National footballer Jeremy Garrett pays it forward

In a grand gesture of ‘paying it forward’, national footballer Jeremy
Garrett on Wednesday donated
a quantity of football gear to his two
alma maters.
Garrett, who attended the North
Ruimveldt Multilateral and Chase’s
Academic Foundation during his years in secondary education, sought to give back to the schools that played an integral role in his development. The Golden Jaguars defender , during his time at ‘Multi’, captained the school’s football team; and while at Chase’s Academy, he captained the school’s team in their famous back-to-back victories in the Milo Schools’
Football tournament and the Digicel Schools’ Football tournament.

 In brief remarks during the simple
presentation, Garrett revealed that
this is just a portion of what he wants
to do for his alma maters. “The presentation today is just a tip of the iceberg of what Mr. Chase would’ve done for the school. It’s more so a small gesture in me
giving back to the institution that I’ve played for for 3 to 4 years, where we dominated school football. This is just me showing my appreciation to Sir Chase, and me giving the youths the equipment and some of the resources that they may need,” Garrett remarked.

The current Slingerz FC defender went on to state, “This is something that I would look
to expand upon. This is just the start; going forward, I may look to get shoes for the players, helping them with training sessions, myself going and volunteer to coach them when I can. The sky is the limit from
just this.” The donated equipment includes full kits for each member of the
team, 6 balls, two pairs of gloves, hurdles, flat and high cones, ladders and training poles.

At Chase’s Academy on Parade Street, Kingston, Georgetown, Headmaster Henry Chase commended Garrett’s move and expressed hope for further collaboration.
The CAF Headmaster shared, “Obviously, this has been something very special, and I really want to commend Jeremy. This is a classic example of planting seeds, and this is my vision for education. Education is not just writing CSEC and you get your CSEC subjects and your CAPE subjects. This is a classic example, Jeremy demonstrated when you would’ve achieved or you start to achieve, that you always remember where you come from. So, I really want to thank him, and I really hope that this could be a progressive thing that our school and Jeremy can collaborate in the future,” Chase further expressed. On the other hand, at North Ruimveldt Multilateral, located on Mandela Avenue, Graduate Deputy Headmaster Lokesh Persaud revealed how the equipment would assist the school’s endeavours in the sport. “I want to say thanks, on behalf of the HM, students and staff of North Ruimveldt, to Mr. Jeremy for the kind donation towards our football team,” Persaud noted. He added, “The last Milo tournament (2021) we were the
runner-up team. So, we’re coming better the next time, we not running for the second place, but for the champion of the tournament.”