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Sagicor fetes breast cancer survivors

Published:Friday | October 28, 2022 | 12:10 AM
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Breast cancer survivors and Sagicor Group Jamaica team members Frances Angus (left) and Michelle Distant join Karl Williams, executive vice-president, shared services, Sagicor, for a quick photo op before lunch.
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Breast cancer survivors and Sagicor Group Jamaica team members Frances Angus (left) and Michelle Distant join Karl Williams, executive vice-president, shared services, Sagicor, for a quick photo op before lunch.
Two-time breast cancer survivor Gloria Thomas (left) receives a special blooming orchid, along with other gift items, from Karen Ramsay, a brand experience officer at Sagicor Group Jamaica.
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Two-time breast cancer survivor Gloria Thomas (left) receives a special blooming orchid, along with other gift items, from Karen Ramsay, a brand experience officer at Sagicor Group Jamaica.
Saxophonist Verlando Small serenades attendees at the luncheon upon arrival. Enjoying his soothing tunes are breast cancer survivors (from left) Jean Archer, Vernecia LaTouche and Rubyline McFadden.
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Saxophonist Verlando Small serenades attendees at the luncheon upon arrival. Enjoying his soothing tunes are breast cancer survivors (from left) Jean Archer, Vernecia LaTouche and Rubyline McFadden.
Celebrity Chef Jacqui Tyson presents her specially whisked ‘victorious’ dessert – a decadent pink velvet and hazelnut cake to breast cancer survivor Latoya Jones.
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Celebrity Chef Jacqui Tyson presents her specially whisked ‘victorious’ dessert – a decadent pink velvet and hazelnut cake to breast cancer survivor Latoya Jones.
Karl Williams (right), executive vice-president, shared services, Sagicor Group Jamaica, and Michael Leslie, acting executive director of the Jamaica Cancer Society (left), stand with the six breast cancer survivors who are a part of Sagicor’s Together W
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Karl Williams (right), executive vice-president, shared services, Sagicor Group Jamaica, and Michael Leslie, acting executive director of the Jamaica Cancer Society (left), stand with the six breast cancer survivors who are a part of Sagicor’s Together We Can breast cancer awareness campaign. The women are (from left) Gloria Thomas, Shamara Morrison, Latoya Jones, Rubyline McFadden, Jean Archer and Vernecia LaTouche.
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The breast cancer survivors who are the faces of Sagicor Group Jamaica’s Together We Can breast cancer awareness campaign were in for a treat on Wednesday as the conglomerate hosted the women and their families for a special celebratory luncheon at the Jamaica Food and Drink Kitchen in St Andrew. Sagicor team members who have survived breast cancer were also guests of honour at the event which was catered by celebrity Chef Jacqui Tyson. In welcoming this guests, Karl Williams, Sagicor Group Jamaica’s executive vice-president – shared services, expressed the view that the women’s bravery and candidness in telling their stories is heroic.

“It has been heartwarming and remarkable to read and watch each woman’s journey with breast cancer throughout October, and the incredible strength and courage that you all possess. This luncheon is Sagicor’s way of reminding you that you are never alone,” he said. “We are here with all of you today, and will continue to be, because we are family and it is together that we all survive.”

A cheque valued at a quarter million dollars was also presented to the Jamaica Cancer Society towards their Reach for Recovery programme, which will aid in supporting breast cancer warriors and survivors, and providing screening resources for breast cancer.