Courts Ready Cash closed out its financial year on a winning streak with the completion of its islandwide water tank project with a water tank donation to Boys Town Primary & Infant School in Kingston, on Monday, March 25. 

The water tank initiative, which has contributed to improve the operation of schools across the island since its launch in July 2023, has enhanced the options for water sustainability in the St Andrew Southern constituency.

Boys Town Primary & Infant School Principal Sylvia Banks Claire lauded the effort of Courts Ready Cash.

She said: “On behalf of the board of management, the teachers, The students and the wider community of Boys Town, I would like to use this opportunity to say a big thank you to Courts Ready Cash for allowing us to be number 10. At Boys Town, we deal with the mind, body and spirit and so, when you look at the biblical meaning of the number 10 it speaks to completeness, divine order and God’s perfect will, we couldn’t ask for anything different. We are at the right number, the right time, receiving the right gift, in the right place, from the right persons. Let me thank you again for choosing this school and I am happy that it is now.”

MP for St Andrew Southern and Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding said: “I would like to thank Courts Ready Cash for including us as the final recipient of the water tank donations and we are very grateful for your generosity. It will make a meaningful difference in the life of the school. The issues of water supply and functioning with water are real challenges for many schools in the country and indeed with this constituency, and as we have seen, Boys Town Primary has been struggling with the situation. This tank will make a meaningful difference to the operation of the school and I would like to thank Courts Ready Cash again for making this happen.”

Councillors Louise Newland and Sarah Marshall also expressed similar sentiments.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Marsha Smith, added: “It is my pleasure to bring greeting on behalf of the Education Minister Fayval Williams and to share in this official 1000-gallon water tank handover to the Boys Town Primary School. The NWC slogan is ‘Water is Life’ and without water, a school cannot operate for many reasons and so we welcome this donation from the Courts Ready Cash Team as a part of your islandwide water tank initiative. This is a very commendable programme as a part of your corporate social outreach and I am so happy to be here at the famous Boys Town Primary & Infant School.

“We welcome and encourage public and private partnership, as we believe the education of our students should be seen as a national collective project in which all Jamaicans have an interest. This initiative will make our school more resilient and will ensure the school will be able to function when there are disruptions.  I would like to thank again the Courts Ready Cash Team for targeting schools across the island that are facing issues with water supply as your effort to fight against the changes brought about by climate change and to help with the support of the water resilience infrastructure in our schools,” she continued.

Marketing and PR officer at Courts Ready Cash Toni Ann Latty, said: “The brand recognises the need for access to potable water in communities severely impacted by drought and water shortage conditions. With the donation of 1,000-gallon polyethylene water tanks, to select primary and secondary schools, the brand is looking to improve water harvesting and storage opportunities.”

A total of 10 water tanks have been handed over by Courts Ready Cash, with prior donations to Clonmel Primary and Infant School and Bromley Primary in St Mary, Windsor Castle Primary & Infant School in Portland, Brixton Hill Primary and Kellits High School, both in Clarendon, Duckenfield Primary in St Thomas, Mount Ward Primary in Hanover and Gaynstead High School in Kingston and Waterford Primary in St Catherine. 

The donations formed part of the brand’s ethos of being a responsible corporate citizen.