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Independence City Alumni will be holding its annual Reunion Dance Saturday, August 22 in New York City. The dance will start at approximately 9 PM.
Proceeds from the dance will be used to fund a scholarship for one student each from Independence City Primary School and Southborough Primary school to attend high school for three years. The scholarships are named after Norman "Riddim" Petrekin, a community leader in Independence City, who was killed in a car crash in 2007.
LOCATION:
Marcus Hall
219-19 Linden Blvd.
Cambria Heights, Queens, New York
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(Jamaica STAR, March 14, 2009)
Books for Independence City Primary
anthony minott - Jacenta O'Connor (left), principal of Independence City Primary, accepts a number of donated books from Sharman Campbell, representing the Independence City Reunion Association. The books that were shipped in four barrels will benefit the school's library.
Books for Independence City Primary
A popular saying goes 'Put a book in the hand of a child and this will teach them essential learning skills'.
This statement is so true as recently Sharman Campbell, representing the Independence City Reunion Association, handed over four barrels of books from abroad to Independence City Primary on the school grounds.
Almost all of the members of this organisation reside abroad. "I am pleased to present these books and school supplies to the children of this school," Campbell expressed. She stated that the organisation met with the school's principal, Jacenta O'Connor, and asked what was the school's greatest need and she told them that the school needs books for the library.
"We felt obligated and therefore we sent these barrels of books and school supplies," Campbell said.
In July, the same organisation gave two scholarships, one to a student at Independence City Primary and the other to a fourth-grade pupil at Southboro Primary. Both schools are in the Independence City Division. The scholarships, named in honour of the deceased Norman Petrekin, are worth US$1,000 each, and will run for at least three years. O'Connor opined that the books will go a long way in improving the literacy level at the institution.
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Proceeds from the dance will be used to fund a scholarship for one student each from Independence City Primary School and Southborough Primary school to attend high school for three years. The scholarships are named after Norman "Riddim" Petrekin, a community leader in Independence City, who was killed in a car crash in 2007.
LOCATION:
Marcus Hall
219-19 Linden Blvd.
Cambria Heights, Queens, New York
=========================================
(Jamaica STAR, March 14, 2009)
Books for Independence City Primary
anthony minott - Jacenta O'Connor (left), principal of Independence City Primary, accepts a number of donated books from Sharman Campbell, representing the Independence City Reunion Association. The books that were shipped in four barrels will benefit the school's library.
Books for Independence City Primary
A popular saying goes 'Put a book in the hand of a child and this will teach them essential learning skills'.
This statement is so true as recently Sharman Campbell, representing the Independence City Reunion Association, handed over four barrels of books from abroad to Independence City Primary on the school grounds.
Almost all of the members of this organisation reside abroad. "I am pleased to present these books and school supplies to the children of this school," Campbell expressed. She stated that the organisation met with the school's principal, Jacenta O'Connor, and asked what was the school's greatest need and she told them that the school needs books for the library.
"We felt obligated and therefore we sent these barrels of books and school supplies," Campbell said.
In July, the same organisation gave two scholarships, one to a student at Independence City Primary and the other to a fourth-grade pupil at Southboro Primary. Both schools are in the Independence City Division. The scholarships, named in honour of the deceased Norman Petrekin, are worth US$1,000 each, and will run for at least three years. O'Connor opined that the books will go a long way in improving the literacy level at the institution.
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