Children receive school supplies @ West End Back to School Fair
The day was a fun-filled one for families living in the West End communities with face-painting, helium filled balloons, portrait photo taking, bouncy castles and other rides and other activities for children of various ages.
Further there were races such as sack race, three legged race and lime and spoon race and physical activities.
At the end of the fair, which lasted for four hours, the Committee distributed school writing books and other school supplies to children from the primary level all the way up to those attending the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College.
President of the West End Community Centre Committee Charles E. Benjamin said, “This is the second annual back to school fair that we have conducted for the children who live on the western end of the island.”
“In fact we do it for the children who reside in West End, Belmont Hill, Belmont Park, Spy Glass Hill…and Frenchman’s Cay [among others],” he said, in a comment to this news site while at the fair.
“We bring the children in and we provide activities for them and at the end of the day they will all receive appropriate school supplies,” he said.
In addition to the games and the other activities, there were musical performances and demonstrations of martial arts by the Purple Dragon Dojo.
“We are doing some of the traditional games that we used to know from the 60s [such as] tug of war, three-legged race, sack race, lime and spoon, and the kids are just having a lot of fun so we are quite pleased,” he said.
Benjamin said that one of the aims of the Committee is to encourage reading among children and he urged that parents read to their children as a means of fostering a love for the activity.
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11 Responses to “Children receive school supplies @ West End Back to School Fair ”
It is also a good move if Charles wants to get into politics because he puts his money where his mouth is. He walks the talk. It is a sincere event, not arrogant. High visibility events get people to know the organizers. Congratulations and keep it up!