Pictured (left to right) are Justan Campbell, Junior Project Planner, Krishna Pratt, Planning Department Clerk, Ed Pavey Director of Technical, Planning and IT, Gevon Hall, Project Planner, Shelia Johnson-Smith, GBCH Executive Committee, Driscal Pinder-Woodside, Production Control Clerk, Bary Dickson, Technical Manager, Natasha Bethel, Junior Project Planner and Anya Wilson, Technical Assistant.
(Photo: Derek Carroll )
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Freeport, Bahamas – Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
and staff of the Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) recently donated much
needed breakfast foods to the Grand Bahama Children’s Home. Last month,
the staff at GBS joined the ‘Breakfast Club’ in which supporters pledge
to donate $5 each month to help provide breakfast for children at the
Home.
Ed Pavey, Director of Technical, Planning and IT at GBS
said, “When I first received the call for help from Christine Van Der
Linde for immediate assistance to the Children’s Home last month,
it was with great pleasure that I donated to the cause. Afterwards,
Christine came up with the idea of the ‘Breakfast Club’ which she
implemented at her office. I thought it was such a fantastic idea that I
asked my employees if they wanted to join. Again, to my pleasure, they
instantly offered their pledge of support each month and for many more
to come.”
With donations from the employees in the Shipyard’s
Technical Department goods were purchased from BWA Wholesale and
presented to the Home last week. Pavey noted, “Shelia and her staff do
such a wonderful job caring for the children and we are so very proud to
be a small part of the necessary assistance required to operate such a
fine facility.”
The Grand Bahama Shipyard supports a number of
charities in Grand Bahama and the management team is incredibly pleased
that their staff have chosen to make personal donations. “As a company,
we’re very interested in supporting a number of charities and
organizations in the community. We are very pleased that our
staff,
through their own initiative, decided to support the Home,” said Kay
Smith, Director of Human Resources and Community Relations at GBS.
If
you’re interested in starting a Breakfast Club programme at your
company, contact the Grand Bahama Children’s Home at 352-7852 or on
their website via http://www.gbchildrenshome.com/contact/. All donations
are always welcome as the home cares for the neglected and abused
children of Grand Bahama. With 50% of its funding from Government the
balance is raised from the community.