St Ann tourism entities put work in on Labour Day
FOR YET another year, several hotels in St Ann that are members of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Ocho Rios/Runaway Bay Chapter spent Labour Day working at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital.
“As we’ve said over the years, this facility touches the lives of everybody, our citizens in a number of parishes and our visitors, and so, everybody came on board this year,” said Vana Taylor, area chapter chairman.
Among the hotels that took part in the Labour Day project at the hospital this year were Franklyn D Resort (FDR), Jewel Dunn’s River, Jewel Runaway Bay, Bahia Principe, Moon Palace, Sunflower Villas and Club Ambiance.
They received help from other entities, including the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) – which provided $50,000 in material, as well as labour – Taj Mahal, Noranda Bauxite, the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, the Kiwanis Club of the Garden Parish, Murray and Tucker, Jamaica Blue Mountain Spring Water and Humphrey Taylor.
Hotels that did not participate in this project were involved in other projects for the most part.
The Kaiser Ward at the hospital benefited from the generosity of FDR, which replaced eight doors, while other participants painted, provided landscaping services and did electrical repairs.
General managers for several resorts, including Clifton Reader of Moon Palace, Patrick Bryan of Jewel Runaway Bay and Gilbert Blackwood of Club Ambiance, were on location. So, too, was a team from JPS that included chairman Seiji Kawamura, Leroy Roper, regional director, and St Ann Parish Manager Janice Carr.
A team from Dolphin Cove, led by general manager Mauricio Cortez, focused on repairing the Steer Town Basic School in that community, while Mystic Mountain took their contribution to the neighbouring parish of St Mary, giving Horace Clarke High School in Islington some much-needed attention.