Members of the Rotary Club Sunrise Road Town on Friday September 18th, 2020 made donations of 14 laptops to students of the Elmore Stoutt High School, Althea Scatliffe Primary School and the Enid Scatliffe Pre Primary school.
Present at the handover ceremony at the Althea Scatliffe Primary School was President of the Rotary Club Sunrise, Mrs. Kenisha Spruave, Director of Youth Service Projects Marion Blyden, Past President Gretchen Hodge, along with the Principals, Parents and student recipients.
In an invited comment, Director of Youth Service Projects Ms. Marion Blyden said:
“Rotary has always been committed to youth development and promoting basic education and literacy within communities. To this end, the Rotary Club Sunrise of Road Town has embarked on numerous initiatives towards these areas of focus. Our newest initiative: donation of laptop to students, was geared towards promoting basic education by assisting youths within our community to obtain the resources required for learning in this new era. The availability of resources required for a successful learning experience, especially during these unprecedented times, is a real need in our community, and Rotary Club Sunrise thought it necessary to assist with the same.”
Director Blyden continued by saying, “We are delighted that we were able to partner with the business community: Republic Bank (BVI) Limited; Jr Minister Hon DeCastro, Motions of the Arts Studio, Stinky’s Barbershop; Terry’s Garbage Disposal; and Tortola Express to allow us to provide 14 laptops to students in need.
Rotary Club Sunrise of Road Town remains committed to supporting the needs of our communities.”
Students all across the territory of the Virgin Islands return to school on Monday September 21st, 2020 for the 2020-2021 academic school year, with most students online.