SVL renews back-to-school programme

Jamaicans will get another chance to help loved ones with back-to-school preparations as Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) launched its second #SimplyVestedinLove back-to-school programme yesterday.

The online outreach programme encourages persons to help their friends and family send their children back to school in September.

This year’s campaign is aimed at reaching more persons and has shifted from a social mediabased initiative to the gaming company’s website.

Persons wishing to get involved in #SimplyVestedInLove no longer require a social media account, but should visit supremeventures.com/simplyvested and complete the online form.

The most impactful stories will be used to select beneficiaries of the programme, which closes on Friday, August 24.

Under the programme, persons can be nominated to receive gift certificates for textbooks, stationery, uniforms and other school items from local retailers.

Simone Clarke-Cooper, SVL’s assistant vice-president, group corporate communications, said the response to the initiative last year was overwhelming, hence the second staging.

“#SimplyVestedInLove celebrates life-changing small acts of kindness by ordinary Jamaicans and focuses on persons asking for help not for themselves, but for their fellow man. It’s that basis of selflessness that we focus on. We all know someone who needs help, and sometimes we cannot render the assistance that is needed, but through #SimplyVested Supreme Ventures can facilitate that act of kindness on your behalf and make a huge impact one act of kindness at a time,” she said.

In 2017, #SimplyVestedInLove assisted 100 students from 37 entries to the tune of J$2 million to get back into the classroom.

“This year, we plan to assess and award benefits to 100 entries, 50 per week, to maximise the assistance we have available and to spread the benefits even wider than last year. We want to help even more families achieve the dream of education for their children,” said Clarke-Cooper.

Simone Clarke-Cooper (right), Supreme Ventures Limited’s assistant vice-president, group corporate communications, makes a presentation to Jaffie Cummings and her son, Jarvis, during the first disbursement under the company’s outreach initiative, #SimplyVestedInLove, at the company’s corporate office in New Kingston last year. In addition to the book certificates, Jarvis, who is visually impaired, received a walking cane.