On Friday, October 20, the National Baking Company Foundation (NBCF) donated 30 gift baskets to outstanding youth performers at the National Child Month Committee’s annual Youth Academic Achievement Awards. Here, Lauri-Ann Samuels (third right), executive director of NBCF, offers words of encouragement to two of the scholars, Tiara Blackwood (second left) and Kasha Thomas (third left). Also sharing in the moment (from left) were Marsha Smith, minister of state, Ministry of Education and Youth; Dr Pauline Mullings, chairperson, National Child Month Committee; and patron for Child Month, Douglas Orane.
