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BTC's employees give over 300 hours in community service

Thu, Nov 16th 2023, 05:44 PM
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More than one hundred employees teamed up to commemorate BTC’s fourth annual Mission Week, donating over three hundred hours in community service. Volunteerism is a big part of BTC’s culture. And while the Company is known to execute many corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives throughout the year, Mission Week provides an opportunity for all team members to take time out of their busy schedules to volunteer and create moments that positively impact the communities that we serve.

Mission Week is held each year for employees to give back to the community through its CSR pillars, Learning, the Environment, Access and Disaster Relief (LEAD). This year’s Mission Week of activities allowed team members to build connections and strengthen relationships with community leaders and residents in New Providence and the Family Islands. Colleagues gave unselfishly of their time to take on at least one CSR initiative, which included beach clean-ups, tree planting, reading sessions with primary school students and seniors, serving a hot and healthy breakfast, packing groceries for the less fortunate, and offering donations.

As a part of this year’s Mission Week, BTC announced a donation of five thousand dollars to The University of The Bahamas’ UB Cares Foundation. The donation will aid students requiring special assistance.

BTC’s Senior Manager of Communications, Indira Collie believes that students should not be disenfranchised because of a lack of funding. “At BTC we believe that heart is more than something that we have, its something that we share. This donation hits home for us. UB represents the future of this country and we are happy to be able to contribute to such a worthwhile cause. Students, please know that BTC will always be here to lend a helping hand wherever we can.”

UB Cares Foundation administrator, Joe Stubbs, who also serves as Vice President of Student Affairs at the University commented on the donation. “The Office of Student Conduct and Complaints, in the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs, through our service branch UB Cares, extends our heartfelt gratitude to BTC for your donation. The UB Cares Foundation was created to support students whose hardships impact their programme attendance and functionality and serves as a central hub for generous donations from various donors. We believe that these donations will benefit the students who request our support.”

LEARNING

BTC’s focus on the “Learning” pillar saw the movement of many team members from the boardroom to the classroom. Reading sessions were held in New Providence at Eva Hilton, Gambier, and Thelma Gibson Primary Schools; and students were excited to see a new face in the classroom as they listened attentively to several chapters read to them by our Mission Week volunteers. BTC CEO, Sameer Bhatti, also read to students at Gambier Primary School and BTC team members in Grand Bahama held reading sessions at The Beacon School and The Grand Bahama Home for the Aged.

ENVIRONMENT

BTC’s focus on the “Environment” for Mission Week kept our team members busy. In New Providence we partnered with our Junior Achievement Company, to clean up Goodman’s Bay. A partnership was forged with the Kiwanis Club of Fort Montagu to plant trees at the Willamae Pratt School for Girls and colleagues also planted mangroves in Grand Bahama.

ACCESS

BTC was happy to provide internet access and desktop computers to the Murphy Town Community Center in Abaco, which was rebuilt after being destroyed by Hurricane Dorian.

DISASTER RELIEF

To show our support to those affected by disasters, we teamed up with The Bahamas Red Cross, and the UB (The University of the Bahamas) Cares Foundation.

We partnered with The Bahamas Red Cross to pack grocery items for the Meals on Wheels program.

We provided a monetary donation to The University of The Bahamas to assist with providing groceries for students needing assistance.

Mission Week was founded by BTC’s parent company Liberty Latin America (LLA), and is celebrated in all LLA markets including the Caribbean and Latin America. Mission Week 2023 is now in the books and BTC looks forward to having greater participation for Mission Week 2024.

More than one hundred employees teamed up to commemorate BTC’s fourth annual Mission Week, donating over three hundred hours in community service. Volunteerism is a big part of BTC’s culture. And while the Company is known to execute many corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives throughout the year, Mission Week provides an opportunity for all team members to take time out of their busy schedules to volunteer and create moments that positively impact the communities that we serve.
Mission Week is held each year for employees to give back to the community through its CSR pillars, Learning, the Environment, Access and Disaster Relief (LEAD). This year’s Mission Week of activities allowed team members to build connections and strengthen relationships with community leaders and residents in New Providence and the Family Islands. Colleagues gave unselfishly of their time to take on at least one CSR initiative, which included beach clean-ups, tree planting, reading sessions with primary school students and seniors, serving a hot and healthy breakfast, packing groceries for the less fortunate, and offering donations.
As a part of this year’s Mission Week, BTC announced a donation of five thousand dollars to The University of The Bahamas’ UB Cares Foundation. The donation will aid students requiring special assistance.
BTC’s Senior Manager of Communications, Indira Collie believes that students should not be disenfranchised because of a lack of funding. “At BTC we believe that heart is more than something that we have, its something that we share. This donation hits home for us. UB represents the future of this country and we are happy to be able to contribute to such a worthwhile cause. Students, please know that BTC will always be here to lend a helping hand wherever we can.”
UB Cares Foundation administrator, Joe Stubbs, who also serves as Vice President of Student Affairs at the University commented on the donation. “The Office of Student Conduct and Complaints, in the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs, through our service branch UB Cares, extends our heartfelt gratitude to BTC for your donation. The UB Cares Foundation was created to support students whose hardships impact their programme attendance and functionality and serves as a central hub for generous donations from various donors. We believe that these donations will benefit the students who request our support.”
LEARNING
BTC’s focus on the “Learning” pillar saw the movement of many team members from the boardroom to the classroom. Reading sessions were held in New Providence at Eva Hilton, Gambier, and Thelma Gibson Primary Schools; and students were excited to see a new face in the classroom as they listened attentively to several chapters read to them by our Mission Week volunteers. BTC CEO, Sameer Bhatti, also read to students at Gambier Primary School and BTC team members in Grand Bahama held reading sessions at The Beacon School and The Grand Bahama Home for the Aged.
ENVIRONMENT
BTC’s focus on the “Environment” for Mission Week kept our team members busy. In New Providence we partnered with our Junior Achievement Company, to clean up Goodman’s Bay. A partnership was forged with the Kiwanis Club of Fort Montagu to plant trees at the Willamae Pratt School for Girls and colleagues also planted mangroves in Grand Bahama.
ACCESS
BTC was happy to provide internet access and desktop computers to the Murphy Town Community Center in Abaco, which was rebuilt after being destroyed by Hurricane Dorian.
DISASTER RELIEF
To show our support to those affected by disasters, we teamed up with The Bahamas Red Cross, and the UB (The University of the Bahamas) Cares Foundation.
We partnered with The Bahamas Red Cross to pack grocery items for the Meals on Wheels program.
We provided a monetary donation to The University of The Bahamas to assist with providing groceries for students needing assistance.
Mission Week was founded by BTC’s parent company Liberty Latin America (LLA), and is celebrated in all LLA markets including the Caribbean and Latin America. Mission Week 2023 is now in the books and BTC looks forward to having greater participation for Mission Week 2024.
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