Columbus Crew defender Jonathan Mensah wants to start the New Year with a clean-up exercise at the Dzorwulu Special School on Saturday.

Ghana international posted on his Twitter account: Happy new year to everyone. If you think 2018 was great, 2019 will be greater. Starting mine like this. #JonathanMensahFoundation.

Mensah was named Defender of Year by the MLS club in a season he scored one goal in 30 league appearances in the regular season.

He recently married Kafui Tinglafo.