{"id":2982,"date":"2019-11-19T17:05:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.odpem.org.jm\/?post_type=odpem_in_the_media&#038;p=2982"},"modified":"2019-11-19T17:08:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:08:53","slug":"a-gift-of-love-to-the-bahamas-from-christiana-high","status":"publish","type":"odpem_in_the_media","link":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/?odpem_in_the_media=a-gift-of-love-to-the-bahamas-from-christiana-high","title":{"rendered":"A gift of love to The Bahamas from Christiana High"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CHRISTIANA, Manchester \u2014 Just as they did in late 2016 after Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, students and staff of the Christiana High School have raised money among themselves to assist The Bahamas which was devastated by Hurricane Dorian in early September.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.odpem.org.jm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EP-311049978.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EP-311049978.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EP-311049978-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EP-311049978-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EP-311049978-880x590.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption> ODPEM REPRESENTATIVES AND THE COIN DRIVE TEAM From left Roxburg Buckle and Crystalgaye Morris-Buckle (coin drive directors), Alesia Whyte (coin drive team member), Camille Palmer (ODPEM regional director), Ashore Howell (student), Leecent Wallace (principal), Akellia Wright (student), Miriam Edwards (coin drive team member) and Joyce-Reynolds-Robinson (ODPEM information officer). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Christiana High School teacher, Crystalgaye Morris-Buckle, told&nbsp;<strong>The Jamaica Observe Central&nbsp;<\/strong>via e-mail that a coin drive carried out over a two-week period raised $50,000 for the relief fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe children really wanted to bond together and give in whatever way they could,\u201d explained Morris-Buckle who was among the lead organisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The money was handed over to representatives from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original story can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/observer-central\/a-gift-of-love-to-the-bahamas-from-christiana-high_178755?profile=1470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jamaica Observer (opens in a new tab)\">Jamaica Observer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2983,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_angie_page":false},"odpem_news":[],"class_list":["post-2982","odpem_in_the_media","type-odpem_in_the_media","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/odpem_in_the_media\/2982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/odpem_in_the_media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/odpem_in_the_media"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"odpem_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fodpem_news&post=2982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}