team to support initiatives in the Solomon Islands
and to take the opportunity to do something unique in AFL circles. It is an opportunity to further
develop the Tigers spirit and is a great example of the leadership and service spirit that exists at the
Tigers. All the participants are funding their own way to the Solomon Islands, but any financial
support would be gratefully acknowledged and appreciated.