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Something extra

Published:Friday | June 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM
From left: Sheila Benjamin McNeill of the Guardsman Group, John Williamson, envoy of the Salvation Army, and Valerie Juggan-Brown, group managing director of Guardsman, during a presentation of $50,000 to the Salvation Army on Wednesday at Old Hope Road, St Andrew. The funds will be used in the ongoing Tivoli Gardens and environs relief efforts. - Contributed
Kai Heaven (left) finds comfort on mom Claudine Heaven's shoulder at the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association church service in Bog Walk, St Catherine, during the launch of Road Safety Month on Sunday. - Anthony Minott/Freelance Photographer
From left: The Jamaica Tourist Board's regional director of groups and conventions, Marcia Bullock-Jobson, James Santella of Incentive Travel Planners, Illinois, and Niurka Garcia, sales manager of Riu resorts at the JAMEX breakfast at Riu Montego Bay last Saturday morning. - photo by Janet Silvera
(From left) Lacy Wright, Monica Ladd, Donnette Chambers, Jim Cada, former United States ambassadors Brenda LaGrange Johnson and Sue Cobb, Mark Jones, Manuela Goren and Dr Laura Tanna at the recent American Friends of Jamaica gala held in Florida. See details in Sunday's 'Outlook' magazine. - Contributed
Editor-in-Chief of The Gleaner, Garfield Grandison (left) and the company's editorial team welcomed general manager of The Jamaica Pegasus, Eldon Bremner (centre), and his team to The Gleaner's North Street office yesterday. The hotel executives lauded the Gleaner staff for their bravery in covering the recent unrest in west Kingston and other sections of the Corporate Area. Also getting the paparazzi treatment are (from second left) Marcia Erskine, public relations consultant; Tyrone Reid, Gleaner staff reporter; Jenni Campbell, Gleaner managing editor; Prudence Simpson, The Pegasus' director of marketing; Lovelette Brooks, news editor, Sunday Gleaner; Dwayne McLeod, staff reporter; Arthur Hall, senior staff reporter; Pauline Grant; sales manager at The Pegasus; and Edmond Campbell, Gleaner senior staff reporter. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer
Camille Dookie poses for 'Something Extra' at the Jamaicans For Justice gala dinner, art and collectibles auction, held at Knutsford Court Hotel, Ruthven Road, last Friday night. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
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It's been an active week on the social scene. here are some highlights.