Video: Sunday Feb 3rd ‘Good News’ Spotlight
News that ten outstanding young people will compete in the Mr & Miss CedarBridge Pageant on February 9, KPMG’s Danielle Richards, Chelsy Furtado, and Brianna Buchanan earned professional designations, the Bank of Butterfield donated $20,000 for school supplies, and Devonshire Parish Council awarded scholarships to Davina Cannonier, Kyesja Hypolite, De-Aun Lodge, and Kiara Rogers were all some of the positive news stories from the past week.
In additional good news, the Bermuda Union of Teachers celebrated their 100th anniversary, Jesse Washington won the Men’s 200 Yard Freestyle in Texas, Pedal for Paralympics hosted a successful event, Dante Leverock scored for Sligo Rovers, Lamont Marshall broke Bermuda’s Indoor 5000m record, and the National Museum of Bermuda is offering free admission in February.
Other good news stories included Clarien Bank’s annual Holiday GiveBack Campaign raising a record total of more than $18,000 for Meals on Wheels, a Saltus student project raising funds for charities, and Fresh Breath Dental holding a ‘Share the Love Dinner,’ serving a five course meal to 50 people in order to “show appreciation.”
We also posted various community photo galleries, including Bernews’ Top Photos of the Day for January, along with coverage of a ball hockey double header, a basketball double header, Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres winning the European Title, and the Butterfield & Vallis 5K.
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, and also produce a highlight video and article which strictly focuses on the positive news about Bermuda and Bermudians 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 as well as provide information and listings for visitor related services.
Links to some of the ‘good news’ from the past week are below:
