During the past recent months and during the just concluded Christmas season Golden Years Home has been the recipient of several donations.
The donations came from the Seventh Day Adventist Church, who early this year made donations to the Samuel Academy, assisting them in their fund; The Christmas Festival Hot Spot vendors at Little Bay and Carlton ‘Funkyman’ Allen during his annual Funkyman Awards.
On October 27, 2010 the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church made a donation of a special wheel chair, called the “shower chair”. Pastor Hastings of the SDA church with church Elder Verna West delivered the chair to the Golden Years Foundation.
Elder West explained that every year in January they do the harvesting gathering, taking the opportunity “to give the public the opportunity to help us contribute to our welfare work…” She said further that the funds are designated to three main areas namely education, welfare, and disaster, “so none of that money at all is used for the church itself.”
The pastor handed over a check. “I am pleased to donate or to give this check of $2,550.00 to the Golden Years Foundation towards a shower chair, and we pray that as you use this shower chair that it will bring joy and happiness to the inmates of this institution,” he said.
In response the Home Manager Sheryl White expressed thanks, explaining firstly: “We encourage our residents to have a bath at least once day, and the shower chair here would aid greatly the care givers as they assist the residents in taking their showers…”
“I would like to express sincere thanks to the Seventh Day Adventist Church for choosing us as one of their recipients for this donation,” she concluded.
It was a double for the SDA church as the delivered a check for $2000.00 to the Old People’s Welfare association. “Likewise we do hope that this money will go towards bringing joy and happiness to inmates of this institution,” they told Ms Bernadine Collins.
Hot Spot Bars in Little Bay donate to Golden Years
Minister Riley makes a donation on Behalf of Hot Spot Bars
Minister of Culture Colin Riley on behalf of the Bar Owners Association at the Hot Spot, on the night of of the December 16, 2010, presented a check for $1,200.00 to Sheryl White from the Golden Years Foundation and the Golden Years home. The following are the bars Jaylisa Bar, Lyn’s Bar, The Fishnet Bar, Lenny’s Bar, H&H Bar Clarestine Williams, The Treasure Spot, Cox’s Bar, Santa Bar, Sonia’s Bar, Tia’s Bar, Trisha Bar Annie’s Bar, Dennise & Juliet’s Bar called Boiling Point, Kenzie’s BBQ not even in the hotspot but working with us anyway and Tina’s Snackette.
The Minister said the effort was initiative organized by Mr. Carlton Ogarro of John’s Bar, the Fishnet. He craved an applause for, “CarltoCarlton Ogarro of John’s Bar and all the other Bar owners a big round of applause for their effort .
Miss White who accepted the check said: “I would like to say a very hearty thank you to the Bar Owners of the Hot Spot; and to all those who have contributed in making this donation possible,” adding that she would also to say thanks to the persons who have made it possible or who have chosen the Golden Years as the recipient. “We appreciate this very much and of course, we will use it so that the residents can enjoy the festive season a bit more.”
Funkyman Awards
Carlton ‘Funkyman’ Allen each year makes donations as well as awards to various persons and organisations.
During the Funkyman Awards show on December 30, 2010 Allen delivered checks to various oganisations including the Golden Years Foundation (and Old Peoples Welfare Association) as he has done for several years now. He delivered a check of $2,000 to the Foundation. Both checks were received by Bernadine Collins.
See more photos at: SDA donates to Golden Years ; Hot Spot Bars donate and Funkyman donates as usual
