The pledge of the late Butch Kerzner to build a swimming pool for St. Annes school began yesterday.

At the end of every year, Kelly's take out a full page add to show all the donations they gave out for the previous year. I think they do it because people like to say they don't do anything.

The Rotary and Kiwanis clubs always have pictures in the local papers showing them either participating in beach and other clean ups or donations to various charities.

Where I work, Kerzner's is always been asked to donate to this or that. Most times, while they have a donation budget, they oblige. Alot of people still claim Kerzner does not do enough.:jawdroop:

What is lacking is the donations from our folks with money. The black ones. We are not a donating society. The head of the local Red Cross said it, not me. She said they can ALWAYS count on the white establishments and clubs, even the foriegn ones, but not much from us Blacks. We have to be begged to give blood for Christ sakes!!

Donations does not always have to be money, it could be time. My whole family, every year on my late grandmothers birthday on June 18th do a collection and present it to charity. My mother bakes 2 turkeys at Christmas and give one to a family from her church who she thinks really need it.

Why do we hate to give even though we claim to be CHRISTIANS?

Here's a thought. Maybe we should start by having the public school children do more community service while in school. I am talking about ingraining a sense of giving and community service at an early age. Have them do food drives, clothing drives, community clean up and whatnot. Once they realise how just a little by many can add up to allot and get that warm fuzzy feeling that you get from helping others it might stick. Just a thought but i think the entire nation would benefit from these programs being implemented in the school system nationwide. There could be some sort of competition between schools and a recognition system put in place.

The pledge of the late Butch Kerzner to build a swimming pool for St. Annes school began yesterday.
At the end of every year, Kelly's take out a full page add to show all the donations they gave out for the previous year. I think they do it because people like to say they don't do anything.
The Rotary and Kiwanis clubs always have pictures in the local papers showing them either participating in beach and other clean ups or donations to various charities.
Where I work, Kerzner's is always been asked to donate to this or that. Most times, while they have a donation budget, they oblige. Alot of people still claim Kerzner does not do enough.:jawdroop:
What is lacking is the donations from our folks with money. The black ones. We are not a donating society. The head of the local Red Cross said it, not me. She said they can ALWAYS count on the white establishments and clubs, even the foriegn ones, but not much from us Blacks. We have to be begged to give blood for Christ sakes!!
Donations does not always have to be money, it could be time. My whole family, every year on my late grandmothers birthday on June 18th do a collection and present it to charity. My mother bakes 2 turkeys at Christmas and give one to a family from her church who she thinks really need it.
Why do we hate to give even though we claim to be CHRISTIANS?

I started a simular thread some time ago...questioning the duties/responsibilites of Bahamian millionaires. Apparently those with money do not owe the Bahamas anything. sad...

Here's a thought. Maybe we should start by having the public school children do more community service while in school. I am talking about ingraining a sense of giving and community service at an early age. Have them do food drives, clothing drives, community clean up and whatnot. Once they realize how just a little by many can add up to allot and get that warm fuzzy feeling that you get from helping others it might stick. Just a thought but i think the entire nation would benefit from these programs being implemented in the school system nationwide. There could be some sort of competition between schools and a recognition system put in place.


Excellent, young man, save for the competition part; maybe we should leave the competition for bidness, sport and luv?

Here's a thought. Maybe we should start by having the public school children do more community service while in school. I am talking about ingraining a sense of giving and community service at an early age. Have them do food drives, clothing drives, community clean up and whatnot. Once they realise how just a little by many can add up to allot and get that warm fuzzy feeling that you get from helping others it might stick. Just a thought but i think the entire nation would benefit from these programs being implemented in the school system nationwide. There could be some sort of competition between schools and a recognition system put in place.


why just the public school children? IMO, it's the private school kids that probably need to learn MORE about giving and 'helping the needy' than anything else.

why just the public school children? IMO, it's the private school kids that probably need to learn MORE about giving and 'helping the needy' than anything else.


some sort of community service should be mandatory for every upper school child and parental supervised participation in the middle school level.

Education isn't all reading, writing and arithmetic. There should be some life lessons too

I though senior in all schools had community service hours to fullfill in order to graduate? I know Catholic High and most other schools did.

But that's the most charity people do in life after that.

I went to private school. My parents were POOR.

My mum did straw. Still does. She was not a rich straw vendor either. She learned how to sew bag from plait- taught me and my brothers and my daddy. We would all sit up night sewing bags so we could live.

All of my daddy's salary went to our education. We were taught from "small" to thank God for health and strength. We were taught the practical application of Matthew 25:35-36.

Yes social responsibility and responsible charitable giving should start young.

I though senior in all schools had community service hours to fullfill in order to graduate? I know Catholic High and most other schools did.
But that's the most charity people do in life after that.


well, i can assure you, before i graduated (almost some 10 years ago.....jeeeeeeeeeeeeez) from a private school....it wasn't a requirement. thankfully, i was taught those lessons by my family (immediate & extended).

well, i can assure you, before i graduated (almost some 10 years ago.....jeeeeeeeeeeeeez) from a private school....it wasn't a requirement. thankfully, i was taught those lessons by my family (immediate & extended).


Yeah we had what....30 hours if Iremember correctly. ME and some others did more than that...almost doubled...and then I was in the Interact club so that made access to community service much easier. And how it was not long after the two hurricanes...there was plenty to do!

remember GGYA....govenor general's youth award....
some of us know it as the Duke of Edinborough Award...

it has a good community participation component....

i began doing volunteer work at the age of thirteen...
and that's how i developed my 'social consciousness'...and my activism...

Ok, so my bad. I have heard of some private schools doing thing along these line is why i did not include them but yes, i think it should be mandatory for ALL children to get out there and do something, anything for the betterment of the country. It just makes sense. The community is theirs and they have a stake in it as well. I think by getting them out there doing things will make them more proud of their surroundings, educate them about not littering, and a whole host of other life lessons. You have to instill these things early and often to get them to "stick". What about each school taking on a small beatification project, that would be awsome and the kids would have something that was all theirs and most definitely would be proud of their work and the outcome.

Why do we hate to give even though we claim to be CHRISTIANS?


I think you may have answered it yourself.
If "we claim to be CHRISTIANS", then the Christian thing to do is not to blow your horn when you do something, "for that is your reward".

I think you may have answered it yourself.
If "we claim to be CHRISTIANS", then the Christian thing to do is not to blow your horn when you do something, "for that is your reward".



In the real world, its not called blowing ones horn. It is called accountablility. To whom much is given, much is expected.

People and companies do not give and announce they gave to blow their horns. Most times it is to protect themselves from people who say they do nothing for the community in which they live and benefit from.

Little minds, (not calling any names) may say, look at them blowing their own horns.

Great minds may say, hmmm, so and so gave maybe I should as well.

In the real world, its not called blowing ones horn. It is called accountablility. To whom much is given, much is expected.
People and companies do not give and announce they gave to blow their horns. Most times it is to protect themselves from people who say they do nothing for the community in which they live and benefit from.
Little minds, (not calling any names) may say, look at them blowing their own horns.
Great minds may say, hmmm, so and so gave maybe I should as well.


Please, give us facts only.

I addressed your point about Christians and giving and you mentioned "the real world", they are not of this "real world", so the "real world" should have no bearing on their actions. They are also accountable to their God if I am not mistaken, not to us. No one should have to live a life trying to please or "protect themselves from people who say they do nothing for the community", why? Because the nature of man can never be pleases. So people will always say you are not doing enough.

You don’t have to call any names; we know you are taking about Jesus because the response on blowing your horn in regards to Christians was a quote from him.

Yinna to dangerous.