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Cat Island Sailing Club to host boat cruise for hurricane relief
In an effort to assist those greatly impacted by Hurricane Matthew, the Cat Island Sailing club will host a boat cruise this weekend with the majority of the proceeds going toward families affected during the hurricane.
Cat Island Regatta donates to senior citizens
Cat Island Regatta donates to senior citizens
The Cat Island Sailing Club Association recently donated food items to 20 senior citizens residing in Cat Island.
BTC School Aid Hops BTC School Aid Hops to Cat Island
Continuing its back-to-school community initiative drive, BTC hosted another iteration of its School Aid program in Cat Island, distributing backpacks and school supplies to all of the school age children of Cat Island...
KFC Nassau Announces Cat Island Regatta Sponsorship
KFC Nassau Announces Cat Island Regatta Sponsorship
Nassau, Bahamas. July 31, 2012. Continuing its long tradition of supporting Bahamian culture and community, KFC Nassau is pleased to announce the company?s sponsorship of the 2012 Cat Island Regatta. The regatta?s A Cup Race will be renamed ?The KFC Nassau A-Cup Race?, with the restaurant company providing the race?s purse.
Couple Rallying Friends, Family to Assist Cat Island
Couple Rallying Friends, Family to Assist Cat Island
As the dust settles after Hurricane Irene, images out of the hardest hit southern islands of The Bahamas are sobering -- communities are facing weeks and months without water, clean food, electricity and even shelter.
To those on islands which were spared the full force of the major hurricane, the images spawn a sense of helplessness and a desire to assist those in these far-off communities in ...
CODE R.E.D. BOB and Partners Send Huge Relief Bundles to Cat Island
A little more than a month after Hurricane Irene slammed into Cat Island in the central Bahamas, tearing off roofs and tearing apart lives, the mailboat M/V KCT arrived late last week with a container packed with love and crammed with proof that people cared. It bore furniture, paper goods, cleaning supplies, food, toiletries, clothing and more.
Getting Cat Island Back On Track Hurricane Relief Concert & Fun Day
It has been many weeks since the arrival and departure of Hurricane Irene but around our beautiful isles of the Bahamas the signs of her coming can be seen in the ravaged landscape and destroyed homes. Cat Island was one of the many islands that took most of the brunt of the hurricane which resulted in unprecedented levels of destruction.
Cat Island Hurricane Relief Efforts Get Moving
Cat Island Hurricane Relief Efforts Get Moving
HUMANITARIAN efforts to donate $25,000 worth of hurricane relief supplies to people in Cat Island - thwarted by local red-tape - eventually started to move ahead late yesterday when the supplies were taken from the ship's flatbeds to a shed ready for distribution. They had been locked down at the Smith's Bay dock for four days.
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian has been a wakeup call for our country. I was present at one of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) situation report meetings immediately after Dorian, where I gained a true understanding of the scale and magnitude of this climate disaster...
Church Re-dedication Is 'A Red Letter Day'
Church Re-dedication Is 'A Red Letter Day'
THE re-dedication of St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church in Old Bight was a "red letter day" for Cat Islanders, Deputy Prime Minister Philip 'Brave' Davis said yesterday.