Rotary raises $15K in supplies for FSN & SD – Pres. Henry O. Creque
President of the Rotary Club of Tortola Mr Henry O. Creque described the $15K as a ‘conservative estimate’ as the actual amounts can well surpass it.
Yesterday, a hefty amount of the supplies were handed over to the FSN and evidently space was a challenge to hold the stuff. FSN’s Dr. Sylvia Simmonds said that families have already been coming and are being given well needed supplies and she was quite sure that as the word gets around they would soon have need for more food.
At the simple ceremony to hand over the supplies the Rotary Family was high in praises to the many persons, business and organizations who supported and generously donated to the food drive. While the initiative was the brainchild of Rotary Club of Tortola all the other sister clubs including the Rotaractors of Virgin Gorda stepped in as a family to execute the project.
Unveiling initial plans to hold more such food drives possibly during the 2014 Christmas and 2015 Easter seasons Mr Creque said, “…This is not the first time Rotary has assisted this and other organizations in this manner and we have plans to continue.”
In revealing the startling figures of growing numbers of persons accessing the services of the FSN Dr. Simmonds said that ‘thanks’ was not a sufficient word to describe the impact that the supplies would make on the lives of many families in the Virgin Islands.
She underscored the rising number of cases that are now surfacing especially in the case of domestic violence and noted that it’s a situation that is now a common trend both of persons from other countries who are residing in the Territory as well as locals.
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I therefore suggest that this agency first consider getting mediation for the couples before of running fast to the court to seek restraining orders based on untruths and fabrication. For an interim injunction, only one side is heard, which is the complainant. At the end of the day, the FSN cannot shelter a person for the rest of their lives, and the couples end up making amends.
In light of what I've written, I trust the VINO will allow my post and that FSN will review its course of action with the matters that come to them. It isn't every tear that you see is a true cry. Thank you