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HLSCC launches ‘Giving Tuesday Campaign’ as part of 35th anniversary fundraising efforts
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – In a bold move to galvanise community support and celebrate its 35th anniversary, the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) has announced the launch of its Giving Tuesday Campaign through its HLSCC Foundation.
Praise Adonai staging fundraising concert Saturday ahead of Orlando tour
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- under the theme ‘One Love, One Gospel, One God', Gospel group Praise Adonai will be holding a concert this weekend, Saturday, March 1, 2025, from 7:00 pm at the BVI Seventh-day Adventist School in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola.
Year of activities planned for HLSCC's 35th anniversary
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) has an entire year of activities planned to celebrate the institution’s 35th anniversary.
Record numbers participated in 2024 Walk for the Cure
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Four hundred and fifty registrants were received for the 13th Annual CIBC Caribbean Walk for the Cure which was held this past weekend, October 5, 2024, making this year’s event one with record breaking numbers and a resounding success.
Premier Wheatley urges a return to fundraising for community events
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI– Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on community members to return to fundraising for their events in the community spirit that once prevailed.
Icis A. Malone brings Xmas cheers to needy @ Dr D. Orlando Smith hospital
BREWERS BAY, Tortola, VI- It is certainly the time for giving and this has not been ignored by Mrs Icis A. Malone, a former banker, current businesswoman, and wife of the first Virgin Islands' Commissioner of Police and former legislator Mr Vernon E. Malone.
Schoolchild Ethan Mohamed raises $$ for BVI Cancer Society
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- He was just nine years of age when he started taking the path of his older sister, Ariel Mohamed, in organising fundraising activities as a student of Cedar International School.
$700K goal set by Rotary Club of Tortola for The Grand Affair
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Rotary Club of Tortola has set out to raise at least $700,000 via the return of one of their largest fundraiser events, The Grand Affair, which it has not been able to execute since 2017 due to the major disaster of that year and the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic.
Rare disease leaves young woman 'trapped in paralysed body'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Described as ‘pain in silence’ by friends and family, young twin Keisha Almorales could have never imagined that her body would be reduced to a state of paralysis after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome during the festive Christmas season of 2022.
Rotary Club of Tortola’s ‘The Grand Affair’ returns in 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After a 7-year-hiatus, the Rotary Club of Tortola has announced that its signature fundraising event, The Grand Affair, which was last held in 2016, will be returning in 2023.

