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| (L-R) Vernice Rogers, principal of the St. Joseph's Primay School acceptng a check on behalf of the school from Minerva Dublin, Goup manager of VibesFM.com Photo by Suelika N. Buchanan |
By Suelika N. Buchanan
Editor - SKNVibes.com
(Basseterre; St. Kitts): She may be gone but certainly will not be forgotten. Judith Tota, of George Street, NewTown was described as a very kind and giving person who was always willing to help.
And an online group has decided to carry on that legacy by establishing the Judith Tota Memorial Scholarship fund at the St. Joseph's Primary School.
Group Manager, Minerva Dublin a.k.a. SK Queen during an informal ceremony last Thursday, Jan. 18, at the school, she said that the scholarship will go to a child of the New Town area who is needy but still manages to keep their studies up.
She also said that with the maturity of the scholarship fund they will extend it to other children from different communities attending the school who are also in need of assistance.
Principal of the School Vernice Rogers said that they were very thankful by the kind initiative taken up by the group and said that the child who receives the scholarship will fall within the guidelines.
Dublin told SKNVibes.com that the group, specifically the managers including Chris Collins, Trevor Blanchette, Junior Dublin and herself were all friends and hail from the same New Town community.
"Trevor grew up with her and it was his idea to start the fund; Judith was a wonderful person and we were more than happy to do this," she said.
"She was very kind, giving, caring - she treated everyone as equal," Dublin said of Judith. "She accepted people as they were and was always willing to help."
Dublin mentioned that the scholarship was the Group's second project as their first project is currently ongoing.~~adz:Right~~
"We're still accepting pledges to purchase a dialysis machine that we want to donate to the hospital here in St. Kitts," she said.
The group has an active message board that can be found on www.vibesfm.com where every Friday until Monday a radio program by DJ Chris can be heard, while on Sundays he's on the air live.
Persons interested in making a contribution to the fund can contact the Principal of the school, Vernice Rogers.
Those interested can log onto the website to make a pledge towards a Dialysis Machine which is used for "Hemodialysis" the most frequently prescribed type of dialysis treatment in the United States.
The treatment involves circulating the patient's blood outside of the body through a dialysis circuit where the blood is filtered and cleansed inside the hemodialyzer and returned to the body.
Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, the treatment removes waste products and excess fluids from the bloodstream, while maintaining the proper chemical balance of the blood. There are two types of dialysis treatment: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
Dialysis can be used in the treatment of patients suffering from poisoning or overdose, in order to quickly remove drugs from the bloodstream. Its most prevalent application, however, is for patients with temporary or permanent kidney failure.
For patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), whose kidneys are no longer capable of adequately removing fluids and wastes from their body or of maintaining the proper level of certain kidney-regulated chemicals in the bloodstream, dialysis is the only treatment option available outside of kidney transplantation.
