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RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee 1990 – 2015…Republic Bank renew sponsorship for Educational Summer Camp
Republic Bank (Guy) Ltd has renewed sponsorship for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) annual Educational Summer Camp for the ninth successive year. The camp which would be organized by
Customer Service Representative Ms. Lisa Balprashad presents the cheque to RHTY&SC Member Mark Papannah in the presence of staff members, Harry Dass Ghaness, Seema Brijemal and Christopher Phagoo.
Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets First Division and Pepsi Under-19 teams will attract Grade 6 students preparing for Secondary school in September.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster at the presentation ceremony informed that sixty students drawn from the four Primary Schools in the Rose Hall Town catchment area would be part of the camp which would be conducted by Senior Teacher Rohan Etwaru.
They would be taught the basic in Spanish, English A, English B, Social Studies, Mathematics and History. The students would be involved in several lectures on topics of importance including Drug Abuse, Importance of Education, Suicide, Peer Pressure and Public Manners and would also be exposed to basic coaching in cricket, volleyball, basketball and circle tennis.
Foster expressed confidence that the camp would meet all its objectives and that the students would be fully prepared for entrance into Secondary school in September.
Members of the RHT Gizmos and Gadgets First Division and RHT Pepsi Under-19 teams would also join the students for a Community Development project and have one on one personal development discussions with them as part of a Peer Role Model Project.
The long serving Secretary/CEO lauded the contribution of Republic Bank, which apart from the Educational Summer Camp also co-sponsors the club’s annual awards ceremony, annual review magazine, annual cricket academy and charity programmes among others.
Special mention was made of Republic Bank Rose Hall Branch Manager Harry Dass Ghaness and Assistant Manager Ms. Seema Brijemal for their cooperation over the years. The sponsorship package for the five week camp which starts on July 7 is $160,000. A total of 545 students have passed through the Summer Camp since it first started.
Interested parents of Grade 6 students from the Rose Hall Town, Port Mourant, Tain and Belvedere schools are asked to contact the club on telephone # 337 4562 or email [email protected].
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