This year's motivational speaker will be none other than Tara K. Stoutt, a recent Young Professional featured on Virgin Islands News Online and an entrepreneur who will be aiming to properly motivate the youth and fire them up for the upcoming school year. Photo: Provided

In a comment to this news site today, Honourable Fahie said that all can expect to hear from Ms Stoutt how to stay true to themselves and their dreams. “Be persistent in your efforts to achieve your dreams. Always believe that with God you can achieve excellence and beyond,” he said. Photo: VINO

This year that speaker will be none other than Tara K. Stoutt, a recent Young Professional featured on Virgin Islands News Online and an entrepreneur who will be aiming to properly motivate the youth and fire them up for the upcoming school year.

The motivational session will be held at at the Abraham Leonard Community Centre, Carrot Bay at 3pm today, August 30, 2015.

“Every year the Annual First District Motivational Session is held in the First District and the event features one of our very own successful and hardworking youth/young adult from the First District. This year that person is one of our young self-employed professional and entrepreneur Miss Tara K. Stoutt. Miss Stoutt continues to make great positive strides in the business community among other areas in the Virgin Islands and beyond. A college graduate and now a self-employed business woman, Miss Stoutt will get us all focused on how to always strive for excellence and beyond,” said a press statement from Honourable Andrew A. Fahie.

“Many other youths and young adults from the district will be performing and participating at the motivational session,” it said.

In addition the event will also include the reopening of the First District after school homework/study programme Bambelela which means to ‘Never give up!’

There will also be an update of the programme along with the future projections for the programme.

“Plenty surprises in terms of giveaways also await all who attend....The Pastors who shepherd churches in the First District will also be participating by praying for God's continuous blessings, favour and protection over each First District child, parent/guardian, teacher, principal, support staff, transportation personnel, among others and other areas,” it said.

“Together, once we never give up then we all will achieve excellence and beyond for each First District youth and each youth in each District this school year and beyond,” said the statement.

Stay true to yourselves

In a comment to this news site today, Honourable Fahie said that all can expect to hear from Ms Stoutt how to stay true to themselves and their dreams. “Be persistent in your efforts to achieve your dreams. Always believe that with God you can achieve excellence and beyond,” he said.

Speaking with this news site some weeks ago, Stoutt had advised young people to seek to know who they truly are and not settle for anything less. She encouraged young people to take leaps of faith, stay encouraged and become confident with themselves, and to be aggressive and persistent in pursuing their goals.