Philipsburg:--- The Caribbean International Academy emerged the winners of the Windward Islands Bank's Treasure Hunt.The treasure hunt was organized as part of WIB's 50th anniversary series of activities targeting youngsters on the island. In collaboration with the United Student Government Front (USGF), several coordinators were on hand to encourage the youngsters.
The youngsters were all excited about the Treasure hunt and solving the clues, while learning more about the history of the island, monuments etc. Armed with a special WIB 50th anniversary backpack, a WIB water bottle and clues, they were given an hour and a half to hunt and at the end, they gathered at the Bank's main office in Philipsburg for the tallying of the results and announcing of the winners. While the results were counted, WIB's Managing Director Jan Beaujon entertained the youngsters by going over the answers to the questions. He expressed surprise at the amount of answers some of the Youngsters knew. "I was quite impressed with the performance by the Youngsters and believe this is something that WIB can do on annual basis; Beaujon stated.
At the end CIA came out the overall winner with the St Maarten Academy coming in close second followed by the Sundial School in third place. Each member of the winning teams received WIB moneycards with cash balances. All participating students received certificates of participation and vouchers to attend the movie of their choice. WIB Management Team members, Jan Beaujon, Kelvin Bloyden and Alfred De Windt were on hand to do the presentations. In appreciation of their collaborative efforts, USGF received a cash donation of U$ 1.000.00 for the construction of a website for the group. The main coordinator of USGF, Sinatra Rouse was also presented with a certificate of Appreciation by Jan Beaujon for her role in getting the youngsters together on short notice. Appreciation was also expressed to the other coordinators who assisted with the youngsters.
The Treasure hunt is the second event organized by WIB as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. The celebrations started on the Bank's "Employee Appreciation Day" with a "Name that Tune" contest amongst Staff. The next event will be a bike-a-thon for children this weekend.
