GraceKennedy USA Solidifies Partnership with Florida Caribbean Students Association (FCSA)
Company Invests In The FCSA’S 41st Leadership Conference
Tallahassee – GraceKennedy, one of the Caribbean’s leading multinational entities, through its USA subsidiary, GraceKennedy Foods (USA), LLC, has elevated its annual investment and partnership with the Florida Caribbean Students Association (FCSA) by supporting its upcoming 41st Leadership Conference.
The event, scheduled for Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida on April 10-12, 2015, will be held under the theme, ““As Separate as the Fingers; But as one as the Hand”. Grace Foods will be the leading corporate sponsor at the event, which is the premier event for college students of Caribbean descent from across the State of Florida and the United States. Students will participate in a series of professional and leadership development workshops, cultural showcases and civic engagement. They will also get information on GraceKennedy’s ‘Birthright’ Program 2015, which has been restarted after a six year hiatus. The ‘Birthright’ Program is administered by the GraceKennedy Foundation in Jamaica, and offers cultural and professional internship to second and third generation Jamaican students.
“After 93 years, we know that GraceKennedy’s success is due in large part to those in the communities we serve. That is why we have renewed our commitment to the GraceKennedy Foundation’s Birthright Program for 2015. We are excited to have the students at our company in Jamaica, to learn more about GraceKennedy, while connecting with their roots. It will be a rounded, fulfilling experience, where they will be able to apply what they are learning in their field of study, while receiving invaluable mentorship from senior company leaders,” stated Derrick Reckord, SVP of Commercial Operations, GraceKennedy Foods (USA) LLC.
“We are proud to elevate our commitment to the future generation of Caribbean-American leaders and to nurture their relationship with their culinary history,” he further noted.
Ashley McHayle, President of the Florida Caribbean Students Association expressed her gratitude to the company for its support. “GraceKennedy and GraceKennedy Remittance Services have always supported our development both here in the diaspora and in the Caribbean region. We appreciate their corporate citizenship and commitment to us,” she stated.
News and updates on the conference can be accessed through social media, by using the hashtag #FCSAConference2015.
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