Hundreds of children and less fortunate families in the county of Berbice will be having a brighter Christmas via the hard work of the Management and Cricketers of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC).
RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster receiving donation from representative
Guyana’s leading youth and sports organization will, from December 20-24, be hosting its 28th annual multi-million-dollar Christmas Charity programme and 4th Annual Christmas Village.
The Club’s ten cricket teams, which consist of over two hundred members, are moving ahead with plans for the two programmes to be held under the direction of Club/Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster and his deputy, Simon Naidu.
Foster stated that at completion of 2018, the ten cricket teams would have distributed over $5 million worth of hampers, toys, clothing, educational materials to less fortunate children, single parent households, NGOs, Churches and the elderly. Thus effort is being placed into the Berbice Christmas Village, which over the last three years has developed a reputation of promoting the true value of the Festive Season. Because of this, children can now enjoy themselves in a safe and sound environment.
The Club will be sharing out hundreds of food hampers, 3000 toys; hosting a Children Christmas Party, making donations to orphanages and senior citizens home.
Under-17 Captain and National Junior Cricketer Jonathan Rampersaud, who is one of the chief organisers of the programme, expressed gratitude to all of the donors. The promising and highly talented all-rounder stated that the ten cricket teams are very proud of the fact that the RHTYSC is the only cricket club in the Caribbean that mandates its players to make positive differences in the lives of others. The Club is hoping to have completed a total of 718 programmes/activities by the 31st December, 2018.
Rampersaud expressed gratitude to all of the donors, and reassured them that the items would be used for the intended purpose.
The Christmas Village received financial donations on Friday last from Mr. Chintamani, Peter Lewis, KSM Investment, A.M. Khan of LBT, Farfan & Mendes, Alistair Parris of Len’s Craft, The Hardware Depot, John Lewis of John Lewis Styles, the Gift Centre, Bissoondyal Singh of Bissan Trading, and the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce.
The ten cricket teams also received large donation of toys and food items from several of the RHTYSC closest corporate supporters. They include Big ‘B’ Restaurant, Bounty Farm, Fairfield Rice Mill, Bakewell, V Net Communications, H.A Snacks Co, Ltd, F & H Printery, Toucan Industries, Starr Computers, W/R Enterprise, Factory Price, Regal Enterprise, Sueria Manufacturing, K. Sarwan, Anil Beharry, Rana Persaud, Cirkel Distributors, Ryan Tillack, Poonai Pharmacy, The Office of the First Lady, S. Tulsi-Mahadeo and Sterling Products Ltd.
