{"id":34956,"date":"2013-04-24T21:17:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T01:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=34956"},"modified":"2013-04-24T21:17:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T01:17:46","slug":"bahamas-speed-week-auction-raises-money-for-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/04\/bahamas-speed-week-auction-raises-money-for-charities","title":{"rendered":"Bahamas Speed Week Auction Raises Money for Charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few months after Bahamas Speed Week Revival brought more than 40 classic and modern racing cars to Nassau from around the world, the organization presented four local charities with a generous donation raised at the Pictet Speed Week Gala and Auction of Promises sponsored by Pictet Bank &amp; Trust.<\/p>\n<p>During a courtesy call with His Excellency Sir Arthur Foulkes, Speed Week organizers donated $50,000 collectively to The Nazareth Centre, The Ranfurly Homes for Children, Project Read and The Lyford Cay Scholarship Fund for Bahamian Children.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34957\" title=\"bahamas-speed-week-charity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bahamas-speed-week-charity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bahamas-speed-week-charity.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bahamas-speed-week-charity-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bahamas-speed-week-charity-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nFront row (l-r): Brendan Foulkes, Bahamas Speed Week; Jimmie Lowe, Bahamas Speed Week; Governor-General Sir Arthur Foulkes, Patron of the Pictet Speed Week Gala and Auction of Promises that netted $50,000 for four local charities and David McLaughlin, Bahamas Speed Week.<\/p>\n<p>Back row (l-r): James Moss, The Nazareth Centre; Alexander Roberts, The Ranfurly Homes for Children; G. Thomas Sweeting, Project Read; Rebecca Massey, Lyford Cay International School; Lindsey Cancino, Rotary Club; Stacey Bobo, Lyford Cay International School; Arthur Seymour, The Nazareth Centre and Jeremy Stuby, Pictet Bank &amp; Trust. (Photo by Patrick Hanna for BIS)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Diane Phillips and Associates<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a courtesy call with His Excellency Sir Arthur Foulkes, Speed Week organizers donated $50,000 collectively to several children&#8217;s charities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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":[61,334,105,51],"class_list":["post-34956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-charity","tag-children","tag-events-2","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34956","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}