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First Lady to unveil RHTY&SC biggest ever Christmas Village on Dec. 20
Christmas programme kicked off on Saturday last
The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club launched their biggest ever Christmas programme which would include the hosting of the first ever Christmas Village in Berbice.
First Lady Sandra Granger
The teams – Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females and Gizmos & Gadgets Under-21 and First Division on Saturday last launched the programme by entertaining hundreds of less fortunate children at the Club’s Area ‘H’ Office.
This year’s Programme would also include visits to Children Homes in Region 6 and a visit to the Dharam Shala. During the visits, meals, drinks and toys would be distributed while over 2000 toys would be given to less fortunate students.
Also forming part of the benevolence of the clubs would be general feeding of the poor (a public initiative), distribution of 500 food hampers worth to less fortunate families and senior citizens among others.
The hosting of the historic Christmas Village will take place in the compound of the Rose Hall Town Primary School. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster informed that all plans are in place of the Christmas programme and the Christmas Village which promises to be one of the biggest events held in the Ancient County.
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club has received support from the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Bank of Nova Scotia, Nand Persaud Co. Ltd, Edward B. Beharry Co. Ltd, Bakewell, Gizmos & Gadgets and Ansa Mcal Trading among others for the hosting of the Village.
The Village would be launched on December 20, 2015 at 16.00 hours by First Lady Sandra Granger who would also turn on the switch to light up the 20 foot Christmas Tree. Other attractions for the Village would include a large depiction of the Nativity Scene, a computer game section, a photo studio, games Fun Park and numerous booths selling Christmas products including toys, drinks, cakes and gifts.
The Burrowes School of Art would be providing an artistic depiction of the Christmas season which would be placed across the Village.
The club’s cricket teams have been sponsoring the Christmas Outreach Programme as part of their personal development programme with the main aim of making sure that no one goes hungry, thirsty or loveless during the festive season.
Foster expressed confidence that all of the planned events would be successful and that the Christmas Village would achieve its main objectives of promoting the traditional meaning of Christmas, attracting tourists to the Township of Rose Hall, providing clean and fun entertainment for families and promoting social cohesion among residents.
Gratitude was extended to all the sponsors across Guyana who have come on board and issued and invitation for families to visit the Christmas Village between December 20 – 24.
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