scholarship fund

From Selma, with love

Mark Cummings Thursday, August 30, 2007

Family of the late Selma McCook. /Photo:Mark Cummings

CALEDONIA, Westmoreland

The McCook family will target "deserving" students of high and secondary schools, particularly in Caledonia and generally in Westmoreland, through a recently-launched scholarship fund.

Speaking at the memorial service for the life of the late pastor Selma McCook at the Caledonia Assemblies of Holiness Church recently, chairman of the Selma McCook Foundation, Sam Mc Cook, said the funds will be administered by a board consisting of family and community members.

"Mother had a special love for children and always wanted to assist the children in Caledonia. She wanted to do something that would be an ongoing tribute to her, that would reflect her interest and action, and education was what she felt very strongly about," he said.

The criteria for getting the scholarships will include academic achievement; need; character and conduct, adding that applicants should also be attending Sunday School.

"These scholarships will be provided either on the basis of an application that is made (by individuals) or the recommendation of the Church," he said.

Pastor McCook who was remembered as a considerate, loving and caring individual served the Caledonia Assemblies of Holiness Church in Westmoreland for more than four decades.

She died on August 9, 2001.
Her children include:

. His Excellency Wayne McCook, Jamaican Ambassador to China;

. Pastor Sam McCook, of the Hope Fellowship Church, Kingston;

. Oral McCook, President of the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica and Managing Director of OGM Integrated;

. Robert McCook, Managing Director for Caledonia Enterprise;

. Beverly McCook, Advertising executive;

. Dale McCook, Church deacon and engineer, based in the USA.