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Re: School Donations
I would heartily recommend you ask if you can a take morning of your vacation and volunteer at St. Anthony's - they run a breakfast programme (7-8:30ish) for kids only and a lunch programme for all, (both of which you can help out) from 10h30 to 1ish. It is an awesome experience, and you will learn more about the Negril you think you know. Miss Pearl, Beloxi, Velma ... Munday ... all the regulars that work there are truly inspirational. It is a regular stop for us now! They appreciate they help and support. They are connected enough with the schools, that they will know where to send the supplies.
It puts your life in perspective and gives whole new meaning to "Say NO to hunger"!!!!
There are 2 schools I know of in Negril that would appreciate any supplies you can bring (we were told a box of Crayola crayons is about USD12 there ... so do the math, so to speak) - Negril All Age (right on the cliff road) and Mount Airy All Age (a lovely school we had the pleasure of visiting with their principal! What an amazing morning that was!).
Rob may know the organization, as I cannot think of it. But there are a whole slew of hotels in Negril who belong to this organization,and each hotel seems to take a school under their wing, and they publish on their website the school they sponsor and what they need specifically this year - but they will take anything! Just be careful with brining anything that will require battery replacement. I know White Sands belongs to this group, and it's under "about us" on their website. I think. I know Rob will correct this for me. But it's out there!
Bless you for bringing stuff. God knows they need it! We gave one school a soccer ball with a pump and you'd think we'd given them the keys to the kingdom! "We now have a soccer ball for the kids". So little means so much!
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