Royal Islander Club Member News
Stronger Together, We Surpassed Our Goal
Maho Group presents a $51,840 check to the St. Maarten AIDS Foundation and their fundraising partner Scotiabank.
Pictured from left to right: Victoria Davis (Front Desk Clerk, Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino); Vanetta Jardine (Front Desk Clerk, Royal Islander La Terrasse); Colin King (Front Office Manager, Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino); Mr. Elie Bendaly (Country Manager, Scotiabank St. Maarten); Saro Spadaro (President & CEO, Maho Group); Dr. Gerard van Osch (President, St. Maarten AIDS Foundation); Rajesh Chintaman (Coordinator Prevention Unit, St. Maarten AIDS Foundation); Patrick Farley (Member fundraising team, St. Maarten AIDS Foundation).
(St Maarten, May 2011) In collaboration with St. Maarten AIDS Foundation and Scotiabank, the Maho Group‘s Stronger Together campaign concluded on March 25, 2011, with a grand fundraising total of $51,840 to benefit the St. Maarten AIDS Foundation. Generous guest donations over the three-month period propelled funds above the original goal of $30,000.
“We are sincerely grateful to our guests for their generous donations and to our front desk staff at each resort for serving as ambassadors for this program,” says Saro Spadaro, President & CEO for the Maho Group, the parent company of the resort. “Together, we have joined hands as a global community of awareness, contributing to the progress of HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention on our island”.
As Sint Maarten’s leading leisure, real estate and resort company, the Maho Group invited guests of Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino, Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino and Royal Islander Club’s La Terrasse and La Plage to voluntarily donate $1 per room, per day, with a company daily match. The campaign launched Christmas Day and ran through March 25, 2011.
Stronger Together funds will benefit the St. Maarten AIDS Foundation in order to promote awareness within the Caribbean, to educate children and adults on prevention and to assist with care and support for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Special programs include the Boys Program, Girl Power and rapid testing days.
For more information or to volunteer in future programs related to the HIV/AIDS awareness on Sint Maarten, please visit www.sxmaidsfoundation.org.
Be Stronger Together: Support the Dollar-A-Day Campaign
A voluntary $1 USD will be charged per room, per day of your stay in an effort to raise funds for the St. Maarten AIDS Foundation in order to promote awareness within the Caribbean, to educate children and adults on prevention and to assist with care and support for persons living with HIV/AIDS. We will match that donation on a daily basis in an effort to raise $30,000 USD in all of our hotels and resorts here in Sint Maarten.
Stronger Together Red Ribbon Campaign is a collaboration between Scotiabank and the St. Maarten AIDS Foundation and now greatly supported by Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino, Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino and the Royal Islander Club.
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