Greater than 650 kids from Port Antonio and adjoining communities in Portland benefited from a latest back-to-school mission hosted at Carder Park within the parish capital.
The occasion which was dubbed ‘Portland Paradise Weekend’, was spearheaded by Eunice Rashford, a Jamaican residing in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
She acquired assist from Jamaica’s Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Dr Elaine Grant Bryan, by her basis, together with Delta Airways, which is headquartered in Atlanta.
The collaboration resulted within the acquisition of notebooks, textbooks, kids’s books, backpacks, calculators, and digital faculty provides that had been introduced to the kids.
Grant Bryan mentioned that she was completely satisfied to be one of many occasion’s sponsors and to have the ability to help in buying faculty provides for the kids. The diplomat, who was in Port Antonio for the occasion, mentioned she is planning to assist extra faculties sooner or later.
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“There’s a nice curiosity in me serving to the colleges. Numerous companies had been keen to assist me once I advised them what I used to be doing. I then realized that I might do it for a lot of faculties. So I hope to come back again in brief order to do extra of it,” she mentioned.
Grant Bryan identified that faculties in different parishes, particularly these adversely affected by the latest passage of Hurricane Beryl, can even profit from future donations.
“So I’m going to be speaking with some executives once I return, to see how they may help. Collectively will probably be important,” she acknowledged.
Grant Bryan additionally praised the Delta Airways employees for his or her position within the back-to-school drive.
“They’ve been very useful to me for the six years since I’ve been honorary consul. They’ve been tremendous useful,” she mentioned.
Portland Paradise Weekend was launched in 2016 to draw vacationers to Portland and create financial alternatives for residents of the parish.
