{"id":2512,"date":"2025-11-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/uncategorized\/wolmers-backs-steths-melissa-relief-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:59:41","slug":"wolmers-backs-steths-melissa-relief-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/wolmers-backs-steths-melissa-relief-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolmer\u2019s backs STETHS\u2019 Hurricane Melissa relief efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Keisha Hill | Senior Gleaner writer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School Manning Cup team show solidarity with St Elizabeth Technical High School\u2019s daCosta Cup players. Jamaica Gleaner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a heartfelt act of solidarity, the Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School football team has stepped forward to support St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) following the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, which left classrooms damaged, sporting facilities compromised, and several students displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led by the school\u2019s football programme, the Wolmer\u2019s team was invited to attend a practice game, and a decision was made to use the opportunity to organise donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drive brought together students, parents, and team management in an effort to uplift their peers on the south coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Category 5 storm left portions of St Elizabeth severely impacted, damaging classrooms, uprooting trees, flooding playing fields, and destroying essential learning materials at several institutions, including STETHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As images of the damage circulated, the Wolmer\u2019s community quickly mobilised a coordinated relief response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student members of the Wolmer\u2019s under-16 and under-19 teams, along with sponsors GraceKennedy\u2019s Mighty Malt and Medical and Disposable Supplies Limited, through their brand Splirt, participated, turning what began as a small gesture into one of the school\u2019s most impactful outreach efforts in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Wolmer\u2019s and STETHS are often fierce rivals on the track and football field, administrators highlighted that the gesture reflects something deeper than competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRivalry ends where humanity begins. STETHS has produced some of Jamaica\u2019s finest scholars and athletes. Supporting them in a time of need was never a question, it was our responsibility,\u201d said Jerome Waite, head coach of Wolmer\u2019s Manning Cup team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Wellington, principal at STETHS, expressed gratitude as the Wolmerians delivered supplies directly to the Santa Cruz campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis support means more than they know. Many of our students lost everything; some lost their roofs, some their books, and some their sense of normalcy. Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School has given us hope,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn times like these, we see the true meaning of Jamaica as one people. The support from Wolmer\u2019s has lifted our spirits and given our students hope as we rebuild,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond material aid, Wolmer\u2019s students also played two practice games with the STETHS\u2019s team. The relief team delivered a wide range of items, including: non-perishable food, bottled water, and sports gear to help restart extra-curricular programmes. Parents and the football management of Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 also contributed generously, turning the effort into a full community initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat happened today shows that school spirit doesn\u2019t end at the boundaries of a campus. It extends to the wider Jamaican community,\u201d said Leighton Davis, manager of the Wolmer\u2019s Manning Cup team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collaboration between the two schools has been celebrated as an example of how Jamaica\u2019s education community can unite in moments of hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials from the school sector applauded the initiative, noting that student-led outreach efforts have become an important part of the national disaster recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Jamaica Gleaner<\/a>, November 26, 2025. Republished for the Wolmer\u2019s Trust community with attribution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gleaner sports desk, 26 November 2025 (updated 9 December 2025). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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