The Calvin Ayre Foundation has made an investment in Antigua’s future by donating US$200,000 to a fund dedicated to ensuring deserving students receive a quality education.
On Tuesday, Calvin Ayre attended a ceremony at the Island Academy, an internationally accredited school in Picadilly, Antigua. There, Ayre presented Principal Portia Moursy with a check for $200,000 for the Island Academy Bursary Fund.
The Fund allows deserving but financially disadvantaged students to attend the Academy on a partially paid participation fee basis. The Foundation has made education one of its principal areas of focus, and this year’s donation follows a $100k gift to the Island Academy Scholarship Fund in 2015.
Speaking at Tuesday’s event, Ayre offered a personal perspective on the transformative power of education, saying he was a keen student during his school years, and that focus helped take him from a pig farm in rural Canada to the cover of Forbes magazine.
Ayre, who has called Antigua home for the past decade, said the benefits of the Foundation’s contributions would have ripple effects for generations to come and he encouraged other individuals and organizations to make similar investments in Antigua’s future.
For over ten years, the Calvin Ayre Foundation has been involved in projects around the world in areas of education, child welfare, social development, animal welfare and emergency response.
