BY KIMONE FRANCIS Observer online reporter francisk@jamaicaobserver.com Tuesday, December 23, 2014
ON Christmas Day, the Mustard Seed Communities will be able to feed more than 5,000 inner-city children and golden agers, thanks to a $1-million donation from a partnership between the Island Grill fast-food chain and Wisynco Group Limited.
The donation will offset expenses for Mustard Seed’s annual Christmas Day Treat, which is in its 18th year, and which is scheduled to begin as early as 8:00 am.
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| Mustard Seed founder Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon (left) thanks Island Grill executives Thalia Lyn, CEO; Captain David McCrae (third left), director and shareholder; and Wisynco director of marketing, Francois Chalifour, for yesterday’s donation of $1 million to Mustard Seed’s Christmas treat for inner-city children and golden-agers. (PHOTO: GARFIELD ROBINSON) |
Thalia Lyn, chief executive officer of Island Grill, explained to guests at the presentation ceremony yesterday, at the Island Grill restaurant in Washington Boulevard SuperCentre, that the funds were raised in a ‘Make Christmas Happy’ promotion.
She said that for every purchase of a large drink in a Coca-Cola Christmas souvenir cup, a portion of that money would go towards the donation for the Christmas Treat.
“The idea was that we give beautiful souvenir cups… Wisynco and Coca-Cola helped us to pay for the cups so we were able to give them to the customers free and what we said at Island Grill is that part-proceeds of any beverage bought in this cup would go towards Mustard Seed’s Christmas Treat and I hope that we can make it a tradition,” Lyn said.
In urging other companies to get on board, she added that: “If you’re only giving back because you feel to, that isn’t going to work. When you give back from your heart it makes you feel so good, that’s why you give back, because you feel as if you’re actually doing something worthwhile.” more
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