06th
March 2010
Sandals
Foundation Involves Guests in reaching out to
Local Community
 Mere
months after thieves made away with several
computers at the Balata Government School, a
visiting Sandals couple from Canada has come
to the rescue by replenishing the institution’s
lab. Derrick and Doris Harrison, who visit Sandals
Grande and Regency every year have to date,
donated over fifty computers and one thousand
books through the Sandals Foundation for similar
projects around the Caribbean. During a small
ceremony recently at the facility built by the
Sandals Foundation sixteen years ago, the Harrisons
say that they look forward every time to give
back to the people of the island.
“St. Lucia has been one of our favourite
vacation places and every time we come here
the people of St. Lucia treat us so well. So
it is a pleasure to do this for the children
of the island,” Said Derrick.
The donation which also contained books and
school supplies was well received by teachers
and students at the facility. Sandals Halcyon
has had a longstanding relationship with the
Balata school which spans some fifteen years,
and was able to construct and maintain a computer
resource center and library which caters for
the two hundred and fifty plus students of the
school.
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