The Freeport Container Port Employees Council Second Annual Fun Walk in support of the Grand Bahama Kidney Association attracted a large group of employees who were joined by a cross section of the corporate community for the five-plus mile event this past Saturday.
Held under the theme 'Walking Hand-in-Hand towards a healthy lifestyle,' walkers began at 6:00 a.m. at the airport round-a-bout and some, with children in carriages, completed a trek to the Ranfurly Circus and back.
President of the FCP Employee Council, Ivan Barnett, who offered a prayer to begin the walk and noted the Council's wished to assist and lend a helping hand to the many persons on Grand Bahama who are in need of dialysis treatment.
FCP Director, Godfrey Smith, who also enjoyed the early morning walk, expressed delight that "health and safety awareness is paramount among employees; and, through their assistance to the Grand Bahama Kidney Association they are also assisting those on the island who are in need of the services provided by that organization."
Winners in the various divisions of the walk are as follows:
Overall top finishers:
1st Place - Don Laing
2nd Place
Cleveland Green
3rd Place
Dereck Ferguson
4th Place
Tamica Stubbs
Final Finishers - Rena Duncombe and Alexis Thompson.
U17 Division
Ashley Colebrook (Female Winner) and Shavanno Munroe (Male Winner)
26-35 Division
Females: 1st Place
Tamica Stubbs
2nd Place Berlice Pintard
3rd Place
Carnetta McDonald
Males: 1st Place
Didier Rolle
2nd Place
Nahshon Collie
3rd Place Andre Gibson
36-50 Division
Female: 1st Place
Lorna Rolle
2nd Place
Joycelyn McIntosh
3rd Place Joye Waldron
Male: 1st place Don Laing
2nd Place Dereck Ferguson
3rd Place Clifford Bowe
51 and Over
Female: 1st Place
Joan Fountain
2nd Place, Paula Harris
3rd Place Sarah Rahming.
Male: 1st Place
Cleveland Green;
2nd Place Herb Nesbitt
3rd Place Don Glass.
