Jamaica Association Offer $2000 Scholarship
The Jamaica Association of Bermuda [JAB] is accepting applications for the Hazel Christopher Educational Award [HCEA] for the 2015-2016 academic year.
The award is valued at USD$2000.00 and is issued yearly to a new recipient living in Bermuda who is of Jamaican lineage and studying at the collegiate level.
Through the HCEA, the JAB supports one student yearly who is pursuing post-secondary education.
The JAB’s prestigious HCEA will be awarded to an individual who demonstrates a passion for Community Service and for attaining higher education in a given field of their choice.
Application forms are available at the JAB office at 55 Court Street, Hamilton during weekdays from 5pm to 7pm and also from the JAB website at www.jamaicabda.org.
Completed forms along with required supporting documents must be returned to the JAB office no later than 5pm on Monday July 6th, 2015.
“The Hazel Christopher Educational Award [HCEA] was established in honor of founding member of the JAB, the late Mrs. Hazel Christopher pictured]. Mrs. Hazel Christopher along with Mrs. Shurnett Caines, Mrs. Eunice Fisher, Mrs. Cassie Collins and Mrs. Sonia Durrant Barclay bonded together to establish the Jamaican Association [Bermuda] over 30 years ago,” the JAB said.
“Their efforts were pooled and channeled in fighting for the rights of Jamaicans living in Bermuda in the late 70s, 80s and 90s when prevailing conditions for Jamaicans were such that required formal representation.
“The late Mrs. Christopher efforts on the team added depth and significance to every struggle that the Jamaican community in Bermuda faced. To this end she is considered the matriarch of the Jamaican community and a champion for the wider Caribbean family.
“The late Mrs. Christopher was a selfless community servant and an astute business woman who spent some forty years on Court Street operating the In-Between Boutique. Her life and service to the local Jamaican community, Bermuda and Jamaica is one that the members of the JAB are proud of and holds dearly.
“As a result, the executive of the JAB takes pleasure in welcoming applications from all suitable candidates for this Award. Through this Award, we aim to keep the name and legacy of the late Mrs. Hazel Christopher alive for many generations to come. “
Well I guess I don’t qualify nor my decendants.
Maybe I will offer some monies for other decendants.
Shalom.
I smoke trees and listen to big bob… Also I like jerk everything and oxtail… Does that count ?