Steadfast in its belief that community interaction is a sure recipe for success, the newly formed \u2018I Love MoBay\u2019 Foundation will be bringing a lot of love \u2013Disney love – to the Old Hospital Park, Montego Bay, this Friday.<\/p>\n
The Foundation, which was formed earlier this year, and against the backdrop of all the problems that were plaguing St. James, especially in the tourism capital of Montego Bay, will be hosting a special screening of the Disney animated film \u2018Zootopia\u2019, which will be free for families.<\/p>\n
The screening marks the start of a free-admission monthly movie series by the St. James-based non-profit organization.<\/p>\n
According to chairman of the I Love MoBay Foundation, Douglas Gordon, the event falls under the organization\u2019s five pillars for renewal of the city of Montego Bay.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is really to bring families together to have a really nice family night in Montego Bay that\u2019s accessible to all and allows people to just come together\u2026 It will be held the last Friday of every month,\u201d Gordon explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are going to give the first 300 children free popcorn.\u00a0 It is an open-air event; we will have bouncy castles and stuff for kids. There will be vendors selling hotdogs and popcorn and stuff like that there.\u00a0\u00a0 We will bus in kids from three different communities – Mt. Salem, Norwood and Green Pond,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Gordon said apart from the monthly movie screenings, the Foundation has a large number of other social programmes set to be rolled out throughout the rest of the year under its five core pillars.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have five core pillars: education and mentorship; sports; entertainment, arts and culture, civic pride and environmental awareness…\u00a0 under which we have built the initiative. So we have different activities in each one of those pillars that will be rolled out in the next couple of months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a mentorship speaking series that we are going to roll out in partnership with Junior Achievement; we have a partnership with the MoBay United Football Club that we are going to roll out; we have a partnership with the Basketball Association; we have one with Gloves over Guns in boxing\u2026 that we are going to be rolling out in short order,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
The I Love MoBay Foundation was officially launched on February 8 this year.\u00a0 It aims to showcase, celebrate and engender pride in the city of Montego Bay.<\/p>\n
Among the Foundation\u2019s partners are Sandals Resorts, Billy Craig Insurance Company, itelBPO, the Spanish Court Hotel, OCEAN Style, Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Sun Island, Mello FM, the Travel Foundation and Junior Achievement JA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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