Left to Right: Jan Knowles, Vice President of Marketing & Communications, NAD, Deborah Coleby, Director of Terminal Operations, NAD, Arthur Peet, Chairman, Children’s Emergency Hostel, Samuel Clarke, Fundraising Chair, Children’s Emergency Hostel and Dr. Michael Pateman, Senior Archeologist, Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Corporation.
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Drop box collections will benefit children’s hostel and the National Museum
Nassau, Bahamas —Travelers
departing from Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) now have
the opportunity to give from the heart for the collective good.
In a socially conscious move, the Nassau Airport
Development Company (NAD) recently placed donation boxes in two
strategic locations in airport. It is the hope that a passenger’s
decision to give loose change, unused Bahamian currency
or any form of cash, will go a long way in helping to change Bahamian
lives for the better.
The see-through boxes, branded with the slogan
GIVE. CHANGE. are placed in highly visible areas in the US Departures and Domestic/International Departures terminals at LPIA.
Every quarter, two
local charities will benefit from the generosity of strangers. The
initial funds will be split between two worthwhile causes – the
Children’s Emergency Hostel and the National Museum of the Bahamas,
through its agency Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Corporation
(AMMC).
“It’s encouraging to
see our passengers from throughout The Bahamas and around the world give
with the express purpose of changing lives,” said Vernice Walkine,
President & CEO of NAD. “No change is too small.
The donation of coins, bills, unused currency, will go a long way to
enriching everyday Bahamians.”
The drop boxes are
designed to attract travellers’ attention and inspire them to give. The
airport expects to alternate causes on a quarterly basis and raise
much-needed funds for their programs and initiatives
“We chose our first two organizations for different reasons,” Ms Walkine explained.
“The Bahamas
Children’s Emergency Hostel is changing the lives of children who find
themselves alone in the world. Meanwhile, the work done by AMMC—the
nation’s principal heritage conservation agency—goes largely
unnoticed.”
The Bahamas
Children’s Emergency Hostel provides temporary accommodation, food,
clothing, medical care and other necessities to residents ranging from
birth to age 11. The home was incorporated in April 1970 by
the Kiwanis Club of Nassau.
“To hear that we were
chosen to be one of the first recipients was a pleasant surprise as we
are always in need of money to purchase supplies for our children,” said
Marita Ferguson, Administrator at the hostel.
AMMC is tasked with the preservation and promotion of monuments, sites and artifacts of national, historical importance.
“We’re pleased to be a
benefactor of NAD’s generosity,” said AMMC’s director, Dr Keith Tinker.
“When you think about it, there’s a unique synergy between our
mandates. Tourists want to travel to a destination
steeped in heritage and culture. Our work provides them with that
experience.”
LPIA passenger gives change for good.
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