A major pediatric centre in Toronto is joining forces with an up-and-coming cycling event to help raise money for healthcare on Exuma. Sickkids Foundation, the charitable arm of The Hospital for Sick Children, is planning a delegation to the island for November 14 as an off-shoot of their Sickkids-Caribbean Initiative (SCI). Ted Garrard, President of…
Maxim, the men’s lifestyle magazine reaching nearly 9 million readers each month, has featured Exuma on its July/August issue. Well, technically they have featured international supermodel Irina Shayk, but the famous Exuma blue waters provide a pretty amazing backdrop. Shayk was photographed for the popular magazine at Elizabeth Harbor Sandbar in Great Exuma, Bahamas, not…
Toronto’s “Dean of Condos” has signed on with Grand Isle Resort & Spa as part of the luxury community’s new villa sales program. Hunter Milborne, who has been personally responsible for the marketing and sales of more than $10 billion in properties, brings considerable experience to one of the most impressive developments in the Caribbean….
Recess at Farmer’s Cay All-Age School will never be the same. Due to a generous donation from GIV Bahamas Inc., the eight or so students on the island now have a full playground to their disposal, including two seesaws, a swing set, slide and climbing apparatus. The school, which contains only two classrooms and a…
Wealth, Creation, Preservation & Donation Inc. (WCPD) helped in the fight against cancer this month by serving as a key sponsor for an exclusive, musical fundraiser in our nation’s capital. Up Close and Unplugged, an invitational-only soiree at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, raised a record $220,000 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. The intimidate evening,…
WCPD Foundation made a donation to The SickKids-Caribbean Initiative (SCI) this month to help support specific healthcare efforts in the Bahamas. Since SCI launched in February 2013, the program has raised more than $7 million on behalf of the six participating countries in the Caribbean, which include Barbados, Jamaica, St. Lucia and the Grenadines, Trinidad…
OTTAWA, CANADA – En seulement 18 mois, le plus grand propriétaire de Grand Isle Resort & Spa aux Bahamas a fait don de la valeur de temps de plus de deux ans à l’escapade de luxe Exuma, un montant de 500.000 dollars pour des organismes de bienfaisance canadiens. Peter Nicholson, le président de la corporation…
Dans un effort de redonner à la communauté locale, le président de WCPD et la Fondation WCPD sera accepté au poste du conseil d’administration de la Fondation Exuma. Peter Nicholson a rencontré Chris Kettel, président de la Fondation Exuma (Bahamas) Ltd, au début de mai au sein de l’impressionnante institution de Georgetown, mesurant six acres….
OTTAWA, CANADA – In just 18 months, the largest owner at Grand Isle Resort & Spa in the Bahamas has donated more than two year’s worth of time at the luxurious Exuma getaway, amounting to $500,000 for Canadian charities. Peter Nicholson, the president of Wealth, Creation, Preservation and Donation Inc. in Ottawa (WCPD), spends his…
In an effort to give back to the local community, the President of WCPD Inc. and WCPD Foundation will accept a position on the Exuma Foundation’s Board of Directors. The position will take effect in early 2015. Peter Nicholson met with Chris Kettel, President of Exuma Foundation (Bahamas) Ltd, in early May at the institution’s…