{"id":26312,"date":"2012-10-01T08:35:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T12:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=26312"},"modified":"2012-10-09T10:45:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T14:45:06","slug":"sky-bahamas-supports-hands-for-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/10\/sky-bahamas-supports-hands-for-hunger","title":{"rendered":"Sky Bahamas Supports Hands For Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26320\" title=\"paradise-plates-sponsor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/paradise-plates-sponsor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/paradise-plates-sponsor.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/paradise-plates-sponsor-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/paradise-plates-sponsor-250x115.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>NASSAU, Bahamas &#8211; A humanitarian, people caring approach to business is written into the Sky Bahamas Mission Statement and CEO, aviation Captain Randy Butler, recently demonstrated this commitment by financially partnering with the Hands for Hunger programme in the Paradise Plates fund raiser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are guided by the principle that success in business is dependent on putting humanitarian issues to the forefront of our thinking,\u201d said the Captain Butler. \u201cAnd we see the tremendous job that Hands for Hunger is doing on a daily basis year in and year out and want to support that kind of meaningful programme. Our mindset is all about people first, providing good service and respect for our customers on our national airline Sky Bahamas, and supporting existing community-help programmes primarily in education, health and literacy,\u201d said the CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Talking of his expanding business Captain Butler said the future for Sky Bahamas is bright. \u201cWe are on a roll and enjoying our business, we love what we do.\u00a0 We have the best people and I am very optimistic about our plans for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paradise Plates, Hands for Hunger\u2019s annual fundraising event was held recently at the Atlantis Crown Ballroom and attracted a record attendee turnout. The popular fund raiser gave guests the opportunity to see some of the island\u2019s top restaurant chefs in action, sample a wide variety of local and international foods and wines, and browse a silent auction while enjoying entertainment that included a Junkanoo finale.\u00a0 All proceeds went to Hands For Hunger\u2019s ongoing mission to eliminate unnecessary hunger and food waste.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>By Serena Williams Media &amp; PR<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Captions: Alanna Rodgers, founder of Hands for Hunger and Randy Butler of Sky Bahamas holding sponsor cheque.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky Bahamas recently demonstrated its humanitarian commitment by financially partnering with the Hands for Hunger programme in the Paradise Plates fundraiser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"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":[61,105,19],"class_list":["post-26312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-charity","tag-events-2","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26312","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\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}