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Chicago Concerned Jamaicans News
Awards in Jamaica
Since 1992 the organization has provided 50 high-school
scholarships and 30 CXC fee grants per year in Jamaica,
based on recommendations from principals and teachers made
through CCJ's Jamaica Committee.
These awards to date include:
352 high-school scholarships
96 CXC fee grants (paying fees for students who could
otherwise not have taken the Caribbean Examination Council
(CXC) examinations, which are required for high-school graduation
and college entrance)
12 college-level scholarships
Annual donations of US $1,000 to the UTECH Foundation
in the name of Dr Alfred Sangster, Chancellor Emeritus of
UTECH.
One recipient of CXC fees in 1998 responded this way,
"I would like to encourage you to keep up the great
work you are presently doing so that other young Jamaicans
may benefit from CCJ's generosity."
Awards in the United States
Doug McIntyre Scholarship, honoring our friend
and Founding member, assisting students in any field of
Engineering. Awarded to Miss Nakia Chamberland enrolled
in the Industrial Engineering degree program at Kettering
University in Flint, Michigan.
CCJ Education Improvement Award for excellence in direct
service to the improvement of Education in Jamaica. Awarded
to Dr. Beverly J. Anderson, Provost and Vice President of
Academic and Student Affairs at Chicago State University.
CCJ Distinguished Service Award which recognizes the
achievements of a person who has made outstanding contributions
to Jamaican or Jamaican-American community. Awarded to Mr.
Michael Lee Chin
CCJ Achievement Award which recognizes the achievements
of a person in the Jamaican or Jamaican-American community.
Awarded to Miss. Thavia Robinson
Tuition and other educational assistance to youths in
the Chicago area.
Past annual donations of US $1,000 to the Tom Joyner
Foundation
Books and Supplies
Through the generosity of corporations like Baxter
International, Northwestern University, Manchester Realty,
Caribbean Baking Company and others, CCJ has donated over
110 computers, more than 40 printers and assorted software
to schools in Jamaica. With our corporate supporters and
friends, we have also supplied copiers, and kitchen appliances
to over 40 schools and 15 libraries in every part of Jamaica.
Special Projects
In a special project, where many students at a school
in the parish of Clarendon had severe vision and nutrition
problems, the organization arranged professional eye exams
and then provided eyeglasses for 82 of the 105 students
and 4 teachers. CCJ also arranged to remodel the kitchen,
install a new gas stove, refrigerator and freezer at the
school and, with the help of our local committee in Jamaica,
we assisted the school in starting a lunch program supported
by the local community.
View
CCJ Gala Pictures for 2006 here
View
CCJ Gala Pictures for 2005 here
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