REMEMBERING CAMBRIDGE SUMMER MONTHS

Hello fellow alumni and friends, welcome to our August 2021 edition of a walk down memory-lane as we attempt to remember how most of us spent our summers during our high school years. First of all, we did not refer to the five or six weeks away from school as a summer break, we simply called this period ‘no school’, because our beautiful country was and still is blessed with summer all year round, save for the occasional rains, therefore we had no need for meteorological distinctions. When there was no school, as Cambridge youngsters we looked forward to doing a few more activities that school time would normally hinder.

Hello fellow Cambridge alums, friends, and supporters, I welcome you to our July edition of the President’s Monthly Message. One of the highlights that took place last month was the CAAAI’s donation of $2,500 USD ($500,000 GD) to Nehemiah Comprehensive School, it’s partnership school in Guyana. Former Counsel General, and CAAAI Advisory Board Member Ms. Barbara Atherly proudly made the official presentation to Ms. Osman the school’s Founder and Director on Tuesday June 15, 2021.

CEO Dr. Desiree DeFlorimonte summoned an emergency meeting with Executive Board Members to seek and endorse approval to send another donation of $2,500.00 USD ($500,000.00 GD) to Nehemiah school, the association’s partnership school in Georgetown Guyana. The motion was approved unanimously.

CAAAI Prayer Warriors Committee

OUTSTANDING, is the only word that comes to mind as we look for an adequate way to best describe the Prayer Warriors Committee event on Sunday May 30^th. Under the catchy title 'A powerful Prayer Happening', the committee’s leadership of LM Petal Crockwell and LM Grace Peters-Syfox planned, designed, and hosted a tele-conference evening of prayers and blessings for alumni members, supporters, and well-wishers. These dynamic sisters in the Lord took the lead and delivered a prayer-filled spiritual hour along with the 30-participants who called-in to the program for a period of unshackled worship. Senior Alumni, Reverend Dr. W. Eversley started the occasion with scriptures from the Book of Isaiah (KJV 40:31) where he explained the Christian values of 'waiting and praying'. CAAAI Vice President, Mr. Denis Carrington ended the evening of prayers with appropriate closing remarks.

Hello esteemed alumni members, friends, and supporters, welcome to our June President’s Message, and thank you for allowing me to share some observations with you. This June promises to be the month of Covid decline, cicada invasion, and high-school graduations.

Congratulations to all Cambridgeittes who are connected in some way to this year’s High School and College graduation season. For awhile it was touch and go, as many school administrations struggled with whether or not Covid restrictions would allow our loved ones to actually walk across the stage on their momentous day. But with faith, our ‘little ones’ got fitted for their caps, gowns, and overall regalia with the hope of taking the walk that we parents and grand-parents look forward to so much. We can’t pretend, last year’s 2020 graduations were somewhat different. Many of our young (and adult) students did not walk the stage, and settled for signs outside their doors and on their lawns announcing their graduations; some had graduation ‘drive-by’ parties.