Paint job adds coat of school pride

Sometimes it’s the simple things that mean the most. That’s what members of the Key Club of St. Hilda’s Diocesan High School in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, Jamaica, hope to convey with one of their recent service projects.

The caring Key Club members volunteered to paint their school entrance to make it more welcoming to students, teachers, and visitors who enter through the school’s main door. Both sides of the entrance were painted, as well as the center wall, which now sports the school’s name due to the capable students’ brush strokes.

Though the project wasn’t complicated, the Key Club—and the school—see it as a success. Cost for the project to paint the St. Hilda’s high school entrance was about US$50. Key Club members raised the needed funds through a walkathon in Ocho Rios, St. Ann.

“Giving back to your school doesn’t always mean donating large sums of money or giving large gifts,” says club member Kathryn Seow. “It can simply mean helping to build your school, contributing to the development of your learning environment, and showing appreciation.”