PRESS RELEASE: PALAS to award 66 new scholarships in 2014-2015. Hon. Lisa Hanna & Attorney Patrick Campbell to deliver keynote addresses at awards presentation at University of the West Indies (UWI)-Mona Campus, Sat Aug 23, in JAMAICA. One-hundred eighty-one (181) total scholarships awarded in 4 years. Winsome Benjamin will provide the entertainment.....PALAS seeks urgent help to add at least 5 more scholarships from the 37 others who met our criteria, and regrettably will be bypassed due to lack of funds. Stats; 15 male & 51 female students, 29 high school & 37 university students, 16 Medical students & all the parishes in JAMAICA were represented, there were 140 applicants. We are still seeking donations at www.PALAS1.org.

ATLANTA, GA – July 9, 2014: Peace and Love Academic Scholarship, Inc. (PALAS) will award sixty-six (66) new scholarships for the academic year 2014-2015 to worthy, but economically challenged high school and University/College students  in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region. Honourable Lisa Hanna, Minister of Youth & Culture and Attorney Patrick Campbell of Washington D.C will deliver the Keynote addresses at the 4^th annual award ceremony - UWI in Kingston,Jamaica onSaturday, August 23, 2014. Reggae songbird, Winsome Benjamin will provide the entertainment. The Master of Ceremonies will be Mr. Winston Cowans.

PALAS, the Atlanta-headquartered charity organization, has received the support of various corporate bodies and individuals to support the students. The stated mission of the group is to recognize and honor outstanding academic performances of under privileged students residing in the Caribbean region.

The PALAS program was established in December 2010, to honor the memory of young Vanessa Campbell, an aspiring Jamaican artiste who was a casualty of the burgeoning crime and violence problem in Portmore, Jamaica. After Vanessa’s untimely death, an initial scholarship program was created as the SSSJamz/Vanessa Campbell Academic Scholarship to assist high school students from her alma mater, Bridgeport High School. To sustain this effort PALAS has been soliciting funds from all quarters. more