It's about a single parent who is trying to fulfill the dream of her daughter to become a professional footballer. At 17 years-old JordAnne Antoine is an award winning defender who earned a US scholarship with South West Virginia Community College. Her mother DeAnne Antoine relates her experience of being unemployed, but going all out to make her daughter's dream possible.
00:00 17 year old Jordan Antoine is a former captain and a defender for Miracle
00:04 Ministries. She's been playing football for seven years, has won the SSFL Top
00:09 Defender Award and led her team to the Central Zone crown. For her, football was
00:15 a match made in heaven.
00:16 It was just like another trial. You know when you're young, it is just like, oh I'm sorry, I'm in different activities.
00:27 You continue playing yours. It was just another trial. I just fell in love with it.
00:35 Her ultimate goal is to be a professional footballer. She nervously
00:39 left the caring arms of her mother today for the United States, won a part
00:44 scholarship for Southwest Virginia Community College.
00:48 She's a very independent, very intelligent, wise for her age kind of person. She's quite shy as well as you would have noticed.
01:00 She's quite shy, but it doesn't take away from her ability to read the room.
01:08 Her mother, Deanne, was laid off during the pandemic, but that has not stopped her from raising three children as a single parent.
01:15 Out on a limb, she's a mother going to her limit to ensure the best for her daughter.
01:21 Jordyn needs a 200,000 TT over four semesters, but Deanne Antwine is not putting a price tag on the capabilities of her daughter.
01:31 Occasionally I get small jobs. So that has been the catalyst to launch our fundraisers together with assistance from a close relative.
01:45 So what I intend to do is keep having fundraisers in the form of lunches.
01:51 And we also have the GoFundMe that I'd really like to promote. So that's the plan moving forward.
01:59 If the saying that society raises a child rings true to you, support Jordyn on her journey by donating to their GoFundMe account or their First Citizens account 2971748.
02:12 We will continue to follow her transition through her partial athletics scholarship at Southwest Virginia Community College.
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