Tag: charity events

Part Of Race Fee To Go Towards Young Athletes

The Bermuda Half Marathon Derby Committee announced that the Derby’s 2013 charity donation will be given to a group of Bermuda’s young talented athletes. Each year, $10 of the entry fee of each runner is donated to worthy charities or causes. This year the funds will assist with the athletes’ costs associated with training locally and competing... Read more of this article

Denim Day Raises $20K For “Why It Matters”

Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust [BHCT] have announced that the “We Matter” Denim Day, held island-wide on April 12, 2013, raised $20,000 towards the Why it Matters campaign to help build a new acute care hospital facility for our island. The “We Matter” Denim Day was designed to provide a fun and fashionable way for Bermuda’s residents... Read more of this article

Flanagan’s Onions Team Donate To SPCA

Flanagan’s Onions Football Club had its annual fundraiser earlier in the year [Feb 1] with part proceeds going to the SPCA. Gordon Cox, Jenny Ruzicska SPCA Front Desk Administrator, Nicolas Plianthos:Through their ‘A Night at the Races’ event the football club were able to raise $2,200 for the shelter. This money will go directly to help supplement... Read more of this article

Masterworks Marks Global Museum Day

The Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art is celebrating International Museum Day today [May 17] and over the weekend with free admission for all visitors to the Botanical Gardens gallery . Ever since 1977 the International Council of Museums has marked International Museum Day on or around May 18 to raise public awareness on how important museums are in... Read more of this article

National Trust To Host Three-Day “Devonfest”

The Bermuda National Trust is offering residents a taste of farm life — quite literally — during its three-day “Devonfest” event being in June. The activities get underway on Friday, June 7 with a tour of the Trust’s Devondale property on South Shore Road in Devonshire and culminate with a family brunch at the farm on... Read more of this article

BF&M Donate $250,000 Towards New Hospital

Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust [BHCT] today announces that BF&M has made a $250,000 donation to the Why it Matters capital campaign, which is raising funds to transform King Edward VII Memorial Hospital [KEMH] into a world-class hospital facility by 2014. John Wight, President & CEO, BF&M; and Philip Butterfield, Chairman, Bermuda... Read more of this article

“Historical Heartbeats” Series Continues

The Ministry of Community & Cultural Development’s “Historical Heartbeats” lecture series continues on Wednesday [May 15] with “Writing from the Rock: Bermudian Literature Begins.” The speaker will be Angela Barry [pictured], author and Bermuda College Lecturer, and the event is free to the public. Ms Barry’s book... Read more of this article

Centre Against Abuse Host Fashion/Trade Show

The Centre Against Abuse will be hosting a fashion and trade show, ‘YOU 2.0’, where they will provide tips and inside secrets to dressing for success and more. The event takes place on Sunday [May 19] in the Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall and doors open at 3.00pm. YOU 2.0 will offer fashion advice, make up guidance, job interview skills, resume... Read more of this article

U.S. Consulate General Staff Donate Vouchers

Staff members at the U.S. Consulate General recently pooled donations in honour of Mother’s Day and used the funds to supply food vouchers for abused mothers and their children to the Centre against Abuse.“To mark Mothers’ Day, May 12th, the U.S. Consulate General collected $250 in staff donations to purchase Marketplace food vouchers... Read more of this article

Fundraising For 38 People To Travel To India

Bermuda Overseas Missions [BOM] President David Thompson announced that this summer 38 local volunteers will travel to Kerala, India in support of Habitat for Humanity International [Habitat] and as part of this year’s fund-raising efforts, BOM will be hosting a Fish Fry dinner on May 17th at Christ Church in Warwick. Each year, Habitat India hosts... Read more of this article