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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Fitness+Fun= Scholarships
Campion College is taking a novel approach to fund-raising next week with their 'Spin 50: Spinathon Scholarship Party' to be held on Saturday, November 7, at Gym Liguanea located on their campus.
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The spinathon will be open to the public, and will run from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm and feature 12 50-minute sessions of the latest fitness craze, SpinningTM, which simulates bicycle riding on specialised stationary bikes.
Faced with student welfare costs of over J$5 million per year, Campion has launched an aggressive bid to fund their Vision 2020 Student Support Programme through requests to parents, alumni and corporate donors to sponsor scholarships, as well as the organisation of innovative events such as 'Spin 50'.
"Government subvention funds provide absolutely nothing for the development of our plant and facilities or for the welfare of our students from disadvantaged circumstances," said Campion's principal Grace Baston. "Given the current economic climate, the need among this group of students for financial assistance is far greater than ever before.
"In our current academic year, over 300 of these students were unable to pay the modest auxiliary fee of J$16,000. In addition, every year the school is called upon to assist at least 50 of these students with all their educational needs - fees, books, uniforms, transportation and meals. For all of these bright, eager students, this assistance could be the difference between taking up their well-earned place at Campion and not attending school at all."
Spin 50 will be led by some of Jamaica's top instructors, including Campion alumnus Michael 'Mighty Mike' Fisher, who have generously donated their time to the event.
In addition, a team from title sponsors Caribbean Broilers will be cooking lunch while beverage sponsors Wisynco and Island Ice will be providing drinks for sale. "It's going to be a great day," said Sarah Moss-Solomon, manager of Gym Liguanea, host of the event. "Our corporate sponsors have really jumped on board with Avis and NCB Foundation already signing up teams to give two scholarships, while LIME and Cari-Med are giving spot prizes and Shakti and Body by Selena have chipped in additional bikes so that we can hold up to 33 participants per session."
Registration is now open at Gym Liguanea (www.gymliguanea.com) and adults are asked to contribute J$2500 and TEENs J$500 per 50-minute session, with all proceeds going towards Campion's Vision 2020 Student Support Programme.
Campion students Jonathan Smith and Khandi Campbell try out the spinning bikes at Gym Liguanea, ahead of Spin 50 on November 7.
Shakti Love Fest raises $4.5 million for the Bustamante Hospital for Children
The organisers of Shakti Love Fest handed over $4.5 million to the Shaggy Foundation in aid of the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Shakti Mind ody Fitness director, Sharon McConnell-Feanny handed over the cheque to Shaggy at the hospital along with a hand-made healing blanket to Matron Lyn Cooke of the Bustamante Hospital for Children.
The healing blanket was made by one of the gym's yoga students. It was meditated and prayed on, and is expected to leave an abundance of hope and Shakti LOVE to be passed on to the child who would become the owner of this blanket.
The organisers pledged that next year they are aiming to raise even more funds for the hospital by expanding our target audience to include a large number of tourists from all over the world!
Shakti Love Fest is poised to be an enormous annual tourism event, as they received great support from the Jamaica Tourist Board, as well as overseas media and the international travel community.
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