Peter Fitzgerald of Pestkil has very generously donated $25,000 towards the 6 marathon challenge for building a new facility for Hospice. This significant donation from a local company has pushed the total towards this effort to over $400,000 (US$490,000) and has been described as brilliant by marathon runner Derek Haines.

Derek said,”Friday was terrific. I had a call from Jennifer Grant-McCarthy at Hospice to tell me about this donation and another for $500. When I took the cheques to treasurer Chris Johnson he had just received another for $1,000: so $26,500 on one day and that is $1000 per mile towards the next marathon. To burst through the $400,000 mark in a relatively short period is a tremendous tribute to the generousity of the Cayman population and it is so good to see so many initiatives by the community taking place; initiatives such as the Deputy Governor’s 5K challenge and a charity dinner at the ICOA restaurant etc.”