Patrons of Legon Junior Jubilee Choir Donate to Children’s Ward of University Hospital

Prof. Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey presenting the cheque to staff of the Children’s Ward of the University Hospital

Patrons of the University of Ghana Junior Jubilee Choir have on behalf of the Choir, presented a cheque of two thousand five hundred Ghana Cedis (GHC2, 500.00) to the Children’s ward of the University Hospital, Legon. The donation was from the offering taken during the 2015 service of Nine Lessons and Carols, at which the Choir performed.

Presenting the cheque, the Chief Patron of the choir, Prof. Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey, who was accompanied by two other patrons, Mrs. Christy Badu and Mrs. Stella A. Amoa, said Patrons have been working in close partnership with the Public Affairs Directorate and the Department of Music of the University of Ghana to organise the annual event.  She noted that the members of the Junior Jubilee Choir, aged between 10-15 years, were recruited from the UG Basic School and the Staff Village Basic School, and the Patrons believed it was a good thing to make the presentation to the Children’s Ward of the hospital.  

Prof. Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey expressed the hope that the donation would be used to provide the ward with its needs. She used the opportunity to encourage other stakeholders and units in and outside the University of Ghana to support worthy causes as part of their corporate social responsibility.

Delivering brief remarks at the presentation ceremony, the Director of Public Affairs, Mrs. Stella Amoa who is also a Patron and facilitator of the Legon Junior Jubilee Choir, gave a brief background about the choir, noting that it emanated from the idea of having a junior choir that would be nurtured by their adult counterparts, University of Ghana Jubilee Choir.

She noted that the inaugural Service of Nine Lessons and Carols was held in 2010 and has since become an annual event on the calendar of the University.

Dr. Agyeiwa Tetteh, a Paediatrician and Mr. Eric Gaisey the Hospital Administrator received the presentation on behalf of the ward.

Dr. Tetteh expressed her profound gratitude to the patrons of the Legon Jubilee Choir for their generous donation. She thanked the patrons for touching the lives of children through the kind gesture and indicated that the Ward had a number of needs and the donation would no doubt go a long way to satisfy some of the needs.  She also promised to inform the Patrons in due course, what the donation had been specifically used for. 

Present at the  ceremony were staff of the Children’s Ward.