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LIME spreads holiday cheer in Albion

Published:Saturday | December 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM
From left: LIME elf Michael Collins; Centre Manager Sandra Henry; residents Deon Wilmot, Monica Robinson, Fabian Daley, Leslie Miller; Stephen Price, LIME's head of marketing; and Danielle Fisher pose with a new weed whacker presented to the facility. Refuge of Hope houses almost 30 of St James' vulnerable population. - Contributed

MONTEGO BAY, St James:


The Refuge of Hope Centre in Albion, St James, was the fifth stop in LIME's Christmas of a Lifetime tour, the telecoms company's initiative to spread holiday cheer to some of Jamaica's needy.

Team members from the telecoms company visited the facility and brought gifts of a brand new weed-wacker, toiletries and lunch for the residents.

"Though the Christmas season is a heavily commercial time for us, we are fulfilling our social responsibility and reaching out to those who need our help the most," said LIME's head of marketing, Stephen Price.

Sandra Henry, manager for the Refuge of Hope Centre in Montego Bay, which care for nearly 30 clients, was grateful.

"This gift from LIME will allow us to offer garden service to the community and will allow the clients here to earn a little for themselves. My greatest Christmas wish is for all the clients to be able to leave here and establish themselves in society," she said.

"Our mission is to facilitate the reintegration of persons who have fallen on hard times. We try to get them out working and back on their feet."

Transformed

Resident Deon Wilmot, a deportee, spoke of his transformation at the Refuge of Hope.

"This place gives me a lot of hope. I was overseas and a lot of things happened and I ended up getting deported back home," said Wilmot.

"I then got work with a contractor, who brought me to Montego Bay, but things at the (construction) site didn't work out and I ended up on the street."

Wilmot also spoke of a small vegetable patch and chicken coop that he and the other residents operate to feed themselves and generate income.

"We raise chickens and farm eggs for sale. We also grow a little pak choi, callaloo, corn and peas to feed ourselves and sell to the community," he noted.