STUDENTS SHARING Azariah Brice, a student at Freeport Gospel Chapel, adopted the juice drive idea and collected a significant donation for the Grand Bahama Children's Home. Pictured from left to right: Rowena Ferrell, 5th grade teacher at Freeport Gospel Chapel; Katelyn Cabral, inspiration for the juice drive; Brennamae Rolle-Cooper, Administrator of GBCH; Azariah Brice; and Fran Brice, Azariah's mother.
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Freeport, Grand Bahama - It is said that it only takes a spark to get the fire going.
This is also true when it comes to igniting the spirit of giving in others.
Earlier this year, Bishop Michael Eldon Student Katelyn
Cabral was featured for her generous school project where she collected hundreds
of juice boxes and donated them to the Grand Bahama Children’s Home (GBCH). Around
the same time that Katelyn made her donation, another local student was looking
for a way to help her community.
Azariah Brice, a student at Freeport Gospel Chapel, heard of
Katelyn’s juice drive and took the idea to her school. With the help of her teacher,
Rowena Ferrell, Azariah and her peers collected a container full of juice boxes
and recently donated them to the GBCH on behalf of Freeport Gospel Chapel.
“Juices and snacks are some things that our children always
need. We are very grateful to Azariah and the students of Freeport Gospel
Chapel for adopting Katelyn’s idea to help the Home and we hope that other students
reading this story will also be inspired to coordinate similar donation drives
at their schools,” said Brennamae Rolle-Cooper, Administrator at the Grand
Bahama Children’s Home.
Although this school year will be Azariah’s last at Freeport
Gospel Chapel, the school’s administration has agreed to continue the juice
drive as an annual event. They are proud of Azariah’s act of kindness and the
different ways she helps through volunteering at school and in her community.
Katelyn is also excited and working with the administration
at Bishop Michael Eldon School to plan their second annual juice drive which is
now appropriately being referred to as “Students Sharing”.
For more
information on how you can inspire your school to assist less fortunate
students, please call the Grand Bahama Children’s Home at 352-7852 or visit GB
Children’s Home on Facebook.
