Basseterre, St. Kitts, 5th September, 2023 (ZIZ Newsroom): Ahead of the start of the 2023-2024 academic school year children within the Keys Community received school supplies as part of a back-to-school initiative on Sunday.
St. Clair Pemberton in collaboration with Ocean Blue Bar and Grill and Convenient Store donated books, bags, pencils, pens, erasers, glues and other essentials.
Mr. Pemberton said he felt inspired to give back to the community.
“And since I got a little thing going on in Key between Ocean Blue Bar, I said, well, I think I should give back something. Then I was thinking, what should I do? But the problem is that I couldn’t get it out of my head. So I just decided, let me go online and see what I could do. Then I decided to do something for kids.”
Community Development Officer Haniff Charles spoke of the significance of these types of initiatives within communities.
President of the Keys Community Improvement Club Royston Griffin said the donation will assist parents and thanked those persons who made the donation possible.
Mr. Pemberton said he would like to see more initiatives to assist not only the younger persons, but the elderly and those who are in need within the community.
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