BTC lends helping hand to 6-week RBPF kids camp

Thu, Jul 30th 2015, 07:42 AM

A welcome donation from BTC to the Royal Bahamas Police Force for their 6-week Children's Summer Camp running through August 7th.  Assistant Commissioner of Police, Stephen Dean with Mrs. Eldri Ferguson-Mackey, BTC VP Marketing, Brand and Communication.NASSAU, Bahamas -- At this time of year a variety of kid's camps appear as predictably as summer flowers but seldom are they as enduring and anticipated as the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Summer Camps held over the past 22 years.
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) a long-time supporter of positive nation-wide pro-active youth development and community betterment programmes has donated funds to help defray costs to run the camps on New Providence and very many Family Island settlements. Leon Williams BTC CEO said he remembers well the summer camps he happily attended as a child and said that he sees positive changes and benefits from the developmental activities scheduled for the RBPF summer camps.
"Camp somewhere, doing something, was very much a part of summer holidays growing up. But I notice a change for the better in today's management of the community programmes were we are involved - one that seeks to steer youngsters toward learning civic pride and personal responsibility. Developing awareness in kids today, giving them a reality check and an apprehension of the type of societal dangers that can ruin lives, we believe, is paramount in the current environment of increased crime and unemployment."
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Stephen Dean said the Police Summer camps, which cater to approximately 4,000 students each year, have grown tremendously since its inception in 1993. "The need to keep kids safe and productively busy over the summer months has only increased as have the numbers attending, because we cannot turn any child away," said the Assistant Commissioner. BTC's sponsorship helps us provide a safe environment, a positive place where parents know their kids are going to be being cared for in a fun and productive learning environment."

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