As part of the AFLPA’s AFL Players Care initiative, Geelong defender Corey Enright has made another significant contribution to the community on behalf of his teammates.
 
Enright, the 2015 Geelong Cats Community Champion, has chosen to donate the Cats’ players AFL Players’ Care donation of $10,000 to Geelong Cats Foundation program Cyber Cats and Camp Quality. The $10,000 will be split between the two.
 
The AFL Players Care program was launched after the players collectively voted at the end of 2014 to increase their match payment charity contributions from $25 to $50 per match.
 
$25 of their charity contribution will still be contributed to the AFLPA’s official charity, Ladder, to help combat youth homelessness and the other $25 will now go to the AFL Players Care Fund.
 
A total of $10,000 per club per season will be provided to the players of each club to donate to one or two charities of their choice.
 
The Geelong Cats Foundation continues to make a significant difference in the community, to help young people make good choices for their ongoing health and wellbeing.
 
Enright is the Cyber Cats program ambassador, a program which is aimed at educating young people on the importance of online safety. Run out of the Deakin Cats Community Centre at Simonds Stadium, Cyber Cats is offered to year 7 students in and around the Geelong region.
 
Camp Quality provides services for children up to the age of 13 living with cancer whilst assisting families to help build optimism and resilience through each stage of their cancer journey. Enright is a Camp Quality ambassador along with his wife Renee.
 
“Cyber Cats and Camp Quality are both close to my heart and I’m so pleased to be able to assign this donation to these two great programs.
 
“Cyber Cats is vital in it’s education of young people and Camp Quality is vital in providing children and families with support in the most testing of times.
 
“Hopefully these donations will go a long way,” Enright said.
 
AFLPA club delegate, Tom Lonergan said the ability to support programs and charities close the players’ hearts was a great initiative by the AFLPA.
 
“Each player has their own charity or cause that matters to them personally and as a team, we decided the fairest way to distribute the funds was to align it with our community club champion,” Lonergan said.
 
“The boys are proud to support Corey’s choices of Cyber Cats and Camp Quality in 2016.”