More exciting prizes for Yummy Bakery School programme winners

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

YUMMY Bakery promises bigger and more exciting prizes this year for students and the more than 200 schools which will be participating in the Yummy Bakery School Programme .

Under the programme, the participating schools receive rebates from Yummy Bakery based on the amount of products bought, while students who purchase at least three products can use the wrappers from those items to enter a competition for a variety of prizes.

"We are so pleased that the rebate cheques which we handed out to the participating schools last year were well received and were used to retool the institutions," said Janice Lee, business development manager for Yummy Bakery.

However, this term she and her team intend to encourage greater spending at each school, so the amounts given back to each institution will be greatly increased.

Last year Edwin Allen School, in Frankfield, Clarendon received the largest rebate from among participating schools islandwide which was used for sports development at the institution.

The winning students of the regional grand draws in December, 2011 were: Romario Brown, Steer Town Academy; Shanill Reid of Mile Gully High School; Romaine R Pottinger, Hopewell High School and Ashley Salkey of Swallowfield Primary School.

Lee also noted that the main prize for the winning student from each school in the end-of-term draw for 2012 will include a tablet — a digital gadget which each student would be excited to win. Last year the student winners received: MP4 players, mobile phones, phone credit, school supplies and gift baskets.

"The most rewarding aspect of the programme has been the forging of a mutually beneficial relationship between the company and the schools, as well as the development of a better understanding of the needs of the students and school administrators," Lee said.

This year, Yummy Bakery will be adopting a school in Manchester and will also be working with the Manchester Parish Council on a beautification project. As part of Yummy Bakery's overall community outreach programme in the parish, the students of Ward Basic School in Hatfield, Manchester benefitted from a Christmas treat, at which the new Yummy Bakery mascot was unveiled.