STUDENTS that are accommodated at the Linden Student Dormitory, who are attending the Linden Foundation Secondary School (LFSS), benefited from a donation of personal hygiene and beauty supplies from overseas-based Guyanese Group. The students hail from riverine and hinterland communities located in Region 10 but attend school in Linden.

The members of the group making the much-needed donation to the students who often experience financial difficulties are Brenda Blair, Lawrence Griffith and Marie Hubbert. Blair in her short address to the students encouraged them to listen to their teachers, stay in school and to not do drugs. In motivating them to heed these encouragements, she said that more will be done for them in the future.

While they are away from their parents for long periods, she urged the students to find a friend in their teachers, dorm mothers or fathers and to confide in them, when the need arises. In a teary address, Blair said she grew up in Mackenzie and it is a great feeling to be able to help those who are now in the shoes she once wore. “It is so important to help the ones coming behind you,” she said.

She urged the students to never forget where they came from and to always lend a helping hand to those in need. Giving appreciation for the group’s continuous support towards the students was Head Mistress of the Linden Foundation Secondary Miss Verlyn Pitt.