AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY entrepreneur Andre Hylton like many of his fellow Rotarians (Kingston Rotary Club) leads a dual life as a businessman/
volunteer.
Mr. Hylton has been intimately involved in the Dunrobin/Cassia Park community where he founded a local community organisation called Guiding Light.
It was these efforts that led to the Rotary Club's adoption of the community and its Dunrobin Educational and Community Centre Project, which is also profiled this week.
VT: How did you get involved in voluntarism?
AH: About 15 years ago, I started a non-profit organisation called Guiding Light, which was formed to remedy the needs of struggling basic schools in the Dunrobin/Cassia Park com-munity. We would take care of reconstruction, host treats for the young ones, etcetera.
VT: Why did you feel a need to serve your community?
AH: To be honest, as a child I grew up in a Christian home in rural Jamaica, and it was a childhood dream to help people with their problems whenever I grew big.
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Volunteer of the Week Andre Hylton speaking to children at Dunrobin Primary School, St. Andrew.
VT: Is Guiding Light still in operation?
AH: No, Guiding Light actually evolved into Future Vision Foundation. This happened after I realised that the service had to be taken to a higher level to fit the demands of the community in general.
VT: So where is Future Vision and what does it accomplish?
AH: We are at 10 Osbourne Road Kingston 10, and we construct sporting facilities, we foster small businesses, and host regular motivational seminars to develop the human spirit.
VT: What do you gain from volunteering?
AH: Bob Marley once said his life is for people, well so is mine because I love people, people motivate me. When I leave this world, I would like to have made a difference.
J.C.
