CANA’s BMW Chapter honors Barbadian Aston Greenidge, African-American Lloyd Griffin
The Bronx, Manhattan, and Westchester (BMW) Chapter of the Caribbean-American Nurses Association (CANA) on Saturday, Oct. 12, honored Barbadian-born Aston Greenidge with its Community Service Award and bestowed its surprise BMW/CANA Award on African-American Lloyd Griffin during its 28th Annual Vernese Weekes Scholarship Luncheon at Eastwood Manor on Eastchester Road in the Bronx. BMW/CANA Chapter also conveyed its Scholarship Award to Jamaican-born nursing student Kenya Simms. Jamaican-born nursing student Kenya Simms receives a scholarship award from RN Malvin Groce, left, and RN Wendy Lake-Ricke. Photo by Nelson A. King In addition, the group presented a posthumous proclamation from New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to the late former president, Hopina Samuel, a Vincentian-born registered nurse, who died in June this year. Samuel’s elder daughter, Dahniel Samuel, who has just passed the New York State Board Examination to become a registered nurse, received ...