The Footsteps4Good TCI charity walk got off to a great start in Grand Turk on Friday, 16 October, with over 600 children taking part.
Beginning at the Grand Turk lighthouse, students from the Community College, stretched their legs and walked to meet most of the students at the H J Robinson High School. Then on from there it was off to the Ona Clinton Primary school, and thirty minutes later the whole group arrived outside the House of Assembly, where the Premier came out to meet the children.
From the House, they journeyed to the Methodist school, where the new group set off, with the Eliza Simmons South School taking on the last leg, but by no means least, on the route around Grand Turk.
Footsteps founder and organiser, Jill Beckingham, and two of her friends from England, also took part in the Walk and was graced with the participation of the European Union Ambassador, Mrs Paola Amadei, her husband and son, who travelled especially from Jamaica to take part.
Commenting on the start of this year’s event, Governor Peter Beckingham said:“I cannot remember seeing such an enthusiastic and cheerful group of schoolchildren in Grand Turk! For almost the entire population of children to turn out for this event to raise money for the schools was a remarkable achievement. Grand Turk and its schools, citizens and children should be justifiably proud of themselves. They have set the bar very high for the other islands over the next week.” added H.E.
