Charity walk for children’s home

BARBADOS

The Diocese of Bridgetown hosted an inaugural 5K charity walk on Sunday, November 12 for the benefit of a children’s home.

During a press conference October 27, Bishop Neil Scantlebury of Bridgetown said proceeds from the sale of t-shirts for the walk will go to Marina Brewster Centre at Farrs, St Peter. The theme of the activity, which began at the National Botanical Gardens at 3.30 p.m., was The Walk to Help, a Journey to Uplift. The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB) partnered with the diocese to put on the event according to a Barbados Today article.

Bishop Scantlebury said the collaboration was important as the HSFB “helps us to stay physically healthy and we, the Catholic Church, help you to be spiritually healthy. Therefore, being together, we help you to have the whole body and soul in good health”.

HSFB representative Greta Yearwood said her organisation was pleased to be involved in the activity.

“We will have our nurses on board to conduct the pressure testing before and after the walk and also your body mass index tests will be taken. So we are participating and looking at the health of the nation and the health of all involved,” she said.

Rosalind Jackson, representative of Caribbean Catalyst Inc., which was one of the sponsors of the event, said it was a good initiative as it encouraged children to be active.

Principal of the St Patrick Roman Catholic Primary School Dr Marvalene Roach said she was pleased that the students were invited to participate in the walk as it would not only be a fun, family-friendly exercise but it would teach them the importance of giving back to their community.