WASHINGTON, DC – Monday, June 8, 2021 – On Friday, June 4, 2021, H.E. Yolande Y. Smith, Grenada’s Ambassador to the United States of America handed over a donation in the name of the following members of the Diaspora as part of the PPE For Schools initiative launched by the Embassy during the 2021 virtual Independence celebrations.

Prince LJ Williams
Jemi Purcell
Alston John
Emily Ames
David McCullin
Juandalyn Peters, M.D., P.A.
Julia Cowley
Gabriel Wronka
Michael Houser
Daphne Dorce
Gena Cox
The George’s Rock Foundation
Rosaline Lowe
Allison R. Niles
Stephen Hughes
Thomas Bowling
Craig Stevenson
Langston Longley
Merissa Collins
Dawn Fingall
The Vallieres Family

Donations were purchased and shipped in partnership with Scotts Medical Supply Inc., a Grenadian owned company based in Florida and St. George’s.

The short campaign, which ran from January 29 to March 1, 2021, raised a total of US$1,889.00. Donations ranging from US$50-US$250 were used to purchase ten (10) touchless hand sanitizing dispensers and ten (10) touchless thermometers. Scotts Medical Supply Inc. also contributed 3500 disposable masks for students.

The handing over ceremony was facilitated by Mrs. Michelle Braithwaite of the Ministry of Education, responsible for school distribution. The donated items will be distributed to larger schools that require additional units in addition to those already supplied by the Ministry of Education.

While at the Ministry of Education, Ambassador Smith got a behind-the-scenes look at the tablet distribution program for primary schools.

Video and photos of the hand over to Mr. Norman Gilbert, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education with responsibility for Human Resource Development, Religious Affairs and Information can be found below.