Last Updated on August 19, 2020, 4:06 AM AST by Anthony Morris
This year’s 37th Independence Anniversary will be celebrated under the theme “Resilience, Innovation and Security for Independence 2020”. The theme was chosen from several entries that were submitted and were won by 12-year-old Destinee Morris of St. Kitts.
Ms Morris expressed her delight for being victorious with the penned theme “Resilience, Innovation and Security for Independence 2020”.
She noted that her mother, Alleyne Springer, had inspired her to participate in the contest.
Ms Morris, during an interview with the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service (SKNIS), said that her mother always encourages her to participate in activities such as these.\
She said that they would help broaden her mind and knowledge and prepare her for challenges.
When asked about her thought process, she said that the theme was supposed to be based on resilience and security, so she thought that in a time like this when everyone is encouraged to be innovative as business persons as well as a community as a whole, to highlight this creativity that eventually propelled her to create the theme.
She expressed her delight for having her entry chosen.
She added that she feels great about winning the competition. First, she did not believe when she got the call from Mr Hodge, but after she hung up the phone, she was jumping around the house and screaming with joy.
Ms Morris encouraged future theme composers, and persons in general, especially youth, to try new and positive things and have faith in themselves.
A call was made for the submissions for the official theme for the 37th Anniversary of Independence of St. Kitts and Nevis on Friday, July 17.
Ms Morris, a second form student of the Saddlers Secondary School, will be duly recognized by Cabinet and would be issued with official invitations to all major Independence events over which the Government has control.
Her winning theme would also be incorporated in all communications and events surrounding the Independence celebrations.
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