ONLINE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
DECEMBER 19, 2024 - 6:00 PM EST US & Canada - 7:00 PM Caribbean
HCQC Alumni Network (HCQCAN) is a network of Not-for-profit organizations that aims to foster, maintain, and support a lasting relationship between Harrison College and Queen’s College and their alumni for the betterment of educational opportunities.
We invite our worldwide alumni body to donate generously in support our fundraising efforts to raise BDS $2 Million (US $1 Million).
Prizewinners of the 2025 HCQCAN Virtual Uplifting Year-End Fundraising Concert
HCQCAN is pleased to announce the winners of the draw which took place as promised on Saturday, 10 January 2026. We wish to congratulate all the winners and thank all of our generous donors to the fundraiser We also thank the sponsors of our prizes, BTMI, OSI COMPUTERS, AQUA MEDICAL, AQUA SPA, GRANT MORRIS/THE BLACK CAKE COMPANY, CASPERS AT MIAMI BEACH, RAJ PAUL OF MINISTRY OF STYLE AND BEGONE PEST
Lastly, we thank our Master of Ceremonies Laura Nicholls for so graciously conducting the draw, Chiwale Gooding, who assisted in assigning and verifying the ticket numbers, our Treasurers HCQCAN: Betty Brathwaite and HCQCAA, USA: Eric Weekes for keeping track of donations to CIBC, and the HCQCAN website and HCQCAA, USA account, respectively.
We will be reaching out to the winners to arrange the handover of prizes. And the winners are:
- Ingrid Thomas round-trip air ticket for two between Barbados and NY or Toronto, compliments of BTMI.
- Sherry Cumberbatch: 43 in TV Compliments of OSI Computers.
- Alison Broome: Aqua Medical B$300 Voucher.
- V. Gittens : Aqua Spa B$100 voucher.
- Mark St. John: Black cake Compliments of Grant Morris for Black Cake Company.
- V. Gittens: Casper’s at Miami Beach B$50 voucher for two for Fishcakes and an alcoholic or non-alcoholic Beverage of choice.
- Norma Hinkson: Raj Paul Minutes story of Style T- Shirt.
- Margaret St. John: Begone Pest Voucher.
Pictured above is Norma Hinckson receiving her prize T-shirt from Rhaj Paul of Ministry of Style.
Video of the December 2025 HCQCAN Virtual Fundraising Concert Prize Drawing
THE COLLEGE BELL
The Harrison College Queen's College Alumni Network (HCQCAN) Commemorative Publication
Grant Morris, an alumnus of Harrison College resident in Canada, whose brainchild the production of this historical book is, has worked with the school’s historian Ralph Jemmott, as well as alumni to create this landmark limited edition collectible.
The book is much more than a collection of bios. It reveals histories of Harrison College and Queen’s College and their impacts, contains selected articles on the contributions of past students to their home country or adopted country, and is choc full of motivational life stories. It is a true testament to the value of education.
Be sure to get your copy(ies) of this limited edition to illuminate and motivate future generations and contribute to our fundraising for priority projects of both schools.
JOINT FUNDRAISING
We invite our worldwide alumni body to donate generously in support our fundraising efforts to raise BDS $2 Million (US $1,000,000).
Amounts entered on this website are in US dollars. The equivalent amount in local currency will be charged to your bank account.
Donations will be used to fund the following priority projects at HC and QC
HARRISON COLLEGE
A robotics lab
A Food Science lab
Equipping both labs
QUEENS COLLEGE
Upgrading the Science Lab
Upgrading the Hall to enhance performing arts
Completing and equipping the Sports Pavilion
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COMMEMORATIVE PUBLICATION
Through your generous pledges, donations and pre-orders of our Commemorative Publication we have raised BDS $72,800 so far.
Use the links below to make a donation or pay for your commemorative publication
For those in the US, Canada, and other non-Caribbean countries, donate or pay your pledge below
Donations are tax deductible in countries where allowed
Note Carefully – Amounts entered are in US dollars. The equivalent amount in local currency will be charged to your bank account.
Pay for the commemorative publication below
Thank you for fulfilling your generous pledges and pre-orders of our Commemorative Publication.
Our Alma Maters are requesting our support to provide lasting opportunities for students
For information on our activities please click the links below or go to our ‘NEWS’ pages.
HCQC Alums
CELEBRATE THE GIFT OF EDUCATION
CARRY THE LIGHT
Empowering Our Children
Providing equitable and accessible learning opportunities towards the unbounded achievement of the highest human potential of our children.
For A Better Future
Who We Support
Rudo Catlin handing over elearning devices to Ms. Margaret Downie, Secretary Treasurer. at Harrison College
Challenges present opportunities. Covid-19 gave rise to the need to immediately close the digital inequality gap to ensure all students were enabled to continue learning as schools had to resort to online instruction.
The joint collaboration between the alumni bodies in Barbados, Canada, and the USA presented an opportunity for the network of associations to respond to the Government’s appeal for donations of elearning devices to close the digital divide enabling needy students to continue learning regardless of their socio-economic circumstances.
Our collective appeal to alumni locally and globally resulted in donation of 190 computers to the schools. Of these, some 50 were reserved for donation to newer secondary schools for use by needy students. We thank our alumni for their generous response.
Michelle Daniel, President, QCA handing over devices to Ms Janice Jemmott, Guidance Counsellor at Queens College
World Renowned Alumna
Associate Dean of Research & External Relations - Faculty of Science at McMaster University at McMaster University
Dr. Juliet Daniel is a Professor and Cancer Biologist in the Department of Biology at McMaster University. Dr. Daniel received her B.Sc. from Queen’s University and her Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Daniel spent six years as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Tennessee (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital & Vanderbilt University) before joining McMaster in 1999 to establish her own research laboratory.
Ms. Daniel graduated from QC in 1983
Testimonials
Legacies are essential and should be preserved so that those who come after us will have a sense of what has gone before and what has shaped what they are benefiting from.
Donna Every, CA
Accountant & Author
A school’s legacy is linked to its traditions. They constitute the bonds that hold generations of graduates together. Alumni should be committed to giving back both financially and as mentors to help keep the legacy alive.
David Cutting
International Banker
Premier high school education program with great teachers which provided an invaluable learning experience that allowed me to easily adapt and thrive in a constantly changing environment resulting in consistently functioning at a very high level in my job in any country I worked.
Christopher Banfield, PhD
Group Head Clinical Pharmacology
The quality of education at QC, especially the science and clinical reasoning training, enabled my success in medical school at UWI, during my fellowship at NIH, and as a clinician and medical educator in the Caribbean and US.
Diana Callender, MD
Hematologist/Oncologist
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