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Angella Whitter (second right), managing director of the Whitter Group of Companies, with representatives of three St James-based charity groups that collectively received $500,000 in donations from Whitter Village in Ironshore, St James. Also pictured (from left) are Joy Crooks, nurse administrator of the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill; Jacqueline Wilson, matron of the St James Infirmary; and Sandra Henry, operations manager of the Open Heart Charitable Mission.
WESTERN BUREAU:
Three charity organisations that cater to St James’ less fortunate residents have been given good reason to sing praise this Christmas as the Whitter Group of Companies donated a combined sum of J$500,000 on Monday to support their operations.
Angella Whitter.
Stressing the importance of having full access to education, regardless of socio-economic and health challenges, the Whitter Group of Companies has now officially launched the Joe and Angella Whitter Foundation.
Chief executive officer of the group and wife of the late developer and visionary, Angella Whitter, said the intention is to create a $5-million fund to assist students from Montego Bay who have shown “the aptitude, ability and good grades” at tertiary institutions but are experiencing financial difficulties.
The foundation, Whitter noted, will also seek to assist, as best as possible, applicants with comorbidities from illnesses related to kidney, heart and optical diseases “to assist with medical expenses for surgery or other medical procedures as is deemed necessary by the foundation”.