Bank of Saint Lucia Staff Give Back   

September 2, 2010

As financial entities, banks often give monetary assistance to worthy causes and organizations that require support. However, Bank of Saint Lucia’s staff gave far more than this when the Card Services Department undertook a major clean-up at the Saint Lucia Blind Welfare Association’s (SLBWA) head office in Sans Souci. On Saturday, August 28th, the bank’s Card Services team showed up with shovels, gloves and other tools ready to tackle the job of giving the grounds a real face-lift. The activity was part of the recently launched Greedy for Green environmental campaign undertaken by the bank’s parent company, East Caribbean Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (ECFH).

The idea of the clean-up activity came from the staff members themselves and Head of Card Services, Mrs. Tarbula Aimable-Amedee, ensured that her team were all on board and in fact, the children of one staff member also participated. President of the SLBWA, Mr. Anthony Avril, was delighted with the bank’s assistance and expressed his gratitude to Mrs. Aimable-Amedee and her team for this initiative. ECFH’s Senior Manager for Human Resource, Ms Jenni Killam, who also participated in the activity, emphasized that this was part of the Group’s corporate social responsibility efforts to enhance the well-being of those it serves.

At the end of the exercise, the SLBWA’s premises were improved significantly and its staff had a better work environment in which to carry out their important duties to the visually impaired. Staff members of Bank of Saint Lucia’s Card Services Department were happy to give their time and energy to such an activity and there are plans to assist the SLBWA even more in the future.

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