Jamaican dash legend Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her Pocket Rocket Basis by awarding 11 Jamaican college students with educational scholarships and presents.
The group of scholars every obtained a scholarship valued at $100,000 and faculty provides valued at roughly $80,000. They had been introduced with their presents by Fraser Pryce throughout an awards ceremony final week.
“It’s extra than simply throwing cash at an issue, it’s an funding. Our sponsors not solely put money into us, however into the person households of scholars all through our communities. Collectively we’re altering lives,” mentioned Fraser-Pryce.
The provides included Nike ebook baggage, official Pocket Rocket Basis notebooks and promise pins, ebook vouchers, a GraceKennedy meals basket and a Samsung Galaxy A8 Digicel Pill with $3,000 credit score.
Pupil athletes awarded
The 11 recipients, all pupil athletes, had been chosen from a batch of 40 college students throughout the island, in accordance with the Pocket Rocket Basis.
In a press release, the inspiration thanked its numerous sponsors for approaching board.
“The scholarships cowl tuition, books, uniforms, lunch, and journey bills all through their highschool research. Sponsors together with GraceKennedy, Digicel, and Nike have helped the inspiration elevate the scholarship quantity 12 months over 12 months to make sure the it might proceed to assist college students and sustain with the price of schooling over time,” the inspiration mentioned.
The Nationwide Baking Firm Basis donated $1 million to the Pocket Rocket Basis, they mentioned.
Since its inception, a complete of 73 college students, throughout 26 faculties, have obtained Pocket Rocket scholarships.
The scholarship recipients for 2023 included monitor and discipline athletes Tshani Armstrong from St Catherine Excessive, Natrece East from Wolmer’s Excessive Faculty for Ladies, Nickayla Russell from Holmwood Technical, and Tyrone Lawson from Jamaica Faculty.
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The listing is accomplished by Papine Excessive’s Lysandra Taylor who performs netball; Karissa Kelly, an rising swimmer additionally from Wolmer’s Excessive Faculty for Ladies; Excelsior Excessive’s Kenrick McFarlane who’s a proficient cricketer; Knox Faculty’s Jahiem Jackson who performs volleyball; Wolmer’s Boys’ Joel Lamm who performs desk tennis and chess; Wolmer’s Boys’ Jordayne Grant who performs hockey; and Campion Faculty’s Streme Cha who’s a younger footballer.
