Foundation honours student, businessman

AT SATURDAY’S event, the SHHF went a step further and awarded the first SHHF Scholarship, valued at $100,000 annually, to a student of the Marcus Garvey Technical High School.

The awardee, Kashwayne Dixon, who will enter grade eight in September, was happy for the scholarship.

“I feel wonderful and delighted and I promise to keep doing well,” Dixon told The Gleaner.

His mother, Debby-Ann Ricketts, was equally excited and also grateful for the award.

“I’m excited, I’m just really excited and I’m really proud of him. He deserves it. He works very hard and I really and truly try with him as a single mom,” Ricketts said.

The SHHF also paid tribute to businessman Doug Halsall, of Advanced Integrated System, and Jamaica Money Market Brokers, with both receiving corporate awards, as well as to the HEART Trust/NTA, which was awarded in the area of public service.