Community
International Day of Older Persons marked
(CNS Local Life): Older Persons Month was launched with a celebration of International Day of Older Persons on Monday, 1 October, and featured two seminars organised by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The event, held at the Family Life Centre, on Monday, 1 October, included speakers reflecting on the month’s theme, “Respecting […]
Older Persons Month ambassadors named
(CNS Local Life): The Department of Children and Family Services has chosen six individuals as Older Persons Month ambassadors in recognition of their service to the community. The three men and three women were selected on a basis of four criteria, explained social work manager and Older Persons Month committee chair, Cassandra Fearon.
Raffle tickets on sale for Rotary Central fundraiser
(CNS Local Life): The 23rd annual Rotary Central Music Extravaganza is set for Saturday, 24 November at Royal Palms. This year’s fundraiser, which as usual includes a raffle ticket drive, will feature local bands, Dr Bobs Experiment, Fyah Squad, and Altered Minds.
Cabanas can be booked online
(CNS Local Life): The Public Works Department (PWD) has introduced an online booking service for residents to reserve cabanas at all 12 public parks and seven public beaches. “Ensuring that our people can benefit from our natural environment is of great importance to government,” said Joey Hew, Minister for Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure in a […]
Community supports Hannah’s Heroes
(CNS Local Life): More than 1,000 people packed The Wicket Bar in Cricket Square on Friday, 28 September for the sixth annual Hannah’s Heroes Big Shave to raise funds for the St Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research. So far, this year’s Big Shave has raised US$350,000, bringing the fundraising total […]
Local company volunteers for the YMCA
(CNS Local Life): Staff of Grant Thornton spent Friday, 21 September, giving back as part of the audit practice’s global community corporate social responsibility day. Each year, Grant Thornton’s 50,000 employees close office doors as all staff are encouraged to get involved in local community projects, with a promise of the global initiative to “Act, […]
NCVO gears up for Radio Telethon
(NCVO): The National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is hosting its annual Radio-Telethon on Saturday, 20 October. The fundraiser takes place at the Prospect Playhouse and is broadcast simultaneously on Radio Cayman and Cayman 27 from 7:00pm to midnight. This is the largest fundraiser held by the NCVO each year, and money raised helps to […]
Heroes needed to support childhood cancer research
(Hannah’s Heroes): With just a week to go until this year’s Hannah’s Heroes Big Shave, organisers are making final preparations for this year’s event and encouraging supporters to join the fight against childhood cancer by supporting the St Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research in the United States.
YCLA 2018 finalists announced
(CNS Local Life): The Young Caymanian Leaders Foundation announced the names of the five finalists for the 2018 Young Caymanian Leadership Awards (YCLA) in a release on Monday morning, saying the YCLA Selection Committee chose the finalists “after a careful, in-depth review of the nominations put forward this year by the community”. Jonathan Tibbetts, Chairman of […]
Rotary Sunrise donates school supplies
(CNS Local Life): Rotary Sunrise recently donated backpacks filled with school supplies for deserving students ahead of the new academic year. The service club gave the 24 backpacks to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to distribute to the students. “Rotary Sunrise knows how important having the right kit is,” said Jenna Mungall, […]
Fundraisers set for dog-rescue charity
(CNS Local Life): One Dog at a Time (ODAAT) has planned several fundraising events over the next few months to help support its efforts. The charity rescues dogs from the pound as well as helps abandoned and stray canines. ODAAT pays for all vaccinations, spays or neuters dogs, and places them in foster homes until […]
School supplies donated to 200 children
(CNS Local Life): The foundation established by and named for Lloyd Barker, who initiated the Pursuit of Excellence awards in 2014, recently hosted its first official event, back-to-school supplies drive “Ready, Set, Learn!” at Airport Park. In a press release, Barker explained the motivation for this event was to help families, as some “find it […]
5K event benefits church construction
(CNS Local Life): A 5K walk/run held Sunday, 26 August, and sponsored by the West Bay Adventist Church raised more than$13,000, a record for the annual event that will contribute to the completion of a new sanctuary that will double as a hurricane shelter for the district.
First birthday party a time for giving back
(CNS Local Life): The parents of Adelaide Merren used the celebration of her first birthday on 26 June as an opportunity to collect donations for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Cayman Islands Hospital and the Cayman Heart Fund (CHF). Mother Jernaye Merren wanted to give back to the NICU after Adelaide spent […]
Quiz fundraiser assists Sailing Club
(CNS Local Life): Members of Cayman’s hedge fund industry tested their knowledge of trivia for a good cause when the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) earlier this summer held a fundraising quiz to support the Cayman Islands Sailing Club (CISC) and its youth programmes. Along with a raffle, the event raised $3,589 for the club, […]
Rotary Sunrise welcomes new president
(CNS Local Life): Matthew Seales was installed as the new president of the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise (Rotary Sunrise) on Wednesday, 21 August, according to the service club. A former member of the Rotaract Club of Grand Cayman, in 2016 Seales was the first active Rotaractor to be inducted to a Rotary Club as […]
Miss World Cayman contestants named
(CNS Local Life): Four Miss World Cayman Islands contestants will be taking part in the inaugural dedicated pageant on Saturday, 29 September set for the Harquail Theatre at 7pm. The official platform for the pageant is “Protection of the Environment”, with “Elements” the theme for this year’s competition, the Miss World Cayman Islands committee explained […]
Registration open for Breeze Fusion 5K
(CNS Local Life): Organisers of the 12th annual Breeze Fusion 5K Walk/Run, set for 3 November, are hoping to better the record total of more than 250 runners and walkers who participated in last year’s event. Radio Cayman and Breeze FM also are looking to improve on the results from the Cayman Brac leg, which […]
