'Ole George' for million dollar walk in Barbados
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| Published on Saturday, May 31, 2008 |
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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Vincentian walking legend Earl ‘Ole George’ Daniel is coming to Barbados. It’s the third leg of a Million Dollar Walk being organised by the Rotary Club of St. Vincent South, in partnership with the Virginia-based International Hospital for Children (IHC).
The first leg of the walk fired off in Grenada in mid-March, with the second leg moving to St. Lucia in April. The initiative is geared at raising funds to procure equipment and construct a Caribbean Hospital for children, to be located in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).
In this first phase of the project, resources are being sought to finance the equipment now required for use by IHC visiting medical teams who have been travelling to St. Vincent periodically since 2002, treating scores of children. Several Caribbean children have already benefited under the project. The establishment of a hospital in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will ensure that the much needed medical services will be available in the region.
The main fundraising activity is a series of sponsored walks by Vincentian walking legend, Earl ‘Ole George’ Daniel and his walking partner, Joel Butcher. The walks are taking place at various locations on mainland St. Vincent - Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, Grenada, St. Lucia, Barbados, with the major walk in North America, from New York to Toronto.
The North America walk will require Daniel and Butcher to walk for approximately eight days without sleep. Rotary Club and its partners are also facilitating the entering of this record in the Guinness Book of World Records. The two, came close to creating this record in Jamaica some two years ago.
The Barbados walk takes off on Saturday, June 7 at 5:00 AM. It will start at Oistins, moving along south coast road to Bridgetown, then on to the Spring Garden Highway, along University Roundabout, through Blackrock, Green Hill, Eagle Hall, Baxters Road, back to Bridgetown (Lower Green Bus Stand), to Vincy Town, Collymore Rock, Sergeants Village, Vauxhall and ending at the Sheraton Centre.
The organisers are inviting Barbadians, in particular children, and other walking enthusiasts to join them along the route. The Rotary Clubs of Barbados and Cable and Wireless are among the institutions that will provide support on the ground for this initiative.
As was the case in Grenada and St. Lucia, financial contributions will also be accepted along the way. It’s expected that corporate Barbados as well as other civic minded Barbadians will lend their support, financial and otherwise to this important initiative which has been dubbed-‘Walking for life-Let the children live.’ | | | | Reads : 676 | | | |
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