First Lady, Sandra Granger, on Tueday joined the Battersfield family of Buxton in distribute over 800 toiletry hampers to children from six schools in and near the community, at the Arundel Congregational Church, at 129 Middle Walk, Buxton.
“I think it is a beautiful way for the Battersfield family to introduce this tradition. I don’t call it giving back. I call it giving forward because they are using the resources that they have been blessed with,” Mrs. Granger was quoted as saying in a media release from the Ministry of the Presidency.
According to the press bulletin, the First Lady had been invited to participate in the exercise by the Battersfield family who were inspired by her commitment to providing educational and other opportunities for Guyanese. Mrs. Granger also acknowledged other families and members of the community who continue to contribute to enhancing the lives of its residents.
Thirty-five members from three generations of the Battersfield family, many of whom reside in the United States, travelled to Guyana to host the outreach exercise, the media release said. The children who received the hampers were drawn from the Friendship Nursery School, Company Road Nursery School, Hendon Nursery School, Friendship Primary School, Company Road Primary School and Buxton Primary School. This the second year that the family is hosting the outreach activity and they expressed the intention to make it an annual event.
Ms. Patronella Blair of Friendship, whose two children received hampers, was quoted in the ministry’s release as saying, “ It is very nice of the Battersfield family could give back to our community and to the children, and it is very appreciated by me, also other parents…it is very helpful.”
