Ann Smith, Community Services Chair with the Canadian Women’s Club of Barbados chaired the Annual Disbursement Meeting.
Representatives of the Canadian Women’s Club of Barbados and 2017
beneficiaries, as they gathered for the CWC’s Annual Disbursement Meeting.
Representatives of the seventeen local charities receiving a disbursement of funds from the Canadian Women’s Club of Barbados this year, have all placed on record their gratitude for the assistance rendered, to help them further their work.
On Wednesday, representatives of the charities accepted their share of the funds, totalling $101 300, during the Canadian Women’s Club (CWC) Annual Disbursement Meeting, held at the Canadian High Commission in Bishop’s Court Hill, St. Michael.
Community Services Chair, Ann Smith, assisted by Immediate Past President Mary Cozier announced the full list of charities during the Disbursement Meeting. The 2017 beneficiaries are: the Barbados Council for the Disabled, the Barbados Diabetes Foundation, the Burnscar Garment and Orthotic Fund for Children, the Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Club Shelter for Abused Women, Camp Aquarius, Cancer Support Services, Caribbean Dyslexia Association, the Diabetes Association of Barbados, the Family Welfare Society, Friends of the Geriatric Hospital, the HIV/AIDS Food Bank, the Nature Fun Ranch, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Paediatric Department, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Paediatric Playroom, the Learning Centre, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the St. Vincent de Paul-Central Council.
Roseanna Tudor of the Barbados Council of the Disabled, in registering her thanks, noted that the funds will go towards providing transportation, which is key to assisting disabled children and adults who need to attend therapy sessions or school.
Noel Gibbs of the Diabetes Association of Barbados meanwhile revealed that the charity’s portion of the funds will be used to host a summer camp later this year for children with diabetes, who need to better learn how to manage the
disease.
Yvonne Franklyn of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul indicated that the funding will go towards the Ozanam Home, a residential facility for elderly women, whilst Marina Laurie of the St. Vincent de Paul-Central Council noted that the disbursement will go towards a feeding programme for twenty-eight families.
Stacia Whittaker of the HIV/AIDS Food Bank also expressed gratitude to the CWC, noting that the funds will be used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for families affected by HIV.
Nicole Alleyne-Phillips-Ayikpa and Marva Browne accepted funds on the behalf of the Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Club, Shelter for Abused Women.
The funds will be used to provide kitchen appliances in the shelter and to also refurbish a room there and the two ladies were very appreciative of the donation of funds. (RSM)