Sunday February 22nd: “Good News” Spotlight
While much of the recent news revolved around the Budget, a number of positive stories also emerged this week, including news that Bermudian culinary student Shayne Trott will travel to New York to train at Marcus Samuelsson’s restaurants, young Donovan Dyer-Trott aiding a friend with asthma and triathlete Flora Duffy claiming back to back wins in South Africa.
In addition, Bermudian cricketer Dwayne “Sluggo” Leverock had his famous catch featured in a BBC Top 10 report, the Powerboat Association made a $1,500 donation to St. John Ambulance Bermuda, and Opportunity Workshop’s ‘Giving Back Program’ provided a sizable food donation to Feed the Children Ministries.
Adding to the week’s good news was Andrew Stoneham being appointed as BIFF Director, sponsorships being awarded to 17 college students, Djair Parfitt-Williams scoring in a West Ham draw, and basketballer Jenaya Wade-Fray making the WBBL Team Of The Week in the UK.
In an effort to highlight some of positive news happening in our community, we supplement our standard morning and evening email newsletters with a special Sunday “Good News” email newsletter edition, which strictly focuses on the positive news from the past week.
You can sign up to have the free newsletter delivered via email here, and/or access the links below. In addition, for those who like positive news, please feel free to visit our sister site ForeverBermuda.com, which seeks to showcase the best of Bermuda.
Links to some of the ‘good news’ from the past week are below:
