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Heartline Magazine October - December 2007
Team up for healthy hearts - By Tony Cumberbatch
Ten-year-old Olivia Alleyne of the Christ
Church Girls School made it two in a row when she won the Essay
segment of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados’ Essay and
Poster Competition for Primary Schools competition for the
second successive year. She shared the spotlight with Roland
Edwards Primary School, who claimed five of the six top prizes
in the Competition.
This was revealed at the competition’s Award
Ceremony, which was held at Harrison College on Thursday October
4, 2007. In addition to the top prizes, the special occasion was
used to present certificates to all the participants for their
efforts. The competition began earlier in the year and concluded
on July 30. It targeted primary school students in two age
categories, 5 to 8 years and 9 to 11 years, and was based on
this year's World Heart Federation slogan “Team Up For Healthy
Hearts”. Students in the 5 to 8 category were asked to paint or
draw a poster using the theme “Team Up For Healthy Hearts”,
while the 9 to 11 year olds were required to write an essay of
not more than 350 words on the same topic. Youngsters were
targeted in the competition since it gives them the opportunity
to focus, at an early age, on good living and nutritional
habits.
As with last year, Guardian Life of the
Caribbean Limited partnered the Foundation in the staging of the
competition, which is the major event of Barbados Heart & Stroke
Week in recognition of World Heart Day, which was observed this
year on September 30.
Second prize in the Essay Competition went
to Stefan Forde, 10, of Roland Edwards Primary, while
10-year-old Nicholas Benn of Roland Edwards Primary won third
prize. 11-year-old Melanie Trotman of St. Winifred’s School
received a special mention prize for the best poem.
The first prize in the Poster Competition
was taken by Keila Worrell, 8, of Roland Edwards Primary. Tianna
White, 7, of Roland Edwards Primary was second, while third
prize went to Makala Springer, 8, also of Roland Edwards
Primary. James Waithe, 8, of Sharon Primary received a special
mention.
First prize in each category was a voucher
to the value of $400, with $200 for second place and $100 for
third. In addition, each prize winner received a one-year
subscription to National Children’s Geographic Magazine. The
school producing the winner in each category was rewarded with a
prize to the value of $1,000.
Entertainment, in the form of a musical
rendition was provided by Ena Harvey, a director of the
Foundation. The featured speaker was Dr. Kenneth George, Senior
Medical Officer of Health with responsibility for Chronic
Non-Communicable diseases. He addressed the topic, “Healthy
Families, Healthy Communities”, stressing that the family was a
good unit to promote a healthy lifestyle by setting good eating
habits.
Earlier in the Ceremony, Deryck Murray, Vice
President, Employee Benefits, Guardian Life of the Caribbean
Limited, expressed his happiness with the level of participation
in the Competition, noting that creative ventures such as this,
with collaboration between leading non-governmental
organizations and the private sector, would always prove
beneficial to society. Mr. Murray made the welcome announcement
that, because of the insurance company’s satisfaction with the
project, they had decided to offer their sponsorship for a
further three years.
In his remarks, Chief Executive Officer of
the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados, Adrian Randall,
speaking on behalf of the judges, commended the participants for
the high quality of their efforts, both in the Poster and the
Essay segments of the competition. He noted also that the number
of entries had increased over the previous year. In thanking
Guardian Life for their continuing sponsorship, Mr. Randall gave
the assurance that the Foundation would continue to look for
ways to increase participation by students by making the
competition more appealing to schools.
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