Support for the 12th Annual Catch Jerry Chile Fun-Run-Walk fund-raiser was strong this year, with participants from all over Central Eleuthera. This year’s 12th Annual ‘Catch Jerry Chile’ Fun-Run-Walk fundraiser event, for only the third time in the history of it being held, saw Mr. Miska Clarke (Jerry’s Chile) being caught. The...
Health & Wellness
Master and mistress of ceremonies, Ricardo Dean and Eldecia Thompson, kick up heels at the ball, keeping the crowd well engaged. The Correne Sands Hall at the Cancer Society of Eleuthera’s (CSE) Wellness Center in Palmetto Point was transformed, into a space exuding glitz and glamour on Saturday evening, March 9th, 2024 as board members of the CSE...
Solombra Ingraham (center), from women’s empowerment organization ‘I’m Every Woman’ supported by her colleagues from the Links International Group back home in California, brought with her $7,000 in funds raised by the international groups to support the local Cancer Society Eleuthera Branch, which was presented to president...
Pictured: Ms. Maisy Thompson (on left), administrator at the Cancer Society, Eleuthera branch’s Wellness Center in Palmetto Point, stands with Mrs. Kirby (center) and Mrs. Bethel (on right), during the CSE’s Mix n’ Mingle event, which encouraged community members to formally volunteer with the organization. In efforts to rejuvenate...
Early risers enthusiastic and full of energy at 6:00 a.m. ahead of their participation in the ‘Road to 50′ Race on Saturday morning, December 3rd, 2022 in Governor’s Harbour – a national kickoff of the Bahamas’ 50th Independence celebrations. Similar races took place in both North and South Eleuthera, and in every other...
The Bahamas Ministry of Health and Wellness on Wednesday, September 21st, 2022, announced that the country’s mask mandate would be relaxed as of October 1st, 2022, with members of the public no longer required to wear a mask in most settings. The Hon. Dr. Michael R. Darville, Minister of Health and Wellness, in his announcement detailed, “…the...
New Eleuthera Cancer Society (ECS) president, Ms. Susan Culmer, presented with her portrait by fellow board members (L-R: Suzette Kemp, Juanita Pinder, Susan Culmer, and Jacqueline Gibson). The portrait will be hung within the Cancer Society’s Wellness Center in Palmetto Point, alongside the four previous presidents since the 1985 founding of...
LFC Programme participants with their project presentations. (L-R): Cornell Johnson, Deshan Mortimer, Sindy Bullard, Bianca Edwards, Bernadette Colebrook, and Behanker Rolle. Six nurses in Eleuthera, on June 17th, 2022, were the very proud graduates from the Leadership for Change (LFC) and Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme, facilitated by the Nurses’...
Participants, supporters and organizers at the Catch Jerry Chile 2022 event. Now in its tenth year, the ‘Catch Jerry Chile’ (CJC) Fun-Run-Walk annual fundraiser event, with its dedicated core of organizers, in keeping with its’ anniversary, had as it’s goal this year to raise $10,000 – with all funds going to the Health...