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Sandals Foundation partners with Great Shape!Eighteen schools in the Jamaican parishes of Westmoreland and Hanover recently received a major boost to their curricula thanks to the efforts of the Great Shape! Inc. SuperKids Literacy Group and the Ministry of Education. In partnership with the humanitarian group, the Sandals Foundation facilitated links to the schools and communities, logistical support, transportation and accommodation. “Great Shape! Inc. is totally energized and blessed by the amazing support we receive from the Sandals Foundation and the staff at Sandals and Beaches Resorts. Because of our strong partnership and collaboration, we really can move mountains, literally mountains of books, computers, shoes and uniforms,” says Lucinda Kay, communications director for Great Shape! Inc. Close to 70 volunteers, including certified teachers, college students, computer technicians and artists from Canada, the US and the United Kingdom, spent two weeks helping more than 2,000 youngsters with their reading, comprehension and information technology skills at the Mount Airy All Age, Pell River Primary, Kendal Primary and Broughton Primary schools. In addition, 18 early childhood, primary and high schools were proud recipients of their own computer labs, while students received new uniforms, shoes, books and other school supplies. (http://www.sandalsfoundation.org)