Applications invited for Peace and Love Academic Scholarship (PALAS). Goal to award 100 Scholarships and computers in the Caribbean Diaspora

BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Career & Education reporter,

Jamaica-Observer- Sunday, April 21, 2013

APPLICATIONS are now being invited from high school and tertiary level students residing in the Caribbean for the 2013 Peace and Love Academic Scholarship (PALAS). Some 100 students are expected to benefit this year.

According to Rula Brown, PALAS Founder/Exec-Director, applicants are required to write an essay of 300-500 words, maintain at least a B average, and be active in their communities. Fifty-five Jamaican students have already benefited from the scholarship, which has been in existence since 2010. Applications may be downloaded at www.PALAS1.org.

Brown said he was motivated to start the scholarship after the killing of 18-year-old Bridgeport High School student and budding reggae artiste, Vanessa Campbell, whose body was dumped behind a Portmore post office. READ More,,,

NICOLE NATION Wins Autism Foundation Award. Nicole is a candidate for a 2013 PALAS Scholarship

Nicole Nation, PALAS Candidate

Published by The JAMAICA GLEANER

The Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation is happy to announce that 18-year-old Nicole Nation is the overall winner of the inaugural Autism and Disabilities Ambassadors competition. The competition is one of the main efforts of the Foundation to help heighten awareness of autism and other disabilities. The competition was staged between January and April, global autism month.

Ms Nation won for her efforts in lifting the awareness of autism through writing letters to the newspaper, published in the Jamaica Observer, calling for more tolerance for the disabled and for writing poems about the plight of the disabled, published in The Sunday Gleaner. READ More...

2013 PALAS scholarship applicant, NICOLE NATION Tops NSWMA All-Island Essay Competition

Jamaica Gleaner
MONTEGO BAY, St James:

University of the West Indies student Nicole Nation copped top honours in the National Solid Waste Management Authority's (NSWMA) all-island essay competition.

The 18-year-old entered the competition with a well-constructed piece on the 'Environmental Impact of Solid Waste Pollution on the Jamaican Environment', as part of her personal mission to help create a cleaner, greener Jamaica.

Nicole Nation, 2013 PALAS applicant

"Eventually, I want to see Jamaica get to the place where everybody is environmentally conscious, appreciating what we have," said Nicole, who hails from the parish of St James. The budding ophthalmologist, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in medicine and surgery, is no stranger to victory, having won several essay competitions since high school. READ More...

PALAS Fundraiser Saturday April 27th at Vibes Night Club in Decatur, GA

PALAS Scholarship recipient, SHANICE LOVE wins GOLD for JAMAICA at the 2013 CARIFTA games in Bahamas

XLCR's & PALAS Scholarship recipient, SHANICE LOVE wins GOLD for JAMAICA at CARIFTA games

Shanice Love (L) and Janell raises the JA flag

Representing Jamaica, Excelsior High's Shanice Love won the Girls Under 17 Discus Throw at the 42nd Carifta Games earlier today. Shanice won with a personal best of 40.15m, beating teammate Janell Fullerton (39.91m) into second place. The Games are being held in Nassau, Bahamas.

Janice is next scheduled to compete at the Penn Relays on April 25, 2013.  The Eagles Project continues.Age Animo, Shaks, DASH Director

BREAKING NEWS...PALAS Scholarships "100forHUNDRED"

BREAKING NEWS! PALAS awarded forty-two (42) scholarships at a ceremony held at XLCR High School in Kingston, JA on August 25, 2012. Hon. Minister Phillip Paulwell  and Attorney Patrick Campbell delivered the keynote addresses to scholarship recipients (25 High School & 17 University students). PALAS is working hard to "Preserving Young Minds for Posterity" by increasing scholarship awards by 323% and donations by 905% in 2012. A new goal is set for 2013 school year to award 100 scholarships and 100 laptop computers with the "100forHUNDRED" campaign. Thus far PALAS awarded fifty-five (55) scholarships and four (4) computers valuing US$23,500.00 (~JA$2,115,000.00). Our goal is to award several scholarships annually to high school and University/College students currently residing in the Caribbean region.

PALAS awarded JA$30,0000.00 by Sagicor
 in contest & 42 scholarship recipients w/ Hon. Phillip Paulwell, 
Atty. Patrick Campbell & Rula Brown.

The Peace and Love Academic Scholarship (PALAS), Inc. Board of Directors selected forty-two (42) students as their 2012-2013 Scholarship winners.

Twenty five (25) high school students and seventeen (17) University students are selected.