The 19th Annual Awards Ceremony was held by the Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year Foundation in conjunction with the Nassau, Bahamas Pan-Hellenic Council at Golden Gates World Outreach Ministries. 

Over the past eight years, BTC has facilitated the collection of over 3,000 pints of blood for the blood bank. Eldri Ferguson Mackey, BTC VP of Marketing and Communications said each year their blood drives collect more than the year before as awareness grows. "Nine years ago, BTC answered an urgent plea by PMH for blood.

Keynote Speaker, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Glen Beneby told the young people that this is an exciting time to be in health care. In discussing imminent improvements in health care delivery in The Bahamas that make this an important time, Dr. Beneby pointed out the Ministry will increase the opening hours of more community clinics to 9:00 p.m., have more ambulances readily available, and will encourage more young people to enter allied health professions, of which, he said, there are more than 100 specialty areas.  

If you read Part I of this series of articles entitled, Dear Billie, I hate my job but I can't leave it because..., then you know that I pushed the envelope and challenged you to remove the mental obstacles stopping you from fulfilling your dreams and pursuing the happiness you so deserve. This article focuses on my journey. How do you go from slaving at a job you hate or are just not too peachy keen about, to doing what you love? It may not be as difficult as you think.

I've always believed that telling your own story is more powerful than just regurgitating a bunch of facts and figures. When you hear a story or read about someone else's story, it makes it personal, it brings it home. It allows you an opportunity to see life through the lenses of others. So I invite you to look at my life and why the best decision I've ever made was unshackling myself from society's incessant version of happiness which basically boils down to climbing the corporate ladder, making more money, and waiting for that ultimate day when you can travel the globe, enjoying the fruits of your labour. Boring, but not just boring, it's a fantasy if you think it's going to happen that way.

The historic event, a year in the making, will take place at Fernandez Bay in Cat Island.Ginger Moxey, President and CEO of Immerse Bahamas, who spearheaded the initiative will also be in attendance for the signing, along with Bahamas Honourary Consul to Chicago Michael Fountain.

Chief Raymond Gaines is a Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter-rescue pilot who is doing his best to keep his family safe as he deals with the dissolution of his marriage and the guilt of the daughter he was not able to save years ago. Emma Gaines is Raymond's estranged wife who has just sent him divorce papers right before the biggest disaster she has ever faced forces her to reconsider the reasons for her most recent choices. Blake Gaines is Raymond and Emma's surviving daughter who is right in the middle of the area affected by the earthquakes and must use her knowledge to get to a safe place where she could eventually be rescued after being stranded by her mother's cowardly beau.

"All Lois Seiler's shows are Class Acts" - Ivy Eldon - popular theatrical producer and performer of the Freeport Players Guild.

"The long hard hours put into these productions is all well worth it when the final outcome brings such joy and excitement to both students and audience alike, leaving me a great sense of accomplishment." - Lois Seiler.

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