Ricky Geourzoung (left), sales manager at Fidelity Motors, and Karen Jackson (second left) of Windalco look on as (third from left) Richard Bowen, managing director at Laribo Marketing; Christina and Peta Gaye Spence, wards at Musgrave Home for Girls; and Carla Edie, manager at Maxfield Children's Home, hold a cheque donated to Musgrave during a presentation ceremony held at the Maxfield Home at its Maxfield Avenue Kingston location, on Friday. Also looking on is Allison Anderson (right), CEO of the Child Development Agency. - Photo by Mario James

May 2 of this year was a day that will forever be remembered by the wards at the Musgrave Home for Girls, as the building where they had become used to finding rest at night was razed by a terrible fire.

Fortunately, life and limb were spared, but the girls had to be spread about several other shelters, and the harmony that was Musgrave was no more.

The local Nissan representatives, Fidelity Motors, have a tradition of giving back to their customers at Christmas time.

"This year, we wanted to take this tradition a step further and hand over our gift budget to this most worthy cause on behalf of our customers, a move that was wholeheartedly endorsed by them," said David Crawford, marketing officer at Fidelity. A $250,000 cheque was handed over to this cause on Friday last.

Grateful

Allison Anderson, CEO of the Child Development Agency (CDA), was grateful for the gift, and said she hoped corporate Jamaica would follow in the footsteps of Fidelity and take the baton being held out by the Nissan affiliate.

There are currently three options the CDA has on the table for the rebuilding of Musgrave Girls Home; they can rebuild at the old location, find and build on a new site or add to an existing shelter. A fund has been started at Jamaica National for donations to this cause.