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.