Community
Savannah volunteers ready for emergencies
(CNS Local Life): Savannah Meadows has become the seventh community to establish a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) following a graduation ceremony held 14 August at Bodden Town Civic Centre. The 10 volunteers comprising the team completed 26 hours of training across over five weeks which covered topics on search and rescue, vulnerability and capacity […]
St Matthew’s donates to Cayman Heart Fund
(CNS Local Life): St Matthew’s University recently donated to the Cayman Heart Fund (CHF) a portion of the funds collected through cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and basic life support (BLS) classes the university offers throughout the year. Qualified students taking the classes receive a certificate authorised by the American Heart Association.
Police officer organises waterfront clean-up
(CNS Local Life): Community police officers, together with staff from the National Roads Authority and the owner of a landscaping company, came together to clean an area by the waterfront that was of concern to members of the public. On Thursday, 8 August, the group cleaned the spot on North Church Street across from Bodden […]
Festival brings night life to George Town
(CNS Local Life): The first monthly Saturday Night Live in George Town event drew crowds to Hog Sty Bay on Saturday, 3 August. A concept from the George Town Revitalisation Initiative (part of the Ministry of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure), the event on the waterfront offered a variety of food for sale as live music […]
Van donated for mobile blood drives
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Blood Bank received its first dedicated van on Wednesday, 7 August, which will improve safety and ease the transport of essential equipment and materials for mobile blood drives. Hurley’s Media and Car City, in partnership with the Health Services Authority (HSA) and the Blood Bank, presented the van.
New faces at Cayman Heart Fund
(CNS Local Life): Cayman Heart Fund (CHF) has added a coordinator and three board members to the organisation to assist the non-profit in its goal of reducing of heart and circulatory disease, known collectively as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the number one health problem in the Cayman Islands. Joining the team are Angelique Bodden as […]
Dress down to support Meals on Wheels
(CNS Local Life): Cayman Islands Meals has set its annual “Seniors Rock Dress Down Day” for Friday, 27 September. The non-profit is encouraging individuals, businesses, schools and organisations island-wide to participate in the fundraising event, with all money raised helping to support Meals on Wheels in providing more than 48,000 meals each year.
Maples presents truck to The Pines
(CNS Local Life): The Pines Retirement Home has been gifted a truck to help the organisation conduct its day-to-day operations more efficiently. The vehicle, presented by Maples Group, will assist with routine deliveries, collection of food supplies and household donations that are needed to care for the residents on a daily basis.
EY donates to Jasmine, encourages others to help
(CNS Local Life): EY Cayman has donated US$10,000 to Jasmine (formerly Cayman HospiceCare) to help finance its mission of providing care to people in the Cayman Islands living with long-term or end-stage conditions. The facility offers support to people experiencing debilitating pain, as well as specialist comprehensive hospice care to those living with life-limiting illness.
DG’s Challenge unveils new logo
(CNS Local Life): Deputy Governor Franz Manderson last week unveiled the logo for this year’s DG’s 5K Challenge, once again celebrating the charitable organisations slated to benefit from the funds the event will raise, which in 2019 will be the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre, Special Needs Foundation Cayman and Alex Panton Foundation.
Brewery donates to Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation
(CNS Local Life): The simple act of drinking a beer has led to a donation of more than $22,000 to the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation (GHOF) to support its shark-tagging research as part of efforts to save and conserve the world’s oceans. For every one of a designated beer purchased at the Cayman Islands Brewery, […]
Registration open for annual ‘Stroke and Stride’
(CNS Local Life): The three-race “Stroke and Stride” series returns next month, in support of young triathletes and benefitting the Special Needs Foundation Cayman. The event, which will be held over the first three Wednesdays in August, each including a swim and a two-mile run, is once again being sponsored by Ogier.
The Big Shave date announced
The 7th annual BIG SHAVE will take place on Friday, 20 September, at Cricket Square. Please save the date as we unite to conquer childhood cancer. Thanks to you and the Cayman community, over the past six years we’ve raised over US$2 million for St Baldrick’s to fund the most promising childhood cancer research worldwide. Hannah’s Heroes […]
Donation supports CCMI’s coral restoration efforts
(CNS Local Life): The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) has recently received a US$68,000 donation from the Aall Foundation towards its Coral Restoration Programme. With increasing water temperatures threatening coral reef health, CCMI said in a press release that its team knows “they must progress their restoration efforts at pace, to be able to contribute […]
‘Stuff the Bus’ school supply drive begins
(CNS Local Life): The annual “Stuff the Bus” drive is returning for the fifth year, with the 2019 campaign to collect donations of school supplies kicking off Friday, 26 July and running through 17 August. Since 2015, the initiative has collected more than 27,000 items and organisers hope this year’s campaign will bring the total […]
Martyn Bould to climb Mt Kilimanjaro for Red Cross
(CNS Local Life): One man’s efforts to climb Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is merging with a Cayman Islands Red Cross (CIRC) campaign to raise hurricane awareness with the launch next month of the “Climb for Red: Peak of Preparedness” initiative. Martyn Bould, who has lived in Cayman for some 50 years, has been training the […]
Brac Rotary Club names youngest president ever
(CNS Local Life): The Rotary Club of Cayman Brac made history recently when it installed Julianne Scott as the youngest Rotarian ever to take up the role as president in the Cayman Islands. At the annual changeover ceremony held 25 June, the service organisation also named a new board of directors for the 2019/20 Rotary […]
DUI workshop held on Cayman Brac
(CNS Local Life): The Counselling Centre (TCC), in partnership with the Department of Community Rehabilitation (DCR), last month hosted its first-ever DUI workshop on Cayman Brac. Five participants attended the 7 and 8 June sessions, which included educational presentations by TCC staffers Dr Katheryn Whittaker and Sarah Dewson.
