Sunday, April 21, 2013

Usain Bolt teams with Digicel for his hometown Sherwood Content


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ALL SMILES IN SHERWOOD CONTENT: Living Legend, Usain Bolt, is seen with Trisha Williams-Singh (left), Senior Corporate Relations Manager at Digicel and Samantha Chantrelle, Executive Director of the Digicel Foundation. Occasion was the handing over ceremony of a  multipurpose court to his hometown, Sherwood Content in Trelawny. The gift also included the leveling of a playing field for football and other field related sporting activities. Funded by the Digicel Foundation to the tune of J$ 4 million, the multipurpose court will benefit approximately 1500 people in the Sherwood Content community. The handing over event took place at the Sherwood Content Community on Saturday, April 20.

https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/1/?ui=2&ik=8e5eb9aa5b&view=att&th=13e2ae982a945371&attid=0.3&disp=inline&realattid=f_hfrqaiiq2&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P8RL-zGFSuBDR28mdo8rwf3&sadet=1366556956466&sads=aaw1KCRy4fK1mRHkOADM5UOhEAo GREAT TURN OUT IN SHERWOOD CONTENT:  Usain Bolt in partnership with the Digicel Foundation handed over a multipurpose court to his hometown, Sherwood Content in Trelawny. Photo shows (from left): Beverly Atkinson; Samantha Chantrelle, Executive Director of the Digicel Foundation; Patrick Atkinson, Member of Parliament for North Trelawny; Joy Clarke, Head of Sales for Digicel Jamaica’s West and Central divisions; His Worship, the Mayor of Falmouth, Garth Wilkinson.  The gift also included the leveling of a playing field for football and other field related sporting activities. Funded by the Digicel Foundation to the tune of J$ 4million, the multipurpose court will benefit approximately 1500 people in the Sherwood Content community. The handing over event took place at the Sherwood Content Community on Saturday, April 20.




FROM: Vicki Cann | PROComm | 876-926-6740

SHERWOOD CONTENT RECEIVES MULTIPURPOSE COURT THROUGH DIGICEL FOUNDATION, USAIN BOLT FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP

Kingston, Jamaica – Saturday April 20, 2013: Living legend Usain Bolt in partnership with the Digicel Foundation handed over a multipurpose court to his hometown, Sherwood Content in Trelawny. The gift also included the levelling of a playing field for football and other field related sporting activities. Funded by the Digicel Foundation to the tune of J$ 4million, the multipurpose court is yet another example of working for the development of his hometown and is the first step in Bolt’s plans to revitalize the Sherwood Content Community Centre. The Bolt Foundation has also been heavily involved in giving back to schools with the purchase of a school bus for Bolt’s alma mater William Knibb and the donation of playground equipment to four primary schools in Portland.

The new multipurpose court in Trelawny will benefit approximately 1500 persons in the Sherwood Content community and the surrounding areas. The Social Development Commission, on behalf of the Usain Bolt Foundation, will see to the maintenance of the court and the implementation of a variety of programmes designed to engage youth and community members in sporting activities. The handing over event took place at the Sherwood Content Community on Saturday, April 20.

Usain Bolt and members of the community “christened” the court with a friendly hoop shooting competition.  As part of the festivities, Waldensia Primary students also performed a moving cultural item. Bolt is a past student of the school and had previously teamed up with the Digicel Foundation to participate in Labour Day activities at the institution. The hand over was truly a community affair with persons coming out to share in the moment.

Commenting on the significance of the hand over, Digicel Foundation Executive Director, Samantha Chantrelle said that “the link between sports and development has been seen across the globe. Through sports we engage our youth to learn positive life skills—teamwork, responsibility and how to compete fairly. The Digicel Foundation is very happy to have partnered with the Usain Bolt Foundation in providing the opportunity for young persons in his hometown to learn these skills.”

‘It’s a great joy to be able to give back to my community and play my part in creating sporting opportunities for the children. I want to thank Digicel especially and all who contributed to making this project a reality,” noted Bolt.

About Digicel Foundation

The Digicel Foundation is the largest local private sector foundation in Jamaica. Since its inception in 2004 the Foundation has invested over J$1.2 billion in communities in which Digicel operates island wide. The Digicel Foundation has been proactive in the areas of Education, Special Needs, and Community Empowerment.
The Digicel Foundation has:

  • Invested over J$100 million in their Enrichment Initiative in partnership with the Ministry of Education to improve literacy at the primary school level island wide.
  • Invested over J$38 million in resource rooms, including science and IT labs, in high schools island-wide.
  • Committed to building three Special Needs schools, two of which, the STEP Centre, and NAZ Children’s Centre broke ground in 2012.
  • Invested over J$60 million in Community Empowerment initiatives over the past four years, including $10 million annually and $15 million in 2012 to support the National Best Communities Competition and Program.
  • Invested $13 million in the ‘Back to Roots—Stronger Roots, Stronger Communities, Stronger Nation.’ The programme aims to help community organizations become more self-reliant by facilitating their transition to social enterprises, by teaching them how to run sustainable community businesses.


For more information visit our website at www.digiceljamaicafoundation.org
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About the Usain Bolt Foundation

Mission: Creation of opportunities through education and cultural development for a positive change.

Vision:  The Usain Bolt Foundation is dedicated to the legacy for happy children; to enhance the character of children through education and cultural development, as they live their dreams.

Activities include:

  • Walk-a-thon to raise funds for cardiac surgery for children
  • Assistance with a state of the art dining facility at William Knibb Memorial High School
  • Infrastructural development of Piedmont Basic and Waldensia Primary Schools


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