9
December 2019

On November 12th, Grant Thornton Cayman Islands presented the Cayman Islands Humane Society with a cheque for over US$8000, further to fundraising efforts from their annual golf event.

Each
November, over 90 budding golfers from around the globe, come
together at North Sound golf course for the ‘Grant Thornton Golf
Championship’, which this year raised a total of US$10,107 for
charity.

This
year, the proceeds were split between the Cayman Islands Humane
Society, and staff member Julia Stenson’s fundraising efforts in
lieu of her upcoming climb of Mount Aconcagua – the second highest
summit after Mount Everest. Julia received over US$2000 from the day,
to go towards her target of $50,000 for Have a Heart Cayman.

Greg
O’Driscoll, Partner and Head of Funds for the professional services
firm said ‘we were delighted to be able to donate to two very
worthy causes this year. From raffles, to on the course competitions,
we are delighted to have exceed our 2018 fundraising total of $5,000
to continue helping local charities.

A
special congratulations to the 2019 Championships Golfers of the
Year: Bridget Kidner from DMS, Michael Richardson from Maples and
Richard Johnson from Centaur US, who played exceptionally well’.

O’Driscoll
extended thanks to the sponsors of the event, ‘we simply couldn’t
host such a fantastic day without the support of our sponsors.
Special thanks to TRAC Automotive and Kirk Freeport for donating some
world class hole-in-one prizes, as well as Caybrew and all the other
local businesses that donated raffle prizes for the event. It enabled
us to raise a huge amount of money for a very worthy cause and gave
the participants a truly memorable experience’.

Raffle
prizes included Xboxes, exclusive golf clubs and a number of vouchers
for local attractions and restaurants.

Laura
Medley of the Cayman Islands Humane Society said ‘The Cayman
Islands Humane Society would like to thank Grant Thornton for their
support at their annual golf day for 2019. This is the third year of
the event and we are so grateful to the Grant Thornton team for
raising more and more each year to help The Cayman Islands Humane
Society provide ongoing care for the animals at the shelter.

For
more information on Grant Thornton in the Cayman Islands and the
Cayman Islands Humane Society, visit www.grantthornton.ky
and http://www.caymanislandshumanesociety.com
respectively

-ENDS-

Pictures
attached:

1. 
   Greg O’Driscoll (left) and Gemma
   Henry from Grant Thornton (right), present David Couper (middle)
   with a cheque for $8000 for the Cayman Islands Humane Society
   
2. 
   The Grant Thornton Golf Championship
   winners of 2019 with some of the Grant Thornton team (L-R): Michael
   Richardson, Richard Johnson, Greg O’Driscoll, Bridget Kidner,
   Julia Stenson, Gareth Pereira, Manraj Singh and Ferdi Zingwiro