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DeSinco contributes $$$ as construction of Queens College Sports Pavilion closer to reality
It started out as a little idea supported by intense discussions, now the realization of a pavilion complete with washrooms is very much a reality, endorsed when members of the local chapter of the Queens College Old Students’ Association and the Board of Directors, performed the sod turning ceremony on the playfield aback the school’s Thomas Lands based location yesterday morning.
The project is divided into two phases and apart from the area to accommodate spectators, the facility, which will be tackled in two phases, will be complete with a washroom and a dorm to accommodate domestic teams traveling to the Capital City to engage in sports and other related activity.
Alicia DeAbreu (extreme right) smiles broadly as she hands over DeSinco’s contribution to two students and a teacher of Queen’s College Secondary School. Details pertaining to other contributors and the amount accrued thus far are displayed on the board.
Already, several groups have contributed unselfishly to the project, estimated to cost some fourteen million dollars and monies accrued so far totals some M$8.5. This is the most recent figure, arrived at yesterday morning after DeSinco donated $M1.5 to the project. Ms Alicia DeAbreu, daughter of the proprietor of DeSinco and Member of the board of Governors, Frank DeAbreu, handed over the cheque to two students and a teacher of the Queen’s College Secondary School and wished the organizers well.
Chairman of the Queen’s College Academic Board (QCAB), Conrad Plummer, delivered brief remarks moments before the cheque was handed over and labeled the project as a phased approach to the reactivation of sports within the QC curriculum and by extension the reactivation of sports at a country level. He said that the members of the QCAB are concerned with the all round development of the students be it sports or otherwise. He subsequently appealed to members of the private and public sector to support the venture.
Director of Youth and Sports, Neil Kumar added his voice to the cause while pointing out the QC has produced some of the best brains in the country. He said that the institution also possessed the ability to produce the best sportsmen and women.
The Director of Youth and Sports further bandied the idea of a Multi- purpose court to facilitate the all round development of students of the educational institution. He further congratulated the many sponsors that have contributed to the project even as he encouraged others to get on board.
The estimated cost of the entire project is $14M and already approximately $8.5M have been accrued. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports has contributed three million dollars while the Queen’s College Parent Teacher’s Association and the New York Chapter have donated one million dollars apiece. The QC Worldwide group has also contributed two million dollars.
Mr. DeAbreu said that works would get underway just as soon as the balance is accrued. He also joined the many influential voices encouraging support from the private and public sector to a project he dubbed as beneficial to the development of the nation’s youths.
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