Philipsburg:--- The board of directors and members of the St. Maarten Lions Club presented a bus to the Crystal Home on Saturday.
The St. Maarten Lions Club in its aim to continue serving this community is once more making a substantial donation to an organization in need of assistance, says president of the organization Richard Panneflek.
The presentation of this 14 seater bus to the Crystal Home Foundation came about during their Valentine’s Day Car Raffle the winning ticket was not sold and therefore there was no winner and the 2009 Ford Escape SUV remained with the St. Maarten Lions Club.
Having no use ourselves for an SUV and taking in consideration that the Funds raised through the Valentine’ Car Raffle has to go back to the Community a committee of the St. Maarten Lions Club was given the task to study of the matter.
The committee was given instructions to make a need assessment within the Community to find an Organization or institution (NGO) most in need of transportation.
After the needs assessments were completed, Crystal Home Foundation came out as the NGO to be most in need of a 14 seat transportation vehicle.
In order to realize this beautiful Project the St. Maarten Lions Club put up an extra US$7.000.00 and in collaboration with a donation from Caribbean Auto Sales N.V. it became possible to present this beautiful 14 seats bus at the tune of US$. 32,000.00 to the Crystal Home Foundation.
The keys of the bus was presented to Mrs. Williams by the Lion’s Club past president Mr. Richard Gibson Jr.
