Fortis Annual Reunion & Awards Banquet (2025): Centenary Edition

This year is a very special year for us as we celebrate the centenary year of the founding of Kingston College, Jamaica (“KC”). And to help us mark this significant milestone, we’ve invited our sister association, St. Hugh’s High School Alumnae Association, Canadian Chapter, to join us in celebrating this momentous occasion.

We’ll be returning to the elegant Peter and Paul Banquet Hall, in Toronto, on Saturday, November 1st. For dinner, we’ll be treated to a mouth-watering, scrumptious taste of Jamaican cuisine.

Entertainment will be provided by MC/Comedian, Dwight “Barrelman” Ross, who I’m sure will have us laughing throughout the evening. We’ll have a live band, Momma’s Kitchen, featuring the soulful voices of Ayesha Ahad and Sam Soga. The Juiceman Jonathan Shaw will serve up hits from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s…that will have us on our feet dancing all night long.

Our Consul General, Kurt Davis, a KCOB himself, will be delivering the Keynote Address.

At this year’s event, we’ll be honouring Delores Lawrence, founder of NHI Nursing and Homemakers Inc., for her tremendous work in giving back to our community. We’ll also be posthumously recognizing one of our founders and first president, the late Dr. Frederick “Buddy” McIntosh, for his significant contributions to our association and, by extension, to KC, in his unwavering support for youth education and development. We’ll also be granting the Maurice MacDonald scholarship to two well-deserving students.

Like most secondary educational institutions in Jamaica, government funding and parents’ financial contributions do not meet the full academic and extracurricular operational needs of the schools. Therefore, but for the support of the KCOB and Swan fraternities, and support from the diaspora generally, organizing activities like these to raise the much-needed funds to fill the gaps in funding, KC and St. Hugh’s would not be able to maintain their standing as two of the preeminent secondary schools, for boys and girls, respectively, in Jamaica and the Caribbean.

The proceeds from this event will help fund the school's welfare programs, infrastructure upgrades, secondary and post-secondary scholarships for qualified students, and centenary legacy projects, just to name a few…

Purchase your ticket(s) below using the secure payment services of PayPal. You can also purchase ticket(s) via e-transfer to our Treasurer, Errol Whittle, at treasurer@kcobatoronto.com.

We look forward to seeing you, and thank you for your continued support.

Fortis Forever, Forever Fortis!