{"id":28691,"date":"2012-11-28T07:38:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T12:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=28691"},"modified":"2012-11-28T07:45:11","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T12:45:11","slug":"bob-shares-christmas-cheer-with-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/11\/bob-shares-christmas-cheer-with-seniors","title":{"rendered":"BOB Shares Christmas Cheer With Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28704\" title=\"bob-seniors-charity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bob-seniors-charity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bob-seniors-charity.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bob-seniors-charity-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bob-seniors-charity-250x115.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a year of lingering economic challenges, one bank opened the doors this week with staff singing a bright and sunny tune, livening up the lobby with a holiday welcome and song of appreciation to seniors.<\/p>\n<p>It was the staff at Harrold Road who went the farthest in the bank network-wide tribute to seniors &#8212; an idea prompted by the desire to let seniors know they are special.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted to do this on the day that the most seniors come into the bank in person,&#8221; said Deputy Managing Director Renee Davis. &#8220;This gives us an opportunity to let our precious pearls know they are appreciated. Staff members in each branch decided how they wanted to show their appreciation.&#8221; At Village Road, it was gift bags; at Harrold Road it was song and hugs and totes and more. And so it went throughout 12 branches in The Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>By next year this time, there will a 13th in the country. The flagship branch on Carmichael Road is due to open by the end of the first week in December.<\/p>\n<p>Harrold Road Manager Byron Miller said the tribute signalled the start of the holiday season for many.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Paying tribute to seniors,&#8221; he said, &#8220;never gets old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Diane Phillips and Associates<br \/>\n(Photos by Roland Rose for DP&amp;A.)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28691 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/11\/bob-shares-christmas-cheer-with-seniors\/image011'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image011-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image011-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image011-166x250.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image011.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/11\/bob-shares-christmas-cheer-with-seniors\/image013'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"93\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image013-150x93.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image013-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image013-250x156.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image013.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/11\/bob-shares-christmas-cheer-with-seniors\/image014'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image014-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image014-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image014-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image014.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\nCaption top photo: Christmas comes early for seniors at BOB &#8212; \u00a0Retired gardener Alpheus Wright, 78, gets special treatment and a little holiday cheer from BOB Harrold Road Branch Ambassador Tamari Ferguson as part of the bank&#8217;s tribute to its senior clients this week. 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