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Teino Evans, Staff Reporter
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The Lalyce Gray Basic School, in Cassava Piece, recently benefited from a kind gesture from Mavado, who showed that he was not all about being a 'gangsta for life'.
On Tuesday, Mavado donated $150,000 to the school and pledged to equip the school with two computers and two <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">water </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">coolers</SPAN>.
According to Mavado, "dem ting yah is not so much about giving money alone, a fi mek di yout dem stay inna school to, cause mi sing bout di gangsta part a life an bout di real tings in life. An di peace officer dem deh yah fi support di ting, suh a community ting."
Mavado's son, Donta and daughter, Danielle, will be among the students to benefit from the donations. Both are currently in grades two and three, respectively, at the school.
After the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">presentation</SPAN> was made, the principal, Beverley Saddler, said it was a good venture and students will definitely stand to benefit.
"Well, it's a very good move and it will be of great service to the children and the Cassava Piece community. And seeing that he (Mavado) has two children here, it will definitely help them in their education too. We will also be purchasing some books to put in the school library for the students," Principal Saddler said.
Also overseeing the proceeding was Deputy Superintendent Beau Rigabie, who also felt it was "a positive move."
"It will most definitely help to furnish the school, help them to provide basic amenities which are always in need. It is displaying a positive side to the individual and I only hope that this is a <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink2 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,2); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,2); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,2); href="http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20070201/ent/ent3.html#" target=_top><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">stepping </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial
Teino Evans, Staff Reporter
Mavado - contributed
The Lalyce Gray Basic School, in Cassava Piece, recently benefited from a kind gesture from Mavado, who showed that he was not all about being a 'gangsta for life'.
On Tuesday, Mavado donated $150,000 to the school and pledged to equip the school with two computers and two <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">water </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">coolers</SPAN>.
According to Mavado, "dem ting yah is not so much about giving money alone, a fi mek di yout dem stay inna school to, cause mi sing bout di gangsta part a life an bout di real tings in life. An di peace officer dem deh yah fi support di ting, suh a community ting."
Mavado's son, Donta and daughter, Danielle, will be among the students to benefit from the donations. Both are currently in grades two and three, respectively, at the school.
After the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">presentation</SPAN> was made, the principal, Beverley Saddler, said it was a good venture and students will definitely stand to benefit.
"Well, it's a very good move and it will be of great service to the children and the Cassava Piece community. And seeing that he (Mavado) has two children here, it will definitely help them in their education too. We will also be purchasing some books to put in the school library for the students," Principal Saddler said.
Also overseeing the proceeding was Deputy Superintendent Beau Rigabie, who also felt it was "a positive move."
"It will most definitely help to furnish the school, help them to provide basic amenities which are always in need. It is displaying a positive side to the individual and I only hope that this is a <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink2 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,2); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,2); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,2); href="http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20070201/ent/ent3.html#" target=_top><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">stepping </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial
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