Philipsburg:--- Leader of the United People's Party Theodore Heyliger and his former executive assistant Maurice Lake distributed purple pencil cases to the students of various primary schools on the island on Tuesday. Heyliger told reporters that every year he distributes some 6000 pencil cases to students attending primary schools on the Dutch side of the island. The UP leader said that he started this project some seven years ago after several students contacted him to either buy them a pen or book. The former Deputy Prime Minister said it takes up to four months to get the pencil cases on St. Maarten and this year the pencil cases are purple in color with the slogan "Never Give Up".
The pencil case distribution started at the St. Dominic Primary School, the former Hillside Primary School, and Prins Willem Alexander School. The project will continue on Wednesday, said Heyliger.
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