Grammar School Young Leaders – making significant impact on schools, communities
Since our launch on January 14, 2013, the St Vincent Grammar School Young Leaders have had a series of activities that have made a significant impact on various persons, institutions, schools and communities.{{more}}
After this momentous visit to the homes mentioned above, there was another series of visits made by the St Vincent Grammar School Young Leaders that rivaled the previous visit in everything, from learning new things to having lots of fun.
We also had two fund raising activities which included a bake sale on Saturday, January 19, 2013 and February 9, 2013. We had a games day which was thematically called “Games for Changeâ on Friday, January 25, 2013 and another on Thursday, February 7, 2013. We also had a dance-off on Friday, February 8, 2013.
Our group also visited the Liberty Lodge Boysâ Training Centre on January 19, 2013. Our aim was to encourage them to make the most of their situation. There was also a fun interactive session, where we played football and listened to modern music.
To top it all off, on February 2, the group visited two communities in St Vincent, which have developed a bad reputation. The communities visited were Redemption Sharpes and Ottley Hall and the visit was meant to find out why the people from the community thought it had developed a bad reputation and what they think we can do to change the way the community is. Some persons thought that the “young peopleâ are the reason for the crime and violence in the communities. Those persons believe that the only way to change this is to provide a continuous flow of activities that the young persons will be able to participate in.
[Contributed by the St Vincent Grammar School Young Leaders 2013]