Major League Soccer announced Wednesday that Impact defender Jeb Brovsky is nominated for the MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year Award.
MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year Finalists
Jeb Brovsky (Montreal Impact)
Dwayne De Rosario (D.C. United)
Matt Reis (New England Revolution)
The Colorado native continues his outstanding work within the local and international communities, helping disadvantaged children through fundraising efforts, camps and lectures.
His most recent endeavor, Operation Quetzal, piloted by his non-profit organization Peace Pandemic, was to bring 400 disadvantaged children from Guatemala - many of whom were orphans - to the Impact’s Champions League game versus CD Heredia in Guatemala City.
Along with a supporters group dedicated to him and the good works he does called the Jebi Knights, Brovsky was able to raise enough money to buy tickets, provide transportation and purchase a number of Impact souvenirs for all of his young guests.
Brovsky and his wife Caitlin had previously met a number of those kids on a philanthropic trip to Guatemala last Christmas, where he used soccer and workshops to empower young girls and educate boys on the treatment of women, which earned him an MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Month award for March.
In Montreal, Brovsky continues to be involved at the local level, participating in the Procure Walk for Life to raise money for prostate cancer, as well as a number of other humanitarian ventures.
In his rookie season in MLS, the Notre-Dame product was named the MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Month in July and the 2011 Whitecaps Foundation Humanitarian of the Year.
The winner will be announced on November 26.
