The Smiths Humanitarian Awards

For three graduations now, two pupils of the St. Mark’s Primary School have been recipients of the Smiths Humanitarian Awards.

The Smiths Humanitarian Awards is a financial contribution by members of the Smith family to two deserving pupils of St. Mark’s Primary School to assist with their preparation for entry into secondary school.

Members of the family are Wendy, Michelle and Jaqueline and the late Sandra and Peter. The Awards are coordinated by the St. Mark’s Old Scholars’ Association.

Wendy, Sandra and Peter attended St. Mark’s in the sixties. Michelle attended St. Mark’s for three short years from 1975 – 1977 inclusively, before moving to Charles F Broome and later Coleridge and Parry.

By this time, her mother, Wendy, had left for the USA. Jacqueline attended from 1976 – 1983 before going on to Springer Memorial. Unfortunately, while only in first form, she lost her mother, Sandra.

After secondary School, both Jacqueline and Michelle moved to the USA to join Wendy. Michelle is now a legal secretary.

Jacqueline, the coordinator of the awards earned a master’s degree in business administration and is today a global finance and consolidation manager.

Feeling compelled to give back to the Barbadian community, the family initiated the Smiths Humanitarian Awards in 2020. (PR)