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Sandals Foundation hands out scholarshipsThe Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International, recently hosted its annual Care for Kids scholarship award ceremony at Beaches Ocho Rios Resort & Golf Club. Forty-two students, who demonstrated financial need in the Caribbean, took home scholarships worth a total of US $100,000, which will be distributed over a five-year period and now enables them to complete a high school level education. Since 2009, the Sandals Foundation has awarded scholarships under the Care for Kids program to high school students in Jamaica, Turks & Caicos, Antigua, The Bahamas and Saint Lucia. The grants cover the costs of tuition, uniforms, books and annual checkups. Pictured, recipients of the 2012 Sandals Foundation Community Scholarships proudly pose with resort general managers and Sandals executives. (www.sandalsfoundation.org)