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Rotary Club of Montego Bay East gives $345K in scholarships to 15
By PAUL A REID Observer West writer
MONTEGO BAY
Fifteen needy students from St James received bursaries ranging between $100,000 and $5,000 totalling $345,000 from the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East last Thursday.
The awards, which were presented at a function held at the Sunset Beach Resort and Spa, came from proceeds of the Bikeathon/Jamaica Challenge 06 staged earlier this year.
This year's contribution has brought the club’s total disbursement to just over $1.2 million, it was announced.
Tasheena Monteque, a second-year linguistics student at the University of the West Indies (Mona) was given a scholarship worth $100,000. This, she said, would help cover her accommodation needs for this school year.
The 2003 graduate of Mt Alvernia High School who said she will be 20 in two weeks’ time, told the Observer West the bursary means she would “have to work harder after the Rotary Club has invested faith in me so I can further my education and I will by all means make the best use of it possible.”
She said while she is not sure what will happen after the money is finished, she has survived her first two years by her faith. "I am not certain what will happen after the year. When I went to Kingston I went with faith in my pocket and God in my heart and I am still at school and getting ready for exams so anything is possible with God. I did not have a way to go to school and He created it through the Rotary Club so I am very grateful."
Three scholarships worth $50,000 were awarded to Lishon Dunkley of the Montego Bay Community College, Anique Ellis and Latoya Malcolm both of Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College.
The $100,000 scholarship was sponsored by The Rotary Club of Montego Bay East while the $50,000 scholarships were sponsored by American Airlines, Sunset Beach and Hot 102FM.
A $20,000 scholarship was sponsored by Digicel.
FOR YOU. Tasheena Monteque accepts $100,000 from Winston McKane, president of the Rotary Club East.
By PAUL A REID Observer West writer
MONTEGO BAY
Fifteen needy students from St James received bursaries ranging between $100,000 and $5,000 totalling $345,000 from the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East last Thursday.
The awards, which were presented at a function held at the Sunset Beach Resort and Spa, came from proceeds of the Bikeathon/Jamaica Challenge 06 staged earlier this year.
This year's contribution has brought the club’s total disbursement to just over $1.2 million, it was announced.
Tasheena Monteque, a second-year linguistics student at the University of the West Indies (Mona) was given a scholarship worth $100,000. This, she said, would help cover her accommodation needs for this school year.
The 2003 graduate of Mt Alvernia High School who said she will be 20 in two weeks’ time, told the Observer West the bursary means she would “have to work harder after the Rotary Club has invested faith in me so I can further my education and I will by all means make the best use of it possible.”
She said while she is not sure what will happen after the money is finished, she has survived her first two years by her faith. "I am not certain what will happen after the year. When I went to Kingston I went with faith in my pocket and God in my heart and I am still at school and getting ready for exams so anything is possible with God. I did not have a way to go to school and He created it through the Rotary Club so I am very grateful."
Three scholarships worth $50,000 were awarded to Lishon Dunkley of the Montego Bay Community College, Anique Ellis and Latoya Malcolm both of Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College.
The $100,000 scholarship was sponsored by The Rotary Club of Montego Bay East while the $50,000 scholarships were sponsored by American Airlines, Sunset Beach and Hot 102FM.
A $20,000 scholarship was sponsored by Digicel.
FOR YOU. Tasheena Monteque accepts $100,000 from Winston McKane, president of the Rotary Club East.