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Last Updated: Apr 4, 2019 - 10:52:07 AM |
Seven cancer organizations across The Bahamas received their share of $90,000 raised from CIBC FirstCaribbean’s 2018 “Walk for the Cure” at a recent cheque donation. L to R: Sister Sister Breast Cancer Support Group President Andrea Sweeting, CIBC FirstCaribbean Chief Executive Officer Colette Delaney, Cancer Society of The Bahamas President Dr. Williamson Chea, CIBC FirstCaribbean Managing Director (Bahamas & TCI) Marie Rodland-Allen, and Sister Sister Breast Cancer Support Group administrative representative Helen Rolle.
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Nassau, Bahamas – Seven cancer organizations across The Bahamas will be able to provide free services to even more patients thanks to a recent $90,000 donation from CIBC FirstCaribbean.
“This continued support has allowed us to touch so many lives, be it male, children, or women,” said Helen Rolle, Sister Sister Breast Cancer Support Group representative.
Rolle spoke alongside Sister Sister President Andrea Sweeting and Cancer Society of The Bahamas President Dr. Williamson Chea at a brief ceremony at the bank’s Airport Industrial Park location, where Chief Executive Officer, Colette Delaney, presented the New Providence funds from the 2018 “Walk for the Cure” cancer fundraising campaign. Smaller presentations were also conducted on Grand Bahama, Abaco, and Eleuthera to the Sister Sister Breast Cancer Support Group of Grand Bahama, the Cancer Association of Grand Bahama, and the Cancer Societies of Abaco, Eleuthera, and Grand Bahama.
“We started as a support group for women with breast cancer but had to open it up because the demand was so great – people were coming and we didn’t want to push anybody aside. These donations help our work gifting needles and port-a-caths, a surgically implanted instrument used to administer chemotherapy,” Ms. Rolle said.
Dr. Williamson Chea was proud to accept a donation on behalf of the Cancer Society of The Bahamas from CIBC FirstCaribbean’s 2018 “Walk for the Cure” funds. Dr. Chea said the donation will “go a long way in helping cancer patients of The Bahamas.” L to R: CIBC FirstCaribbean Chief Executive Officer Colette Delaney, Cancer Society of The Bahamas President Dr. Williamson Chea, and CIBC FirstCaribbean Managing Director (Bahamas & TCI) Marie Rodland-Allen
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President of the Cancer Society of The Bahamas, Dr. Williamson Chea, added, “We want to thank CIBC FirstCaribbean for all the work they’ve done in contributing to our cause. The funds they donate go a long way in terms of helping our cancer patients in The Bahamas.
“We have a cancer caring center in Centreville, where patients come in from the Family Islands and stay for free; we also transport them to doctors’ offices for radiation treatment, and to the oncology clinic at the hospital. So the funds go to very good use.”
Ms. Delaney said the bank’s “aim is to make a difference not just in the lives of people suffering from cancer, but also to provide help and support to the families of people who are suffering from this dreadful disease.
“What’s most pleasing is not just the money we’ve managed to raise, but the number of people who come out, walk, and show solidarity with everybody who’s suffering. Last year we raised $90,000 thanks to the Bahamian public and corporate Bahamas, and we had more than 1,000 participants.”
Sister Sister Breast Cancer Support Group President Andrea Sweeting (left) and CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Chief Executive Officer Colette Delaney shared a laugh during the donation ceremony to cancer societies across The Bahamas from 2018 “Walk for the Cure” funds.
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CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Managing Director (Bahamas & TCI), Marie Rodland-Allen, underscored the role corporate sponsorship as well as public support play in the continued and growing success of the “Walk for the Cure.”
“We are grateful for the continued support of our corporate sponsors. We had over 30 sponsors last year which donated in many different ways: in terms of money, supplies, goods, and services, and we’ve been able to expand our ‘Walk for the Cure’ initiative because of our corporate sponsors who have grown with us every single year. We’re looking for continued support, not just from corporate sponsors, but from our employees, our customers, and the public, for this coming October,” Rodland-Allen said.
Last year’s seventh annual “Walk for the Cure” (Bahamas) was sponsored by: Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL), BTC, Colina, Doctor’s Hospital, Dolphin
Encounters, Graham Thompson, The British Colonial Hilton, KFC, Lennox
Paton, Quality Home Center, The Pointe, Atlantic Medical, Avis, BAF,
Baha Mar, Bahamas Waste, Bethel Group of Companies, Bill Simmons
Construction, Caribbean Bottling Company, Commonwealth Brewery Limited,
Family Medical Centre, Furniture Plus, Geeks for Less, Going Places,
Lyford Cay Club, McKinney Bancroft and Hughes, Milo Butler Distributors,
New Oriental Cleaners, POW!, Rubis, Sapodilla, Trash It, Tripoint
Communications, Wemco Security, and Woslee Construction.
“Walk for the Cure” was launched by CIBC FirstCaribbean in 2012. It is the bank’s flagship fundraiser across the Caribbean, raising over USD$2.2 million over the past seven years.
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