Public acknowledgement of a good deed is never the motivation of the giver. However to have been selected as the person who stands out in the eyes of the Jamaican youth as someone whose kindness should be emulated is certainly an honour.
Orville Richard Burrell, Shaggy, Mr. Boombastic, has enjoyed a rewarding musical career. His achievements run the gamut from diamond selling records, prestigious awards to lucrative album deals. As a result of his success he has been able to provide much needed assistance to the young patients of the Bustamante Children's Hospital over the past seven years. The Bustamante Children's Hospital, which treats numerous sick children every day, is the only paediatric hospital in Jamaica and the English speaking Caribbean.
Unfortunately, the hospital isn't always able to provide the patients with the care they may need due to a serious lack of vital equipment. However this year, with the help of the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, the proceeds of their recent fundraising concert will afford the hospital the opportunity to purchase the costly equipment necessary to help save children's lives.
But it is important to understand that you don't have to be a top international musician to make a difference in your own community. Any act of kindness, no matter how small, begets another. And regard for our fellow citizens is a natural instinct that must be preserved at all costs.
Undoubtedly. it is this mindset that continues give this year's recipient of the Humanitarian Award the drive to give selflessly of time and talent to help those less fortunate than he.
Ladies and Gentlemen: this year's Youth View Humanitarian Award recipient, Shaggy.
Orville Richard Burrell, Shaggy, Mr. Boombastic, has enjoyed a rewarding musical career. His achievements run the gamut from diamond selling records, prestigious awards to lucrative album deals. As a result of his success he has been able to provide much needed assistance to the young patients of the Bustamante Children's Hospital over the past seven years. The Bustamante Children's Hospital, which treats numerous sick children every day, is the only paediatric hospital in Jamaica and the English speaking Caribbean.
Unfortunately, the hospital isn't always able to provide the patients with the care they may need due to a serious lack of vital equipment. However this year, with the help of the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, the proceeds of their recent fundraising concert will afford the hospital the opportunity to purchase the costly equipment necessary to help save children's lives.
But it is important to understand that you don't have to be a top international musician to make a difference in your own community. Any act of kindness, no matter how small, begets another. And regard for our fellow citizens is a natural instinct that must be preserved at all costs.
Undoubtedly. it is this mindset that continues give this year's recipient of the Humanitarian Award the drive to give selflessly of time and talent to help those less fortunate than he.
Ladies and Gentlemen: this year's Youth View Humanitarian Award recipient, Shaggy.
If you are in Jamaica you can dial 444-2452 to donate $20 JMD to the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation
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