TEACHERS, STUDENTS LEAVE CLASSROOMS TO GIFT VULNERABLE
PORT MARIA, St Mary; Dec. 19, 2024
More than 50 individuals were presented with food packages and other items by members of the Horace Clarke High School community, Islington, St Mary, on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
The presentation was the continuation of the school’s Christmas Community Outreach that began in 2018.
(Package items being taken on the road for distribution)
Those who benefitted included shut-ins, the elderly, unemployed single parents, the mentally ill, and the disabled.
The Guidance Department has spearheaded this initiative over the years, since 2018, bringing joy to people in need in the community at Christmas.
(Volunteers from Horace Clarke High School in the community)
Acting head of the Guidance Department Yolanda Ebanks told the North Coast Times that Horace Clarke High School saw this as a way of continuing to build its relationship with the community. Ms Ebanks said care packages distributed this year included food items such as rice, flour, sugar, cornmeal, oil, syrup, and canned goods. Toiletries and hygiene products were also distributed.
(Entering one of several houses visited with supplies)
The Initiative was made possible through donations and sponsorship. The Christmas Outreach this year received sponsorship from organizations such as Food For the Poor and local supermarkets such as True Flava Groceries and Betta Enterprise. Donations also came from Councillor and Dean of discipline Paul Ffyfe; school Chairman, Omar Newell, staff members, and parents.
(A student hands over a package to an elderly man. Deliberate efforts have been made to not identify the beneficiaries)
The team from the school included Vice Principal Rhona Thomas, school nurse Kwyandrae Janseen, teachers Romean Doyle, Marjorie Eaton, Nicolette Small Prendergast, Paul Thomas, Anord Sichinsambwe, and students.
Areas visited in Islington included Sports Road, Friendship, Roadside, Guava River, Basin Hill and Lyndon Housing Scheme.
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