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Community Involvement:
Excellent corporate
citizenship is a responsibility CUC takes very
seriously. It has taken the lead in community
involvement by providing voluntarism and
financial support to many worthy projects.
Ever since establishing its
Community Involvement Team in 1997 to coordinate
employee participation in community outreach
projects, CUC has lived up to its vision of
being “Committed to Cayman’s Youth” and “Making
a Positive and Lasting Difference in Our
Community”.
During fiscal 2007, employees surpassed our
target of 1,700 hours and contributed over 3,100
hours participating in various community
projects, especially youth-oriented activities.
This has been especially rewarding for the more
than 100 employee volunteers who are willing to
spend their lunch hours, evenings and weekends
to serve as mentors for young people in various
organisations, including the Cadet Corps and the
Big Brothers Big Sisters Programme. Other
programmes that are near and dear to CUC’s
volunteers include the special friendships they
enjoy with differently-abled young people from
the Sunrise Centre and the Lighthouse School.
Over seven years ago, our employees established
the CUC Children’s Fund, which allows them to
make annual contributions to assist
organisations dedicated to accommodating the
needs of our young people. After accumulating
nearly US$12,000 this fiscal year, contributors
selected all public primary schools as
benefactors of the Fund, along with the
Lighthouse School, Sunrise Centre, Big Brothers
Big Sisters Programme and the Family & Children
Services Unit. In addition to these new
benefactors, the Fund also recently contributed
to various fundraising efforts for sick
children, one of whom underwent a successful
liver transplant in June 2007 and another who
had a serious heart condition. This Fund
facilitates a greater sense of involvement in
the community for our employees, as it allows
them to determine the causes they would like to
support each year.
In an effort to promote academic excellence
through sports, the Company developed the CUC
Primary Football League (PFL) under a
six-year
commitment with the Ministry of Sports, and it
now boasts participation of football teams from
15 public and private primary
schools across
Grand Cayman. About to enter its fourth season,
the
PFL has the backing of employees who have
served on the Cayman Islands National Football
teams and continue to participate in the sport,
either as players, volunteer coaches or
referees.
The Company has also been a staunch supporter of
athletics, and after
a 21-year “track record”
with the Cayman Islands Athletic Association
(CIAA),
recently signed a quadrennial sponsorship
agreement, further
solidifying its relationship
with Cayman’s rising track stars and
Olympians
such as long jump star Kareem Streete-Thompson,
who has
been ranked in the world’s top ten in
previous years, and Cydonie
Mothersill, who is
currently ranked in the top ten in the world’s
200
metres event for women. The talents of these
two Olympians and many others continue to be
identified during the annual CUC Track & Field
Championships, which serve as the qualifying
meet for the CARIFTA Games, the premier track
and field youth championships in the Caribbean.
For nearly two decades, the Company has
sponsored an 800-metre sea swim, which attracts
a large number of young swimmers, some of whom
have been making their mark in the region and on
the international
circuit. Additionally, in an
effort to promote all sports on the Island, the
Company continues its support of the Island
Games, which are held in
one of the 25 member
islands, with this year’s event occurring in
June and July in Rhodes, Greece. The Cayman
contingent of 138 is looking forward to rubbing
shoulders with their counterparts from small
island nations whose populations are below
100,000. We are behind them all the way as they
strive to set new records and bring home the
gold!
Our participation in Reading Day and sponsorship
of the annual Reading Week allow us to play a
greater hands-on role in promoting the
importance of literacy in our schools. The
Company donates used computers to various youth
groups, who spend the summer months
discovering
the intricacies of computers. Educating students
on the
production and safe use of electricity,
careers in the electrical industry
as well as
the important role they play in conserving
energy is also highlighted during regular tours
of the Power Plant. Our employees also enjoy
visiting summer camps with the Company’s mascot,
Sparky, whose presence helps promote the
Company’s electrical safety message.
Other community projects that attracted a large
number of volunteers include the annual Earth
Day roadside and underwater cleanups and the
restoration and beautification of the Seven Mile
Public Beach in conjunction with the Leo Club of
Grand Cayman. We are proud of the contributions
of our volunteers and wish to applaud the
volunteers from MasTec Inc., our line
subcontractors, who partnered with us on the
Seven
Mile Public Beach project as well as the
beautification of several other
parks and
beaches.
With the continued participation of our employee
volunteers, we will continue to blaze new trails
by supporting our next generation, the youth of
Cayman, as positive role models committed to
helping them to truly appreciate the importance
of doing their part to help maintain harmony in
our community.
We salute our top ten volunteers; Dave Thompson,
Gary Whittaker, Ken Bell, Caren Thompson, Antwan
Seymour, Neil Murray, Lauren Bush, Rob Imparato,
Letitia Lawrence and James Sherieff; and all
other employees who contributed selflessly to
our community and young people.
CUC will continue its position as a model
community leader by fostering
employee
voluntarism and providing support to
youth-related activities. One of our corporate
targets is for each employee to volunteer for
eight or more hours to our community projects
per year. Focusing on the community is an
integral part of CUC's business strategy, and
the Company is committed to making Cayman's
future a bright one.
Learn more about the four main Community
Involvement programmes our employees are
involved with:
CUC Primary Football League
Lighthouse School
Sunrise Adult Learning Centre
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