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` ` ` Whosoever Will Come, Welcome! By Dr. B Welcome to the benevolent journey of positive assistance in the Haile Selassie High School’s renaissance. One of the few working vehicles on which interesting parties can make someone’s life better is servicing others. The recently concluded November 21, 2014 “Service Day” did just that for students at the Haile Selassie High School. Many talk the talk however few walk the walk, it is for this reason that DARC must say Big-Up to Sista Fan’aye from RasTafari TV; Ras Cashawn from HABESHA Inc.; and the stewardship of Sista Sa’Nia for their selfless service and commitment to the cause. Under the aegis of Dejazmatch Kwasi Bonsu, the Jamaica Music Conference collaboration with RasTafari TV; HABESHA Inc.; and DARC for “Service Day” 2014. Unity is indeed strength and networking is the strongest fabric. During Service Day a cleanup operation involving the students was implemented, while fourteen fruit and herbal trees were planted on the premises ranging from Apple, Avocado, Mango, Breadfruit, Neem, June plum, Coconut, and Moringa. After the tree-planting students from the Environmental Club were treated to a field trip to Source Farm Eco-village. The Source Farm Foundation and Learning Village is a multi-cultural, intergenerational eco-village, located in Johns Town, in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. While there they learned the importance of organic farming, including the use of compose and how critical 26 winter solstice 2014/15 Magazine / September 2012 it is the preserve the environment. School chaperon, Ms. Jaclyn Bryant, the guidance councilor was so moved by the experience that she pledged to establish a compost station at the Haile Selassie High School. Students were also exposed to the holistic importance of Ital Living (Vegan Standard). One of the youth quipped how important it is to “eat what you grow and grow what you eat”. During His 1966 State visit to the Ca ɥ