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| LT-RT- Pat Daley Exective Director of ADe's Place,Marshall of Marshall's,Donovan White Digicel's Marketing Manager and Salome James Exective Director for The Change Center. Presenting of Cheques |
Basseterre, St. Kitts (January 18, 2007) Digicel and Marshalls presented cheques totaling $62,740.00 and shared equally to two charities in the Federation, Ades Place on St. Kitts and The Change Center on Nevis, at a brief ceremony held at Digicel House on Thursday.
On December 10, 2006, Digicel and Marshalls collaborated and hosted a fundraising event to commemorate the 10th Anniversary since the opening of Marshalls and the 1st Anniversary of Digicel in St. Kitts & Nevis. The two (2) charities were the beneficiaries of money raised in an open auction at the event on December 10, at which scores of Kittitians and Nevisians dug deep into their pockets to support the worthy cause.
Both charities provide a well needed service to the people of the Federation, St. Kitts-based Ades Place, is an NGO geared at improving living conditions for young adults with disabilities, and Nevis-based The Change Center, is an NGO geared at providing counseling, case management, and referral services to persons who are victims of sexual emotional or physical abuse.
Pat Daley Executive Director and Salome James Executive Director accepted the two $31,370.00 cheques on behalf of Ades Place and The Change Center respectively. Speaking at the ceremony, Digicels Market Manager, Donovan White reiterated Digicels commitment to a long-term investment in St. Kitts & Nevis. The service that both these organizations provide to the Federation is invaluable to the well being of the disabled and the disadvantaged, and it is an honor for Digicel to be associated with their hard work and commitment to provide for those less fortunate in our Society, today we pledge our commitment to continue our support of both NGO in the form of cash and kind.
Special thanks must go to Barbara Kassab, the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, I.C. Jewelers, Digicel Jamaica who donated the season tickets for the Air Jamaica Jazz Festival and Marshalls Restaurant; without their support, the fundraising exercise may not have attracted the immense support that it has. White continued.
Since launching operations in St. Kitts & Nevis in December 2005, Digicel has brought true competition to the mobile telecommunications market where consumers can now enjoy better prices, better service, and better value.
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ABOUT DIGICEL
Since its launch in 2001, Digicel has become the fastest-growing wireless telecommunications operator in the Caribbean. Digicel is renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, superior customer care, a wide variety of products and services, and state-of-the-art handsets. It is the largest GSM operator in the region.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and has operations in twenty two markets, including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Curaçao, The Cayman Islands, Dominica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and El Salvador. Digicel also has a license in Guatemala and coverage in St. Martin and St. Barths.
The company is the lead sponsor of Caribbean sports teams including the West Indies Cricket Team, Special Olympics teams across the Caribbean and is title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Football Union Cup, which involves over 30 Caribbean countries and is an important qualifier towards the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
