An­drea Perez-Sobers

Hy­att Re­gency Trinidad has do­nat­ed part of the pro­ceeds from its an­nu­al LIME Car­ni­val event to Unit­ed Way Trinidad and To­ba­go and Kids in Need of Di­rec­tion, con­tin­u­ing the ho­tel’s com­mu­ni­ty out­reach ef­forts.

The cheques were pre­sent­ed to Unit­ed Way chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer Gail Sook­nar­ine and KIND founder and chair­per­son Ka­ri­na Jar­dine-Scott at the ho­tel fol­low­ing an­oth­er stag­ing of the Car­ni­val event.

Unit­ed Way Trinidad and To­ba­go sup­ports vul­ner­a­ble com­mu­ni­ties through a range of so­cial pro­grammes, in­clud­ing ear­ly child­hood lit­er­a­cy ini­tia­tives.

“We are deeply grate­ful to Hy­att Re­gency Trinidad for their gen­er­ous con­tri­bu­tion. The funds will be used to­ward our ear­ly lit­er­a­cy pro­gramme of chil­dren learn­ing to read at age eight, hence lay­ing the foun­da­tion for child­hood suc­cess,” Sook­nar­ine said.

Gen­er­al man­ag­er of Hy­att Re­gency Trinidad, Michael Hoop­er, said the ho­tel re­mained com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing com­mu­ni­ty or­gan­i­sa­tions.

“In keep­ing with our com­mit­ment to sup­port our com­mu­ni­ties in need, we are pleased to be a part­ner with Unit­ed Way Trinidad and To­ba­go, and we thank them for their con­tin­ued ded­i­ca­tion to sup­port­ing the needs of var­i­ous or­gan­i­sa­tions,” Hoop­er said.

“We are equal­ly as de­light­ed to work with KIND and be a part of their jour­ney in im­pact­ing pos­i­tive change.”

KIND, which has op­er­at­ed for more than two decades, fo­cus­es on sup­port­ing and em­pow­er­ing vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren and fam­i­lies.

Jar­dine-Scott said con­tri­bu­tions from cor­po­rate part­ners re­main crit­i­cal for non-prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tions nav­i­gat­ing ris­ing op­er­a­tional costs.

“For a non­prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tion, these con­tri­bu­tions are life­lines, as it’s ar­du­ous to get mon­ey to pay salaries or to main­tain, up­grade, and ren­o­vate our old build­ing,” she said.

She added that Hy­att’s sup­port would help the or­gan­i­sa­tion con­tin­ue its mis­sion of “Em­pow­er­ing chil­dren, Trans­form­ing lives, one fam­i­ly at a time.”

The ho­tel said the ini­tia­tive forms part of Hy­att’s glob­al World of Care pro­gramme, which fo­cus­es on com­mu­ni­ty sup­port, en­vi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­i­ty, and re­spon­si­ble busi­ness prac­tices.

Hy­att Re­gency Trinidad al­so an­nounced plans to par­tic­i­pate in Hy­att Cor­po­ra­tion’s Glob­al Month of Ser­vice ini­tia­tive in Sep­tem­ber, dur­ing which em­ploy­ees across Hy­att ho­tels world­wide vol­un­teer in com­mu­ni­ty-based projects.