THE EXPEDITIONER
Apr 2016
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Special Birthday Celebrations In June, Allison Callender got birthday greetings from the Award family during the launch of the 60th anniversary video campaign. Allison was one of six Barbadians who were filmed for the production of a series of short videos to mark the 60th anniversary of since the start of the Programme. Each person received a certificate acknowledging their participation and these were presented by Mr. James Gardiner, one of the local trustees. (Cont’d Page 4)
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Dukers Help in Fair’s Success It was back to FourSquare Rum Distillery and Heritage park for the Multinational Fair 2016. There were thousands of patrons and hundreds of volunteers who made the event a success. For participants of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Barbados it was another week of service hours; but it was still so much more than that. The multitude of stalls at the fair provided a huge amount of information and exotic tastes. There was art on display by local and overseas artists, along with varied music, dance and cuisine from almost every corner of the world.
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So, the fair was much more than just a chance to log hours of community service. In addition to Award participants, the fair’s volunteer corps comprised personnel from many other service organisations: Barbados Cadet Corps, Kiwanis, Lions Club, Rotaract, Rotary, Optimist International, Junior Optimist Octagon International, Wills Primary School . The Award also mounted a stall at the fair to raise awareness of the programme and to raise funds for those travelling to Trinidad and
Tobago in the summer. The variety stall was manned by a mix of gold award holders and current participants. It attracted lots of attention with the display of camping equipment. Here are just a few images of the Award team in action during the fair.
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THE EXPEDITIONER experience of being at the award ceremony and interacting with the participants from all around the world. Just like that it was Award ceremony Day, there was a Breakfast reception at the Award Headquarters, as a type of meet and greet for the participants and staff of the Award. I took full of this advantage of this opportunity to connect with persons from all around the world.
On entering Buckingham Palace I was absolutely lost in the beauty of the gardens. They were absolutely breathtaking and picturesque. As soon as you get through the entrance, everything just hits you like; wow this place is really big and beautiful. The award journeys for the participants in my group for the presentation, varied from country to country. I was truly amazed at some of When I left Barbados it was 28ᵒC and the paths that they took to achieve their A Bajan at Buckingham Palace when I got to England it was 12ᵒC. It was awards. My group consisted of persons so cold and I was wearing long jeans and a from New Zealand, Korea, Indonesia, It’s been a very busy year for Dario jacket. That temperature however, did Malaysia, Cayman Islands and Zambia just Harewood, after completing his gold not prepare me for the temperature in the to name a few. This opportunity to meet qualifying adventurous journey in Trinidad tunnel while I was waiting for the Gatwick people from outside of your country is one and Tobago, he went off to London to Express to Victoria Station. I got to see afforded to all participants in the Duke of receive his gold award at the 60th some of the sights. We passed the Natural Edinburgh Programme, whether it be anniversary Gold Award Presentation. History Museum on our way to South regional or international. This was truly an historic occasion as he Kensington Station. It was in this area Captions: (Above) Dario alongside Stephen was the only Barbadian awardee at the that I got to see the Lamborghini Smith, Chairman National Award Council ceremony. Here is just a little bit of what showroom. However as it was just after Barbados. (Below) Just a few of the Dario had to say about the entire seven in the morning, it was closed. international gold awardees experience. I was thoroughly looking forward to the
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The event was held at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society and featured a showing of the three completed videos. Members of the Council and gold award holders in particular came to see the short videos for the first time. Those who were filmed were from varying levels of the programme. Mrs. Sheila Hoad (pictured left) , a former The St. Michael School leader and council member was filmed. Long-standing group leader Applon Parris and one of his more recent participants, Jeremy Devonish were included in the project. Also sharing their Award experiences were Operations Manager Carla Alleyne and Silver participant Dina Wilkinson. (pictured above) Check out www.intaward.org/awardat60 to see all 60 videos from around the world. Captions— Top Right—Dina Wilkinson accepting her certificate of appreciation. Top Left—James Gardiner presents Sheila Hoad with her certificate. At left Jade Gibbons who did all the filming was presented with a token of appreciation by Carla Alleyne.