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Heartline Magazine October - December 2007
Happy hearts - Raffle winners collect prizes
The big draw in the Heart & Stroke
Foundation of Barbados’ Grand Fundraising Raffle took place at
the Foundation’s headquarters on October 6th 2007, and a Christ
Church man flew away with the prized trip for two to London
compliments Virgin Atlantic Airways.
A happy Robert Carter of Christ Church
recently collected his first prize of two Return Premium Economy
tickets Barbados/London on Virgin Atlantic Airways at the
airline’s office on Hastings Main Road, Christ Church. Making
the presentation was Virgin Atlantic’s Sales and Marketing
Co-ordinator Lisa Fraser who said that the airline was very
happy to be able to make the contribution to the Foundation’s
fundraising efforts. She wished Mr. Carter an enjoyable flight
and a pleasant stay in London. Mr. Carter’s London holiday will
be made even more memorable since he also won, as part of the
first prize, a 5-night stay in a luxury London Hotel, 22 Jermyn
Street, plus BDS$500 spending money.
Second prize was a 5-night stay for two at
Tamarind Cove Hotel, on Barbados’ West Coast, which includes
breakfast, lunch and dinner. This was won by the London Life and
Casualty (Barbados) Corporation.
The third prize of a D900 Samsung Cellphone,
compliments of Digicel, was won by Mrs. Jean Robinson, of St.
George, while the forth prize, an Exercise Bike donated by
DaCosta Mannings, went to the accounting firm KPMG.
These prizes were all recently presented at
the Heart & Stroke Foundation’s headquarters on Jemmotts Lane.
Administration and Fundraising Manager,
Jennifer Randall, congratulated the winners and thanked all
those who participated in the fund-raising venture, which raised
just over $13,000. She noted that the Foundation undertakes
several fundraising drives in the course of the year in order to
raise funds to assist in covering operating expenses.
She in particular thanked the sponsors for
their contributions. She said that the Foundation relies to a
large extent on the business community for funds and other
assistance to carry out its work and projects.
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