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</div>RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-16128253790864244772017-06-21T10:49:00.001-04:002017-06-21T11:06:08.862-04:00IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE PALAS RECEIVES 2017 PEOPLE PROFILE CHARITY AWARD, NOW PLANNING FIRST PALAS TELETHON....Goal is to Award 100 New Scholarships in 2017 in Jamaica<div id="m_-112909342864178988gmail-m_-3137754691466858684yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497992588503_48916" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span id="m_-112909342864178988gmail-m_-3137754691466858684yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497992588503_48917" style="font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>ATLANTA, Ga. (<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1230910463" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">June 21, 2017</span></span>)</b> : </span>The Peace And Love Academic Scholarship, Inc. (PALAS, Inc.) was recently recognized for their philanthropic work in investing in Jamaica’s children education at the People Profile Charity of the Year Award on June 18. The Award, founded by Dr. Allan Cunningham, recognizes ordinary people doing extraordinary things was held at Bailey Hall in Florida.</span></div>
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<span id="m_-112909342864178988gmail-m_-3137754691466858684yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497992588503_48920" style="font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Founder Ruel ‘Rula’ Brown is thankful for the recognition and honour, but already his mind is ticking away trying to garner funds to award at least 100 scholarships from the over 300 applications received in 2017. </span></div>
<div id="m_-112909342864178988gmail-m_-3137754691466858684yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497992588503_48922" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span id="m_-112909342864178988gmail-m_-3137754691466858684yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497992588503_48923" style="font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">“I am truly elated and excited for PALAS, Inc. winning the 2017 People Profile Charity of the Year Award as this will provide more opportunities for the well deserving students by creating awareness to potential donors,” said Brown on the victory even as he went into campaign mode for more funding.</span></div>
<div id="m_-112909342864178988gmail-m_-3137754691466858684yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497992588503_48925" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span id="m_-112909342864178988gmail-m_-3137754691466858684yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497992588503_48926" style="font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">“Due to the more than 300 high school and college applications received, funding and sponsors are still being sought for the 2017 season, so we encourage</span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> interested persons to donate via PayPal at </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.palas1.org/&source=gmail&ust=1498141923423000&usg=AFQjCNGj-PPfAmuCYCDHDaHR0Tq3M9gIyg" href="http://www.palas1.org/" id="m_-112909342864178988gmail-m_-3137754691466858684yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1497992588503_48927" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;" target="_blank">www.PALAS1.org</a><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">,” is the appeal coming from him.</span></div>
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CLOSEDRulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-61512647601247944732017-01-26T16:28:00.002-05:002017-01-26T16:47:38.747-05:00HELP! UWI Medical Student Seeks Assistance To Pursue Studies....2-Time PALAS Recipient, Venessa Green Makes Urgent Appeal.<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="jg-published" style="border: 0px; color: #a67a00; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.66667em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Published:<span class="jg-published-created" style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.66667em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thursday | January 26, 2017 | 12:50 AM</span></span><a class="author-term" href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/authors/cecelia-campbell-livingston-0" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(166, 122, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; color: #a67a00; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.66667em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cecelia Campbell Livingston</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Second-year medical student Venessa Green, who is now pursuing a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery degree at the University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI) is all set on making a difference in the lives of others.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Medicine was the last thing on her agenda as while attending St Jago High School, her primary focus was on business before she morphed into medicine.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Green told </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.66667em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rural Xpress</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> that ‘medicine chose her’.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">“I had a passion for chemistry especially and I wanted to pursue a degree in pharmaceuticals. With relevant guidance and advice from mentors, I decided to apply to medical school which I was assured a space from the dean’s office at UWI because I had the grades that would guarantee me a spot,” she said, admitting that she has since fallen in love with the programme.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">With her ultimate goal being to offer quality health care services to her community of Gordon Pen, St Catherine, where she hails from and by extension her country, she dreams of owning a medical complex along with a pharmacy one day.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">But there is wide divide between her dreams and the journey to get there as presently Green, in spite of the input from both her parents – her mother an office attendant at Jamaica Customs Agency and her father – a police personnel and six other children (between them) to support, it is a challenge meeting her needs at university.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Green is in need of textbooks and financial assistance to offset fees for accommodation, especially for her upcoming third year in June as she will have to reside on hall during the summer period.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">“Then there is the cost of medical supplies such as prescribed texts and medical equipment (ophthalmoscope, stethoscope etc) and living expenses (groceries, personal hygiene products),” she said.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Right now it seems like a huge mountain, but Green has not lost her determination to go on.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">“Amid my challenges, my innate drive for success comes from my intrinsic motivation to always excel in all my endeavours as well as to overcome every obstacle that presents itself,” she said.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Not fazed by her socio-economic status, one she is confident is temporary.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">“I grew up in a single parent household where my mother was a domestic helper and a seamstress and I saw how she struggled to provide for my sisters and I,” said Green, adding that her mother’s determination for seeking any available job in order to make ends meet, was one of the contributing factors that motivated her to excel in all aspects of life, especially academically. </span><a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170126/help-medical-student-seeks-assistance-pursue-studies" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white;">more</span></a></span><br />
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<strong>THE Government yesterday announced an upgraded programme of oversight for the new Precautionary Stand-by Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).</strong></div>
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness told a press briefing at Jamaica House that the new framework will be more balanced as it will assess not only the fiscal and monetary indicators, but also social and public sector issues and growth.</div>
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“We must achieve the fiscal, monetary and quantitative targets, but we must also achieve the growth, public sector transformation and social protection objectives as well,” he said.</div>
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“While keeping the principles of transparency, public accountability, and civic engagement, we wish to design the monitoring framework to address the challenges ahead. Not only must we maintain fiscal responsibility, we must transform the public sector, grow the economy, and protect the vulnerable. There is therefore a desire to deepen, broaden and diversify the monitoring framework,” the prime minister said.</div>
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He announced the appointment of head of the Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Education Institute, trade unionist Danny Roberts, as co-chair the new Public Sector Transformation Oversight Committee (P-STOC), which will oversee the critical public sector transformation programme.</div>
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Roberts, who has spent more than 20 years in the trade union movement, has served as vice-president of the National Workers Union (NWU) and president of the Union of Clerical Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE), both of which are affiliated to the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP).</div>
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He currently serves also as vice-president of the umbrella trade union organisation, the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), which will soon become involved in a new round of wage negotiations with the Government for the 2017/2019 period.</div>
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Roberts’ co-chair will be the Cabinet secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders. P-STOC will also draw on representatives from the trade union movement, public sector, private sector, academia, and civil society, and will monitor implementation of the public sector transformation, public service reform and social protection targets.</div>
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Holness said that in addition to reporting on progress with the fiscal programme, the new monitoring mechanism will also report to the public on the progress in achieving the economic growth, public sector transformation and social protection objectives in the new agreement,. <a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Government-says-monitoring-mechanism-for-IMF-will-be-more-balanced_81246" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #0b5394; color: white;">more</span></a></div>
RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-71342761142085628082016-11-17T16:16:00.002-05:002017-04-29T19:44:50.802-04:00Congratulations : Dr. NICOLE NATION & STEVEN JACKSON, Esq....2 PALAS Standouts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NLqVknKyufmYt94Z5spVQmYD5Oi3k-qIG9-rjx-IzqMWnFBdKNdwhASeXtyPg_6qLRK6xfzKi5FoQtQKwq9NLY7erpDI9pWjoO0b7KxS6r7XxQvSzBGAP7tYiO3tZAUXAJoRoxFX7SGo/s1600/Dr+NICOLE+NATION+1.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NLqVknKyufmYt94Z5spVQmYD5Oi3k-qIG9-rjx-IzqMWnFBdKNdwhASeXtyPg_6qLRK6xfzKi5FoQtQKwq9NLY7erpDI9pWjoO0b7KxS6r7XxQvSzBGAP7tYiO3tZAUXAJoRoxFX7SGo/s320/Dr+NICOLE+NATION+1.jpg" width="320" /><br />
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<strong>WHEN Javanney Campbell brought home news that he was placed at Clan Carthy High School after sitting the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in 2011, his family, especially his father, was devastated. <a href="http://www.televisionjamaica.com/videos/video/2673-clan-carthy-039-s-high-marks-in-cxc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">JAVANNEY'S INTERVIEW ONTVJ-SMILE JAMAICA</span></a></strong></div>
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So upset was the elder Campbell that he refused food for two whole weeks. In his mind, the youngster who had showed so much promise throughout his youngest years had let the family down. They had expected him to join his elder brother Shakeil at the ‘traditional’ Kingston College.</div>
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Fast-forward five years. With his son at the end of his journey at Clan Carthy, Jason Campbell’s gross disappointment has morphed into an inexplicable happiness. This, as Javanney silenced all of his naysayers, emerging the first student in Clan Carthy’s 36-year history to obtain eight grade ones in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, and with six straight ‘A’ profiles to boot.</div>
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“I don’t think I can explain the feeling. The feeling is like a pandemonium,” the father told the <strong>Jamaica Observer </strong>by phone from his home in the Cayman Islands.</div>
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“When he called me the night, I had just left work and was eating dinner. He video called and said, ‘Daddy, your son is legendary,’” the elder Campbell reported. “The entire family was just so proud of him.”</div>
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Javanney obtained grades one in: English A, geography, human and social biology, information technology, mathematics, principles of business, social studies and Spanish. The son admits to being very disappointed when he was placed at Clan Carthy, saying that he lost focus because of the friends that he made in grade five. However, in retrospect, given the chance, he wouldn’t change a thing.</div>
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“After coming here and seeing the passion by my teachers, it inspired me to work harder. I don’t regret coming to Clan Carthy. I strongly believe that it’s not where you go, it’s what you want to do and what you want to achieve, and your drive for where and what you want,” he said.</div>
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Since then, he has always performed at the top of his class and has set standards for his classmates. This standard, he says, formed part of his motivation to do well at the external examinations.</div>
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“I wanted to inspire people and set a standard because, over the years, I’ve been setting standards here so I just wanted to leave something behind as a legacy for them to follow. I’m just happy that I did that,” he told</div>
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The motive was to prove everyone who berates non-traditional high schools wrong, including family members who constantly compared him to his older brother.</div>
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“It took determination. It took dedication to your work. [I] had to have a mindset that I wanted to be successful. I wanted to prove the entire Jamaica wrong, that good can come out of Clan Carthy and I really wanted to prove my family wrong that I am up to the standard of my brother and I am better than my brother. And I did prove that,” he said.</div>
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“At one point I obtained an 88 per cent average and they were saying that my 88 per cent here was 20 per cent at KC, so I really wanted to prove them wrong. That drove me to just push myself,” he continued.</div>
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An integral part of his success, Javanney says, has been the competitive but loving relationship between himself and his older brother.</div>
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“My brother also played an integral role in making me into who I am today. He has always been setting standards for me to break. He has always been there for me when I needed him, he has never told me ‘No’. I think he was very interested in my well-being and education as much as my parents and myself. I always refer to him as my ‘local father’ due to fact he plays the fatherly role in the absence of my father. I love him and he has always motivated me to just do me and aim high, and he is a part of the reason for my success in the recent CSEC exams,” said Campbell.</div>
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Attaining this success was not easy, however. Not only did the 16-year-old have to contend with the negative stigma attached to his school, he recalled days in lower forms where there was no lunch money for him to attend classes.</div>
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“I was very poor. On some days I didn’t have lunch money but my grandmother was there. My grandmother would always give me $100 to go to school. That was just my bus fare just to come to school, up to nine grade,” said the teen who lives in Bull Bay, St Andrew.</div>
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In addition to regular timetabled lessons, he attended review classes at school and woke up in the wee hours of the morning to complete assignments, all of which helped him to prepare for the exams. He also maintained a balance between his academics and the many extra-curricular involvements he was a part of. He was president of the JPS Energy Club and the Debate Club and was also a member of the Interact Club and Spanish Club. This, while being a senior prefect. How did he balance his school work, co-curricular involvements and his student leader responsibility? Javanney said he focused on the tasks that were most urgent first.</div>
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“I just tried my best to devote time. When things are to be done, I tried my best to get it done,” he said.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And although the young man has consistently performed well, he didn’t think he could have produced as good a result as he did.......</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His list of intra-school awards include subject prizes, principal’s honour roll, top student and the title of Mr Clan Carthy in 2015. Externally, he has won the Peace and Love Academic Scholarship three times (2014, 2015, 2016), won gold medal at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commision festival competition in 2014 and was selected last year to participate in an exchange programme between Jamaica and China.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Javanney-Campbell-proves-them-wrong_77946" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white;">more</span></a><br />
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RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-59781144364423395642016-09-05T08:02:00.001-04:002016-09-05T08:03:34.533-04:00JAMAICA OBSERVER : Dyslexic student & 3-time PALAS recipient, Damion Lawrence on the verge of obtaining law degree....The humble and hard working Lawrence, who at age 11 could not read, has been using his story to motivate others. <div style="background-color: white;">
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He was struggling to pay the tuition and equally could not always retain what was being taught as quickly as he needed to. However, several scholarships and sheer determination changed that process, thereby allowing Lawrence to reach his final year. “All this has taught me is that you have to be determined and trust God; I saw Him (God) really working,” Lawrence said.</div>
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He explained that just when he thought he would have to drop out of the programme, he received much needed assistance through scholarships, including a bursary from First Regional Cooperative Credit Union.</div>
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“Even now I can’t believe I am going into my final year.</div>
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“If I can do this, you can too,” Lawrence said.</div>
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“I am looking forward to finishing my degree, and it is my hope to go on to the Norman Manley Law School,” he said with strong conviction.</div>
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The humble and hard working Lawrence, who at age 11 could not read, has been using his story to motivate others. He now assists students and enjoys going back to his alma mater, Edgehill School of Special Education, to speak to students.</div>
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The young man from Farm Heights in St Ann has been an inspiration to many who know of his circumstances and how he has managed to overcome them.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">“What kept me going is that when people just try to tell you that you cannot do it, I just want to prove them wrong. </span><a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/career/Dyslexic-student-on-the-verge-of-obtaining-law-degree_72242" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #0b5394; color: white;">more</span></a></div>
RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-48041664474141677932016-09-05T07:45:00.001-04:002016-09-05T08:25:10.876-04:00JAMAICA OBSERVER : PALAS awarded 102 scholarships at Pegasus in Kingston... Hon. Floyd Green & Attorney Patrick Campbell Gave Inspirational Speeches.<div id="story" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.467em; margin-top: 20px;">
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<strong>The Peace and Love Academic Scholarship (PALAS) awarded scholarships to 102 students from high school and tertiary institutions at the Jamaica Pegasus on August 13, the highest number in its seven-year history.</strong></div>
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Awards in the previous five years totalled 384, with a value of approximately JA$23 million (approx. US$184,000.00).</div>
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PALAS was launched in 2010 in memory of then 18-year-old Vanessa Campbell, an aspiring artiste who was found behind the Greater Portmore Post Office in St Catherine with her throat slashed.</div>
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Jamaican-born Washington DC Attorney-at-Law Patrick Campbell, who shared keynote address duties with junior education minister Floyd Green, spoke of his childhood in Mountain View where he said he saw dead bodies on a weekly basis. While such scenes of violence can be detrimental to a child, he argued, it can be overcome. That, he said, was his reason for supporting the scholarship programme. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2px;">“Growing up in Mountain View as a boy, I watched a lot of violence. Growing up I was scared,” he said detailing some experiences.</span></div>
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Campbell, a past student of Jamaica College, was the only black lawyer in a Washington office when he emigrated to the US and took a job with a federal judge.</div>
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“It is good to leave all the partying for a later time. Spend time with your books now and later you can party all you want. It will come,” Campbell cautioned the students.</div>
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Before closing he offered some tips on keeping heads above the water and achieving goals. Among those he listed were: don’t let anyone else set your limits, only you are the decider of your own future; don’t let your history determine your future; and emulate successful people.</div>
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For his part, the minister praised PALAS for its role in helping to push education.</div>
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“Education is the vehicle to be successful,” he said, adding that it will take real partnership not only with Jamaica but also with the diaspora.</div>
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In that regard, Green said the difficulties being faced by non-profit organisations in the diaspora which bring in charitable goods should not be occurring and added that “(Government) was looking at how to make it easier for those who want to (donate) books and other things to the education process”.</div>
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“If you do all the hard work, send your product, we can take care of the rest,” he told the gathering of students, parents, PALAS directors and friends.</div>
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PALAS reported that 22 students who have been in its programme for the past five years graduated with their <span style="line-height: 1.467em;">university degrees in 2016, including six medical doctors, seven lawyers and seven fine artists. Please donate at www.PALAS1.org to support the program.</span></div>
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Thirty-five PALAS students have now graduated from university, the Atlanta-based non-profit declares on its website. <span style="line-height: 1.467em;">“The goal is to award 120 new ones in 2017-18,” said PALAS. </span><a href="http://m.jamaicaobserver.com/mobile/news/PALAS-awards-102-students_71663" style="line-height: 1.467em;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white;">more</span></a></div>
RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-18910671143343253012016-09-04T13:04:00.001-04:002016-09-04T13:04:40.430-04:00PALAS awarded 102 scholarships at Pegasus in Kingston on Saturday, August 13, 2016....384 scholarships over the past six (6) years valued over approx. JA$23.1 million. Goal is to award 120 new ones in 2017-18.<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Thank you very much for the generous donations to </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> the PALAS students in </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">2016-17 academic year. </span></div>
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PALAS awarded 384 scholarships over the past six (6) years to students in Jamaica/Caribbean </div>
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The Hon. Floyd Green in the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education & </div>
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Overall 35 PALAS students have now graduated from University. (See photos below).</div>
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RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-6115056514471470242016-08-29T16:20:00.002-04:002016-08-29T16:20:43.270-04:00PALAS awarded 102 new scholarships at the 2016-17 PALAS Awards ceremony held at Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on August 13th. Total value of the scholarships were JA$6.45 million<img height="291" src="https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14103008_10210430842112147_61953436594666909_o.jpg" width="640" /><br /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">102 scholarships awarded at Pegasus in Jamaica</span></i></span><br /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">PALAS awarded 102 new scholarships at the 2016-17 PALAS Awards ceremony held at Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on August 13th. Total value of the scholarships were JA$6.45 million (approx. US$51,200.00) Six students received laptop computers. Keynote speakers were Hon. Floyd Green, Ministry of State in the Minister of Education (JA) and Washington D.C Attorney Patrick Campbell. Over 325 attended the event. PALAS's goal is to award 110 new scholarships in 2017-18. PALAS has award 384 scholarships over the past 5 years. Please donate online at</span><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.PALAS1.org%2F&h=fAQHHUNKEAQH_RTXHsDkkvPUP5KkBVBLMww9vwNmbVoGYIA&enc=AZPBX8a9K3VUW3X7nuV1eC3uQxhqjHjK4ojhfgAHuo2CvkRv_OXcUz3oMGI3_zXGTL5G7nts5Vo7Lyioku98JbxwKGDvQTaRJ6t94NixwrmA3mQFsp_TomuatwwesfyTlhdWixmYAO-TOM1v-YrrF_TaBnTTCEigBkhPYGUdOZle4iZbPE3S4m3uE3rQHXIXa0ENgdIfvSGeFEfTw1CyAk0u&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.PALAS1.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"> or send a check payable to PALAS, P.O Box 5461, Alpharetta GA 30023. Photo taken by Gilbert Bellamy.</span>RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-18712270259187798622016-08-21T00:48:00.002-04:002016-08-21T00:48:44.816-04:00PROUD MOMENT : Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, former Prime Minister of Jamaica meets Yemalla Edwards, 4-time PALAS recipient at UWI-Mona Campus <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">PROUD MOMENT : Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, former Prime Minister of Jamaica was delighted to meet Yemalla Edwards, 4-time PALAS recipient at UWI-Mona Campus (August 20th) after she heard about his amazing story of being homeless on UWI's campus as a medical student in his first year. Yemalla will complete his medical studies next year as a Medical Doctor. You may read more about Yemalla's terrific story at www.PALAS1.org..... Truly inspirational indeed. He also received his latest PALAS award on August 13th at Pegasus hotel when 102 scholarships were awarded. PALAS awarded 384 scholarships in the past 6 years.</span>RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-85393545826062065132016-07-31T08:35:00.000-04:002016-07-31T08:40:44.617-04:00COLINE E. RUSSELL of UWI : Top PALAS 2016-17 Performers (University) .....Ranked 3 of 215 overall<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">PALAS Student News 7/31/16</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> Anchovy, St. James - Jamaica</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> Aspires to be a Medical Doctor</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> Earned the 3rd most points </u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> overall for PALAS evaluation in 2016</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> Attended Mt. Alvernia High & MBCC</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> Associates degree in Natural Science</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> 3.93/4.0 GPA</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> 16 CXC/CAPE passes with </u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> 13 distinctions & 3 credits</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> Circle K International Membership</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> Principals Honor Roll, Silver Star</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> Diploma, Medal for puntuality</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> Lead role in several school</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> Club and community activities;</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> Science Club, 4H Club, ICT Club</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> Visit Children Orphanages,</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> St. James Infirmary and much more...</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>> Hobbies are Reading, Researching,</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> Surfing the web and listening music.</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> </u></span>RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-84193364356763696052016-07-14T13:25:00.005-04:002016-08-03T10:32:01.818-04:00A record JA$6 Million scholarship this year from PALAS for 102 students in Jamaica.....Over the past 6 years PALAS awarded 384 scholarships valued approx. JA$22.1 million (US$180,000.00). <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">PALAS News 7/14/16</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year the Peace and Love Scholarship in Schools (PALAS) will be awarding a record 102 scholarships to needy students in Jamaica.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Andrew M. Holness, Prime Minister </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">of Jamaica to Deliver<br /> Keynote address at PALAS 6th </span></i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Founder of the award Ruel ‘Rula’ Brown is expressing heartfelt thanks to those who have signed on to the vision, and the committed members of the board who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to make it happen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“The need is great, many of the board members had to dig deep as the support from sponsors couldn’t cover the many students who were qualified,” he said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even with the highest number of scholarship they have ever given Brown said there are still 44 who are left behind as the funds could not cover them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“It breaks my heart, but the reality is that we just can’t do no more. If we get urgent sponsors to sign on then we can include more on the list,” he said even as he makes the call for more cash input into the pool.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The award ceremony will take place on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1033340607" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday, August 13</span></span> at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thirty-six (36) high school and sixty-six (66) university</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">102 Scholarships in 2016</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">students will be awarded. Over the past 6 years PALAS awarded 384 scholarships valued approx. JA$22.1 million </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(US$180,000.00).</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also in attendance at the ceremony this year will be 23 students who graduated from university and who were assisted on their journey by PALAS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">PALAS was started in December 2010 to honour the memory of student, reggae artiste and aspiring sound technician 18-year-old Vanessa Campbell who was brutally murdered in Portmore, Jamaica on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1033340608" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">November 20</span></span>, that year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Interested persons who want to help the children in Jamaica realise their dream can still donate by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1033340609" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7/19/16</span></span>at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.palas1.org/&source=gmail&ust=1468599061886000&usg=AFQjCNHp2bbRhZaqR9Wo2HAnEXmDZYlyHQ" href="http://www.palas1.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #196ad4;">www.PALAS1.org</span></a> or send a check payable to PALAS, P.O Box 5461, Alpharetta GA 30023.</span></div>
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RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-72626069923557960362016-07-06T12:27:00.004-04:002016-08-03T10:27:17.175-04:00CONGRATS PALAS GOLD STAR AWARDEE...2016-17 PALAS Top Performers (2 of 5) : Ashleigh-Ann Dussard of UWI Gold Star Awardee for University applicants, 3.9/4.0 GPA, 13 CXC/CAPE with 11 distinctions. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">CONGRATS PALAS GOLD STAR AWARDEE...2016-17 PALAS Top Performers (2 of 5) : Ashleigh-Ann Dussard of UWI, Gold Star Awardee for University applicants, 3.9/4.0 GPA, 13 CXC/CAPE with 11 distinctions. Ashleigh-Ann is an aspiring Attorney. She attended Campion College where she was captain of the girls football team and a member of the track & field team....PALAS's goal is to award 100 new scholarships. Funds shortfall will support ONLY 90 students. An additional 56 who met criteria will not be afforded a scholarship. Seventy (70) learning institutions in Jamaica participated from all parishes....FUNDS URGENTLY NEEDED. PLEASE DONATE TODAY at www.PALAS1.org</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">#PALAS</span>RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-35663926864323092022016-07-06T09:51:00.002-04:002016-07-06T09:51:08.497-04:00CONGRATULATIONS TO 2016 PALAS UNIVERSITY GRADUATES In JAMAICA (16): 6 Lawyers, 5 Medical Doctors, 3 Liberal Arts and 2 Natural Science <div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fqae1" data-offset-key="d63c7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-18253052641019667672016-07-01T06:00:00.000-04:002016-07-01T22:00:50.088-04:002016-17 PALAS Top Performers (1 of 5) : Shanae T. Christian, Gold Star Awardee tops all applicants....PALAS Goal is to award 100 new scholarships. Funds shortfall will support 90. An additional 56 who met criteria will not be afforded a scholarship. Seventy (70) learning institutions in Jamaica participated from all parishes.... PLEASE DONATE TODAY <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: blue;">Shanae Christian, 2016-17 PALAS Gold Star Recipient</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Peace and Love Academic Scholarship, Inc. (PALAS, Inc.) Board of Directors selected the recipients of the next set of new scholarships which will be presented in Kingston, Jamaica at the Pegasus Hotel in August 2016. The Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness and Attorney Patrick Campbell of Washington D.C will give the keynote speaking addresses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year PALAS received a record number of applications from seventy (70) learning institutions in Jamaica/Caribbean. All the parishes were represented. At the end of this years' presentation PALAS, Inc. the Atlanta, Georgia based organization will have awarded 385 scholarships totaling over JA$21.15 Million (approx. US$175,000.00). PALAS goal is to award 100 scholarships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It has been quite challenging to raise the funds to support these scholarships each year. In 2011-12, PALAS awarded thirteen (13) scholarships and in 2015, ninety-five (95) were awarded. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the 2016 campaign, over 200 applications were received and 146 students met the basic requirement as stipulated by PALAS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After analyzing the total funds collected, 56 students who met the criteria will not be afforded with a scholarship due to the lack of funds. We would like to raise additional funds in the next two weeks to bring the 2016-17 scholarship count to 100.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each year PALAS selects two Gold Star recipients based on their overall performance during the evaluation process. This year the awardees are <b>Shanae T. Christian</b> of Wolmer's Trust High School in Kingston, Jamaica. Shanae received the most points of 29/30 to finish first. The second Gold Star winner is aspiring Lawyer, <b>Ashleigh-Ann Dussard</b> of the University of the West Indies who finished second in the overall ranking.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: blue;">95 PALAS Awardees in 2015</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We desperately need funds to cover expenses for an additional ten (10) scholarships and to support our awards presentation on August 13th. PALAS, "preserving Young Minds for Posterity". All applicants will be contacted of the results by email on July 14, 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please make a donation online at www.PALAS1.org or send a check Payable to PALAS, P.O. Box 5461 Alpharetta, GA 30023. USA. T</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">hank you very much in advance for the kind donation to the Peace and Love Academic Scholarship (PALAS) Program. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">PALAS is a registered non-profit, 501 (c) (3) Tax exempt organization in the State of Georgia. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">Any contributions made to PALAS, Inc. is tax deductible.</span>RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-15386364670486262582016-05-01T08:11:00.001-04:002016-05-01T09:08:35.844-04:00PRESS RELEASE : PALAS 6th Annual Scholarship Application Opens Online May 1st to June 7th 2016 at PALAS1.org<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #365f91; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> PALAS 6<sup>th</sup> Annual Scholarship
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> May 1<sup>st</sup> to June 7<sup>th</sup>
2016 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #365f91; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">at PALAS1.org</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #365f91; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ATLANTA, GA – May 1, 2016</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">:</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Peace and Love Academic Scholarship,
Inc.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b>(PALAS) </b>will open its
online application process from May 1<sup>st</sup> to June 7<sup>th</sup> 2016
to award scholarships to financially disadvantaged students in Jamaica and the
Caribbean. </span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">PALAS, </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">which<b> </b>has awarded 282 scholarships since its
inception in December 2010, was established to honor the memory of then 18-year
old Vanessa Campbell—Bridgeport High School student & an aspiring reggae
artist. Vanessa was brutally murdered in Portmore, Jamaica on November 20<sup>th</sup>
2010.<o:p></o:p></span><img alt="© Peace and Love Academic Scholarship, Inc. (PALAS)" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSw3-rFC_Xf4ucqlX7yrEjUlCFKf3Rlm88RyhQMfgthG1B_DeUP0YRnoE3s3D0wK14noJHtmXymBQzIbHytDS8vLZrqLwCFChON4kAYPzVZ_XJz9bcvJ2eqCJXsPGjsdKNYYzK75tfMA9M/s1600-r/PALAS-Website-Banner-4-13--.gif" height="105" width="640" /></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">According
to </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Executive
Director</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Rula </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Brown, this
year’s goal is to award 100 scholarships and computers </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">to <b>PALAS</b> <b>2016-17 </b>recipients</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Applicants are required to fill
out the online application as well as submit grades, a </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">300-500 word
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</span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">PALAS</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> has devoted its human and
financial resources to help make a difference in the lives of underserved
children in Jamaica, West Indies as the well as the wider Caribbean region. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">T</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">he<b> Peace and Love Academic Scholarship</b> program
is dedicated to recognize and honor outstanding academic performances. Scholarships
are awarded on an annual basis to students residing in the Caribbean region. The
awards ceremony will be held at the Pegasus Hotel on August 13, 2016 in
Kingston, Jamaica.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The mission
of <b>PALAS </b>is the pursuit of the following principles, <b>CERPS</b>: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Commitment</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: <b>PALAS </b>is committed to
inspiring pro-social friendships, strong interpersonal skills, and instilling a
sense of hope in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Empowerment</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: <b>PALAS</b> endeavors to provide the necessary educational tools for the
each to uplift and empower themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Responsibility</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: The focus of <b>PALAS </b>is to
empower youth in establishing goals and following through on commitments. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Possibility</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: <b>PALAS </b>desires to expand
the perspective of young people to make them aware of life's possibilities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Support</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">: It is our belief that an
individual is dramatically influenced by their support system. Therefore <b>PALAS </b>endeavors to surround
young people in a caring, inclusive learning environment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">PALAS </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">believes in accountability,
transparency and honesty, therefore all funds will be invested in the
scholarship program. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Help us in <b>"Preserving
Young Minds for Posterity" </b>by making a donation online by July 7<sup>th</sup>
2016 at <b>www.PALAS1.org </b>or send a
check payable to <b>PALAS</b>, P.O. Box
5461, Alpharetta GA 30023 USA or via PAYPAL. <b>PALAS</b> is a non-profit, <b>501 (c) (3) </b>entity. Emails
can also be sent to peaceandlovescholarship@gmail.com. For additional
information about <b>PALAS</b> including
sponsorship opportunities for scholarships in yours and/or your loved ones name
or business through Partnering with PALAS (<b>PWP</b>),
please visit us </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">at </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.palas1.org/"><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">www.palas1.org</span></b></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span></b></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Thank you for participating.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #351c75; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://peaceandlovescholarship.blogspot.com/p/applicationrequirement.html" style="background-color: #f1c232;" target="_blank">ONLINE APPLICATION</a></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr.
Rula Brown - </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Executive
Director <b>PALAS</b>
<b>(Peace and Love Academic Scholarship)</b> </span>RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-69321519311350865222016-04-30T04:24:00.002-04:002016-08-03T10:28:50.097-04:00PALAS 2016-17 Application Available Online May 1st - June 7th.... Goal is to award 100 new scholarships in 2016. Please make a donation at PALAS1.org<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody>
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102 scholarships awarded in 2016-17</div>
RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-24030899344307401742016-04-30T04:23:00.002-04:002016-04-30T04:23:26.557-04:00Penn Relays: SHANICE LOVE of XLCR High, a fomer PALAS recipient breaks Jamaica's national junior discus record with 54.72m at Penns Relay<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 22px;">
PHILADELPHIA, United States — Excelsior High’s Shanice Love ended her high school career on a high, breaking her two-week-old national junior record in the girls’ discus after she won the event with 54.72m at the 122nd Penn Relays Carnival on Thursday.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/assets/12918658/Shanice-Love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/assets/12918658/Shanice-Love.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><i>Shanice Love in action at Penn Relays on <br />Thursday. (Photo: Paul Reid)</i></span></td></tr>
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Under cold and bleak conditions, Love came from behind to beat Elena Brucknor of Valley Christian High in San Jose, California, and broke the meet record of 54.29m set by Holmwood Technical’s Gleneve Grange in 2013 in the process.</div>
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Two weeks ago at the MVP meet, Love, who also won the Class 1 event at the ISSA champs and CARIFTA Under 20, had beaten Grange’s mark of 54.66m which was the National Junior Record then.</div>
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Hydel’s Devoia Brown was third with 48.34m, while Petersfield High’s Shyledeen Smith finished ninth with 41.37m.</div>
RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-46794629399773505632016-04-23T13:22:00.001-04:002016-04-23T13:32:48.485-04:00JAMAICA GLEANER : YEMALLA EDWARDS, 4th Year Medical Student at UWI – Beating The Odds<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="jg-published" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Published:<span class="jg-published-created" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.66667em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday | April 23, 2016 | 12:00 AM</span></span><a class="author-term" href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/authors/cecelia-campbell-livingston" style="border-left-color: rgb(166, 122, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cecelia Campbell-Livingston</a> Jamaica Gleaner</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Now in his fourth year at the University of the West Indies, where he is pursuing his ambition to become a neuro-surgeon, Yemalla Edwards is giving God thanks for opening doors for him.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6n5oaw6RjV445tC8eI-s1XSWKt2iW_fPEFiFWjdAf9_A1cVOVVryRd3oDqjM-6zlK84OMlnFNbVWIsaQN9-Vzvj8eqM5rnvioOc1S2Cas2ZwK3VAJrjlftJQb8o0u0yXSvruWxogWgad/s1600/Yemalla+Edwards+4+23+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6n5oaw6RjV445tC8eI-s1XSWKt2iW_fPEFiFWjdAf9_A1cVOVVryRd3oDqjM-6zlK84OMlnFNbVWIsaQN9-Vzvj8eqM5rnvioOc1S2Cas2ZwK3VAJrjlftJQb8o0u0yXSvruWxogWgad/s320/Yemalla+Edwards+4+23+16.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Today, a three-time recipient of the Peace and Love Academic Scholarship (PALAS) and a protÈgÈ of the founder Ruel 'Rula' Brown, he has just returned from an internship in Atlanta, where he has been receiving valuable experiences learning from doctors there, all in his quest for his ultimate goal.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Edwards, whose life is totally powered by his supreme faith in God, had to overcome a lot to get to where he is now.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Coming from a large family - seven siblings to be exact - it was a struggle from his student days at McCooks Pen Primary School in St Catherine as he recalls that many times he had to attend school without lunch money.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">His father was earning the minimum wage and at the time, his mother was selling in the market. money was tight.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What the family lacked in resources, they made up for in encouragement and faith, which was what saw Edwards looking past all those roadblocks to focus on his books.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A past student of St Catherine High School, he was over the moon when he was accepted in September 2012 as a full-time student at the University of the West Indies to read for a degree in science and technology. His excellent performance saw him being promoted to read for the bachelor of medicine and surgery degree in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. His performance was amazing, considering what he was going through at the time.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I couldn't afford to make the trek home, so I bounced around on campus. I slept in various corners and places, some I can't even explain here. I had sleepless nights because of the intense studying as I didn't have any textbooks to aid in my studies. I had to stay in the library after school until in the morning, then get a bath, and then head off to school by 8 a.m."</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 1.66667em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20160423/yemalla-edwards-beating-odds#.VxuK42AF5Yo.facebook" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #0b5394; color: white;">more</span></a></div>RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12474747091977847289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619439114461574356.post-61339649449206888552015-12-18T06:50:00.002-05:002015-12-18T07:41:15.213-05:00CONGRATULATIONS to 2-time PALAS recipient, Dr. Sachalee Campbell who recently graduated with her medical degree from UWI-Mona....She overcame challenging financial times to graduate....Now works at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Jamaica<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Published December 18, 2015 as PALAS News</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Dr. Sachalee Campbell first received the Peace and Love Academic Scholarship (PALAS) in 2013 at the 3rd award ceremony which was held at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona in Kingston, Jamaica.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Sachalee is a very quiet, hard working and confident student who was destined to meet her goal to be a medical doctor. She was a leader in the Jamaica Medical Student Association (JAMSA). In 2013 Sachalee invited PALAS Executive Director, Rula Brown to speak with 25 medical students at UWI about struggles, motivation, inspiration, dedication and giving back to society.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">She experienced some challenging times to raise the funds to pay for the J$2.8 million per year tuition. However, she was able to overcome it by receving PALAS and other scholarships/awards. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.18px;">With the award of the PALAS scholarship for the 2013 academic year this adds to the </span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">available</span><span style="line-height: 15.18px;"> funds to her education which goes a long way with books and other fees.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.18px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dr. Campbell graduated this past November at University of the West Indies and now works at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Jamaica as a M.D. She expresses her deep appreciation to PALAS in a recent letter and to all those who helped her out along the way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.18px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The PALAS Board extends heartfelt congratulations to Dr.Sachalee Campbell who will do extremely well in her future endeavors.....PALAS, Preserving Young Minds for Posterity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.18px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Please make a donation online at www.PALAS.org or send a check Payable to PALAS, P.O Box 5461, Alpharetta GA 30023 USA.</span></span></div>
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