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Last Updated: Dec 29, 2011 - 2:18:31 AM |
COORDINATORS OF the Haiti Relief Drive from Freeport Container Port were on hand for the send-off of the 40' container of good donated by the Grand Bahama community.
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Freeport, Grand Bahama - The support staff of Freeport Container Port (FCP), Freeport Harbour Company (FHC), Grand Bahama Airport Company (GBAC) joined by MSC Bahamas recently completed a relief drive to assist victims of the recent earthquake disaster in Haiti.
The drive encompassed the island of Grand Bahama as employees manned a 40’ container in communities from West End to East End and at various business establishments to solicit donations under the theme: ‘We are our Brothers Keepers’.
The container is packed with everything from non-perishable goods, toiletries, clothing, shoes, water, and other items donated by the community, and left Grand Bahama today enroute to Haiti thanks to MSC Bahamas Ltd.
Gary Gilbert, CEO of Grand Bahama Airport Company, Freeport Container Port and Freeport Harbour Company, said the assistance was just another opportunity the company through its staff has to show its support for the search and rescue efforts underway on that island.
“This compassionate effort by the staff is indicative of their caring spirit and a desire to help, and the company is pleased to again lend a hand in the relief effort for Haiti. We cannot begin to imagine what lies ahead for that country and we are pleased to be able to show our support,” said Mr. Gilbert.
Associates from Hutchison business units, Freeport Container Port, Freeport Harbour Company and Grand Bahama Airport Company, coordinated the effort that made the drive successful express their gratitude to the general public, civic organizations, schools, and the corporate community for their humanitarian spirit to help those who are suffering and seeking to regain their stability.
Team members spearheading the initiative coordinated by the companies Employee Relations Manager, Lisa Gibson included Shiann Moncur, Linda Israel, Anthony Thomas, Kenroy Harris, Jamison Deveaux, Joseph Simorne, FHC’s Dr. Shawn Thurston, GBAC’s Nahshon Collie, and members of FCP, FHC and GBAC Employee Councils.
Coordinators of the drive expressed their gratitude to the general public, civic organizations, schools, and the corporate community for their humanitarian spirit to help those who are suffering and seeking to regain their stability.
Special thanks are extended to employees of Freeport Harbour Company, Grand Bahama Airport Company, and Freeport Container Port, the GB Port Authority Workers’ Union, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Agape House Ministries, Freeport Bible Church, St. Mary Magdalene Church, St. Stephen's Anglican Church, St. David's Methodist Church, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, World Harvest Ministries, Community Holiness Baptist Church, End Time Ministry, Bethel Deliverance Centre, West End Primary School, Urban Renewal, Int'l Free & Accept Modern Mason & Order of Eastern Star, Eugene Duncanson, Brothers of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the Y.M.C.A, Bahamas Red Cross, Regional Air, Sawyer's Fresh Market, City Markets, Solomon’s Wholesale, Control Chemicals Freeport, and the Grand Bahama community at large.
Earlier Grand Bahama Airport Company assisted by accommodating two of the first relief flights from Florida enroute to the area.
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