The 11th Annual Jingle Bell Walk/Run raised over $55K of the $200K that is required annually in donations that will directly support operations at the Crisis Centre. More than 400 people registered in support of the cause on 8th December, raising both funds and awareness about domestic violence in the Cayman Islands.

An outpouring of community support made this event successful, and the Board of the Crisis Centre would like to extend gratitude to the following companies and organisations who contributed generously to the event:

Major Sponsors:

Green Light Re-Insurance Ltd., LIME and Maples

Premium Sponsors:

Aon Insurance Managers (Cayman) Ltd, Insurance Managers Association of Cayman, Walkers, Rawlinson & Hunter, Kobre & Kim LLP and Kiss 106 & X107

Super Sponsors:

Advantage International Management (Cayman) Ltd., KPMG, ITA Group, KRyS Global, PKF Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors, SRS (Cayman) Ltd., The Ritz Carlton, DART Enterprises Ltd., Rotary Sunrise, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Cayman National, Caribbean Utilities Company Ltd, The Security Centre, Zolfo Cooper, Ogier and Cayman Airways

Friend Sponsors:

Conyers Dill & Pearman, Water Authority, Oestra Bay and Bodden & Bodden

Jingle Bell Walk/Run committee chair and CICC fundraising committee member Michelle Wouda was thrilled with the turn out and the overall response to the event:  “We are grateful to the sponsors who gave so generously to make this event a success and as a result we reached our fundraising target. I was fortunate to work with a committed team who worked tirelessly to put this event together and the results reflect this hard work”.

The Cayman Islands Crisis Centre is Cayman’s only women’s shelter, providing refuge, counselling and post-stay support to victims of domestic violence and their children.  Believing that domestic abuse is a community problem, the Centre also has an active outreach programme that provides educational support in schools, churches and other community-based organisations.

The Crisis Centre operates significantly on donations and fundraising activities and all funds raised go directly to support the operations of the Centre, including food, clothing, counselling and 24-hour security for the Centre.

The Cayman Islands Crisis Centre is a locally run charitable company that was established in early 2003 with a primary mandate of providing a safe haven for abused women and their children.  The Crisis Centre has a 24-hour emergency hotline (943-CICC (2422)) and vital in-house programmes, including case and risk management, individual and group counseling, support groups, referral services and a Child & Youth Programme, which is sponsored by Hedge Funds Care Cayman.

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