EarlyAct Community Project

The Greenwood Preparatory School's EarlyAct Club carried out its community project on the 2nd of April 2009. This was a visit to the Eldercare Nursing Home in Wiltshire, Trelawny.

Participants were children from the school, the teacher in charge of the EarlyAct Club - Miss Campbell, parents of some of the children, The President of Rotary Club of Montego Bay, Kay-Ann Reuben and Vernella Fuller and Noel Harty from the Rotary Club of Montego Bay.

The children were in excellent spirits and left the school in waiting cars excited and well prepared for the visit.

On arrival at the home, the visitors were met by the manager of the home, who spoke with the children about the home, its work and ethos. The children were then taken to individual rooms where the elderly clients were waiting for them. The children, smartly turned out in their khaki uniforms and red ties, sang to the residents and read inspirational quotes and verses of Scripture, which they had written on decorated individual cards. The children read beautifully and left the cards with the residents when they had finished reading.

The residents were clearly delighted to see the children and to hear them sing and read and those who were able, sang along with the children. In fact one resident repeatedly requested more choruses, clapped and sung with the children. At the end there were profuse words of gratitude and demonstration of affection for the children.

The children presented to the home a basket of fruits, which had been donated by parents and teachers of Greenwood Preparatory School and the Rotary Club of Montego Bay.

The children and the adults in attendance were clearly moved by the experience.

Photos provided by Kay Reuben (c).