When the winning entry is drawn in the Grace 'Guess the Riddle' competition on Friday, May 27, one lucky winner will walk away with the grand prize of J$1 million. However over the last three months several local schools have also benefited from the popular competition.

This year the competition's sponsors, Grace Foods & Services, added a further incentive to the programme, asking winners in the weekly draws to nominate a school to receive $50,000 towards upgrading its home economics department or canteen.

Mr. Dennis Barrett (2 nd left), Caretaker of Linstead Primary School is being congratulated by Mr. Anthony Lawrence (left) of GraceKennedy's Food Trading Division. Looking on are Mrs. Loretta Henry (right), Principal, and Mrs. Beryl Demetrius (2 nd right), Vice Principal. Mr. Barrett, one of the winners in the Grace Guess the Riddle Competition, named his place of employment as the beneficiary to receive an upgrading of its home economics department.

Schools that have been named as beneficiaries by winners to date are Penwood High, North Street Primary, Holy Rosary, Mel Nathan Preparatory, Penwood Church of Christ Basic School, Dunrobin Primary, Queen's School in the Corporate Area; Cumberland High, Naggo Head Primary, Linstead Primary, Crescent Primary in St. Catherine; Bethesdea All Age and Cedar Valley Primary in St. Thomas; New Green Primary in Manchester; and Mountainside Primary in St. Elizabeth.

Ms.Karen Hall (left) home economics teacher at Penwood High School, points out the areas of need in her department. Looking on (from left) are Shereen Codner, and Gabrielle Sang, Consumer Services Officer and Marketing Manager respectively of Grace Foods and Services Company and Mr. Austin Burrell, the school's Principal.

Posted: May 26, 2005