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Jun 01, 2009 News
ROSEHALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – Thirty-nine schools and organizations, received supplies, compliments of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club.
The donations are part of the $14M worth of items supplied to the RHSC for distribution by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, two weeks ago.
Chief Executive Officer of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, Hilbert Foster, explained that his group would be sharing out $10 million worth of items, while another agency would distribute the remaining $4 million in Georgetown and the Rupununi.
The stuff handed out included baby care products, educational packages, hygiene kits, as well as foodstuff, toys, footwear, articles of clothing and other paraphernalia.
The nursery schools, Rose Hall Town; Ankerville; Savannah Park; Viola, Trinity Street; St. Mary’s and Number Two, received books, toys and hygiene kits.
The Rose Hall Town; Port Mourant; Bohemia; Sheet Anchor; Fyrish; Courtland; Cumberland; Fort Ordinance and Overwinning Primary Schools got books and hygiene kits.
The secondary institutions in the county, including the Lower Corentyne; J.C. Chandisingh; Port Mourant; Corentyne Comprehensive; Black Bush Polder; New Amsterdam (Multilateral); Tutorial Academy; Berbice High; Canje; Berbice Educational Institute and Vryman’s Erven, were also recipients of similar articles.
The other beneficiaries were the Canaan Full Gospel Orphanage; Camal Home for the Homeless and Battered Women; Amerindian Hostel; Albion Chapel Skills Training Center; Felix Austin Police College, Division ‘B’; Guyana Fire Service; Eversham Community Developers; National Psychiatric Hospital; Canje Pheasant Community Foundation; United Associates and the New Amsterdam Lion’s Club.
These organizations were given footwear, clothing, and other items.
Foster requested the 39 groups receiving items, to submit the names of the persons who received the stuff, after they would have distributed them.
This he said is for accountability and to ensure that the items reached the intended beneficiaries, the less fortunate.
The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, since its formation 19 years ago, has been operating under its, ‘No to Drugs and Yes to Education’ policy.
In 1995, when the ‘Anti – Drug and Pro-Education’ Campaign was launched, the organization re-committed itself to serve the poor and invest in the future of young people. According to Foster, millions of dollars have since been spent.
The club places emphasis on sports as well.
He thanked the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for the gesture.
This is the third consecutive year that a donation of this magnitude was given to the Rose Hall Town Youth and Spots Club, thus, making a difference in the lives of many.
Elder Vincent Whitehead, Local Charity Director of the church, said that each year, large amounts of persons around the world benefit from the church’s benevolence.
In 2008, a total of $132 million worth of items including wheelchairs, stationery, foodstuff, and other items were shipped to Guyana and later distributed.
Please share this to every Guyanese including your house cats.
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