Front row: St. George Secondary student Shamara Bailey-Leacock (seated), with father, Sheens Leacock and grandmother Marcelle Leacock. Showing support from left is, her cousin and fellow student Angel Arthur; senior school Guidance Counsellor, Patricia Welch; junior school Counsellor; Teachers David Walcott and Gail Murray; Principal Dennis Browne and students Kaneisha Grant and Tarik Linton.
Staff and students formed a human Pink Ribbon on the field, in support of persons touched by cancer and to generally support Breast Cancer Awareness month, as it came to a close.
Show of love, support for student with cancer
The staff and students of the St. George Secondary School recently donned pink shirts in a show of support for those affected by different types of cancer, as Breast Cancer Awareness Month came to close in October.
Staff and students together not only formed a human pink ribbon on the field, in support of breast cancer victims during the school’s Pink Day initiative, but they also banded together to show love and support for one of their very own students, touched by cancer.
Teacher Gail Murray told The Barbados Advocate that with the support of Principal Dennis Browne, a decision was made to sensitise the students of the school during assembly, about cancer in general and in turn they threw their support behind student Shamara Bailey-Leacock, a cancer patient. With her family’s blessings, the school took it a step further and decided to raise funds for Shamara, to ensure that she is as comfortable as can be, as she battles her illness.
“Students were encouraged to support the fundraising effort, by buying T-Shirts or donating five dollars. The proceeds are also going towards Shamara, to make her comfortable.
The effort would have been supported by ancillary staff as well. Even the canteen members would have worn their pink. Every person, from office staff, to students, to teachers, they were all involved. It was a whole school effort,” Murray said of the recent
“Pink Day” initiative.
She added, “It was the brain child of David “Ziggy” Walcott and it was supported by guidance counselor Patricia Welch. The prefects were also part of a Pink Ribbon initiative display with teachers, to support the young lady.”
“We are just trying to make sure that we show our support in a simple way, just so the young lady and her family know that we are behind them and just to make sure that she understands we are there,” Murray stated. (RSM)