In keeping with Breast Cancer awareness month for the month of October, the One Eleuthera Foundation under its Community Outreach program launched two competitions within the local high schools – a t-shirt design competition and a Breast Cancer essay competition for students.
Out of a number of submitted entries, the winning design of the t-shirt competition came from Octavia Rolle, a 12th grade student of Central Eleuthera High School (CEHS). Using the winning design, t-shirts were printed for distribution to the public.
There was also an overwhelming show of interest with the essay competition, with a total of 27 essays being submitted and read by a selected team. The judges for this competition were Juanita Pinder, President of the Cancer Society Eleuthera Branch, Nurse Sherrin Cooper, Ministry of Public Health and Glenda Johnson of the Ministry of Tourism.
Out of the 27 submissions, the three best essays were selected and each of these students had the opportunity to read their essays to the gathering of Rotarians, teachers and students who were present at the Rotary club of Eleuthera meeting on Thursday, October 31st.
Essay Competition Winners stand with officials L-R: Maisie Pinder of OEF, Ledeswanique Nixon of PHAHS (2nd), Angel Johnson of CEHS (1st), Lanigua Greene of PHAHS (3rd) and Robyn Curry of Rotary
The third place winner was Lanigua Greene of Preston H. Albury High School (PHAHS), second was Ledeswanique Nixon, of PHAHS and the winning essay came from Angel Johnson of CEHS. Certificates and a t-shirt were presented to each.
Also invited to the meeting was the t-shirt design winner, Octavia Rolle. During this time she was presented with a 1st place certificate and also a t-shirt.
Overall there was a great outpouring of support from the local high schools, teachers and students.
The Rotary club of Eleuthera, headquartered in Palmetto Point, continues to be a tremendous source of support for the Eleuthera community.
