THE annual Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Appeal was launched yesterday at the Scotia Centre in downtown Kingston with the aim of raising money to assist needy families.
Scotiabank yesterday made the first donation of $1.3 million, which will see $1 million going to the Salvation Army Eastern Division Kettle Appeal and $300,000 to the Salvation Army Western Division Kettle Appeal.
From left) Gavin Goffe, chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board; Lieutenant Colonel Victor Leslie, chief secretary; Major Stanley Griffin, eastern Jamaica divisional commander - Caribbean territory; Colonel Rosemarie Leslie, secretary to the women’s programme; Nicholas Watt; and Jacqueline Sharp, Scotiabank’s president and CEO, participate in the launch of the Give Good Jamaica Grocery Drive initiative.
"We give because we believe in the work of the Salvation Army and are confident in the visible, practical ways they make a positive difference in people's lives," said Jacqueline Sharp, president and CEO of Scotiabank.
Dozens of members of the Salvation Army volunteer corps will be positioned with kettles outside the doors of Scotiabank branches, as well as at supermarkets, clothing stores and many other business entities, to receive donations on behalf of the thousands of people it serves during the holidays.
The volunteers are well known and easily recognised by their uniform, pleasant disposition and the accompaniment of a jingling bell. The donations received by the Salvation Army go towards assisting more than 10,000 families, elderly shut-ins and the homeless.
Scotiabank yesterday made the first donation of $1.3 million, which will see $1 million going to the Salvation Army Eastern Division Kettle Appeal and $300,000 to the Salvation Army Western Division Kettle Appeal.
From left) Gavin Goffe, chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board; Lieutenant Colonel Victor Leslie, chief secretary; Major Stanley Griffin, eastern Jamaica divisional commander - Caribbean territory; Colonel Rosemarie Leslie, secretary to the women’s programme; Nicholas Watt; and Jacqueline Sharp, Scotiabank’s president and CEO, participate in the launch of the Give Good Jamaica Grocery Drive initiative.
   From left) Gavin Goffe, chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board; Lieutenant Colonel Victor Leslie, chief secretary; Major Stanley Griffin, eastern Jamaica divisional commander - Caribbean territory; Colonel Rosemarie Leslie, secretary to the women’s programme; Nicholas Watt; and Jacqueline Sharp, Scotiabank’s president and CEO, participate in the launch of the Give Good Jamaica Grocery Drive initiative. #slideshowtoggler, #slideshowtoggler a, #slideshowtoggler img {filter:none !important;zoom:normal !important}  1/1 |
Dozens of members of the Salvation Army volunteer corps will be positioned with kettles outside the doors of Scotiabank branches, as well as at supermarkets, clothing stores and many other business entities, to receive donations on behalf of the thousands of people it serves during the holidays.
The volunteers are well known and easily recognised by their uniform, pleasant disposition and the accompaniment of a jingling bell. The donations received by the Salvation Army go towards assisting more than 10,000 families, elderly shut-ins and the homeless.