PHILIPSBURG:— Caribbean Lottery volunteers joined children on the grounds of the Rupert I. Maynard Community Centre in St. Maarten recently for a tree planting session. The Centre is the home of the Sint Maarten Youth Council Association (SMYCA) and the site of an IGT Global Services After School Advantage (ASA) Centre established by IGT/Caribbean Lottery.
The children were happy to plant three trees: mango, grapefruit, as well as frangipani that will help beautify the surroundings. Caribbean Lottery also supplied soil, to make sure that the roots were firmly anchored.
“We have been teaching the kids about where their food
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