{"id":15169,"date":"2011-11-18T08:21:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T13:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=15169"},"modified":"2011-11-18T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T15:12:00","slug":"volunteer-bahamas-set-for-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/11\/volunteer-bahamas-set-for-launch","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Bahamas Set For Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15162\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15162\" title=\"hubert-ingraham\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/hubert-ingraham.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/hubert-ingraham.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/hubert-ingraham-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The public is invited to attend the official launch of Volunteer Bahamas, on Tuesday, 22nd November 2011, 6:00 p.m., at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort.<\/p>\n<p>Remarks will be brought by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Hubert A. Ingraham, and the official Volunteer Bahamas song will be debuted &#8211; a remake of the popular Dr. Off\u2019s song, \u201cGet Involved\u201d, performed by a group of prominent, local artists.\u00a0 The launch will be simulcast in Freeport, Grand Bahama, at the Pelican Bay Resort.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer Bahamas is a response to the call for \u201ca new era of volunteerism\u201d by the Prime Minister, delivered in his National Address on Crime on 3rd October 2011.\u00a0 It is an innovative programme designed to harness the generosity of the Bahamian people, and further galvanise the goodwill and charity of scores of volunteers for mentoring, community service and outreach.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer Bahamas will host a database of volunteers, both individuals and organisations, and will provide guidelines for the training and effective utilisation of volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Those in attendance on Tuesday evening may register immediately following the launch.<\/p>\n<p>However, registration forms are even now available online, on the government\u2019s website, www.bahamas.gov.bs, as well as at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Thompson Boulevard and the Ministry of Labour and Social Development, in the Post Office Building, East Street.\u00a0 Family Island residents may collect and return applications to the Administrator\u2019s office, on their respective island.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, visit the Government\u2019s website at www.bahamas.gov.bs, email Volunteer@bahamas.gov.bs or telephone the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture at 502-0601.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s \u201cVolunteer Bahamas\u201d and \u201cGet Involved\u201d in our communities so that we can, together, build an even better Bahamas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer Bahamas is a response to the call for \u201ca new era of volunteerism\u201d by the Prime Minister and will be officially launched on Tuesday, 22nd November 2011, 6:00pm, at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[133,40],"class_list":["post-15169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-community","tag-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}