In the midst of all the woeful, I would even say daunting COVID-19 news landing on us, it is unfortunate that some of the more uplifting items pass virtually unnoticed, so purely from the good news angle, I’m citing three of the latter here.
The first comes out of the Cayman Islands, where I lived for 26 years with my second wife, Angela, and where I have three children and many wonderful memories. While there, doing some work with the Cayman National Cultural Foundation, I came to know one of the technicians at the CNCF’s Harquail Theatre, Isaac Rankine. This week, I received news of a project Isaac is involved with in the area of Grand Cayman known as East End, where he lives, and is Chairman of the East End Community Foundation (EECF) which involves the donation of food hampers to families through an organisation called the East End Food Pantry, in partnership with the Cayman Food Bank, and community volunteers in East End to organise the distribution of food, including hot meals to the elderly and most in-need in the community during the lockdown. Mr. Rankine said, “Thankfully the Cayman community continues to show that old Caymanian ‘caring fuh yuh neighbour” attitude.
