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Scholarship launched in memory of former Kiwanian

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 2:17 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer
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From left: Director Jenna Waite, Shaquille Guy, President Ingrid Palmer, and Director Sasha-Gaye Sewell.
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From left: Director Jenna Waite, Shaquille Guy, President Ingrid Palmer, and Director Sasha-Gaye Sewell.
Some of the students who turned out for the Oral Health Month fair at Clydesdale Primary School.
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Some of the students who turned out for the Oral Health Month fair at Clydesdale Primary School.
Ingrid Palmer, president of the Kiwanis Club of Charlton-Alexandria, hands over a replica of the Phileman Wynter Scholarship cheque for $40,000 to student Shaquille Guy.
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Ingrid Palmer, president of the Kiwanis Club of Charlton-Alexandria, hands over a replica of the Phileman Wynter Scholarship cheque for $40,000 to student Shaquille Guy.
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The Kiwanis Club of Charlton-Alexandria (KCC-A) in St Ann has launched a scholarship valued at $40,000 in memory of former member, Phileman Wynter.

Wynter, who was also an information and complaints officer at the Office of the Public Defender, was killed at his home in Halifax, near Alexandria, on March 23 this year.

Club President Ingrid Palmer, in describing the scholarship as a fitting tribute to Wynter who was a member for seven years, said the first recipient is Shaquille Guy, a former student at Charlton Primary who now attends Aboukir High School.

“I’m extremely happy, I’m so overwhelmed,” Shaquille’s mother Lakehia Doyley told The Gleaner. “I’m so happy and he’s happy as well,” she added.

Doyley said her son was placed at Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann’s Bay, but she got him transferred to the newly established Aboukir High.

Describing her son as a quiet person who doesn’t give any problem, Doyley said she will be backing him to succeed.

“I’m trying to push him harder; I’m going to always be there for him,” Doyley said.

The cheque was handed over to Shaquille during a ceremony at the Charlton Primary School.

“When we got the news that Phileman Wynter was tragically murdered we were devastated,” Palmer told The Gleaner.

“We as a club cherish his memory, through friendships formed and great service done. To continue his legacy as a past member, we thought it most fitting that a scholarship be named after him and it be given to a student from Charlton Primary School in Alexandria, St Ann, a community and school that he gave great service to, through Kiwanis and his personal life,” she added.

And in continuing its service to the community, the Kiwanis Club of Charlton-Alexandria recently held a health fair in observance of October as Oral Health Month.

The fair, held under the theme KCC-A – Give Kids a Smile, was staged at the Clydesdale Primary School and was aimed at students and parents.