SOL ANTILLES N.V. presented 270 school bags filled with school supplies to the students of the Leonard Conner Primary School in association with the Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise.
This is the seventh consecutive year that Sol has made this donation to the students of this school which is located in the Cay Bay area, where Sol St. Maarten’s main office and distribution depot is situated.
The handover of backpacks – which included a wide range of classroom supplies.
To our valued communities
Our thoughts and prayers are with the communities of Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands.
Due to the passage of Hurricane Dorian, communities of The Bahamas are facing a state of emergency. We wish to extend them our heartfelt empathy to all affected communities.
We will continue to work hard towards supporting a prompt recovery while we remain focused on safety as a top priority throughout this process.
Sol sponsored both a Rugby and Soccer clinic – held in Guadeloupe and Martinique last month. These two events provided the opportunity for more than 120 children to participate in a one-week internship of their favorite sport. The teenagers were exposed to values such as integrity, passion, solidarity, discipline, respect…. and they burnt thousands of calories. They were delighted and amazed to be among former international soccer and rugby players. They truly benefited from their respective experiences and we were glad to provide this opportunity for our young people to excel!
Here’s one of the testimonials we received from a parent who was deeply thankful for Sol’s support.
“Without Sol, this course of excellence would not have occurred….I prayed that my son would be retained as we do not go on vacation and I knew that for one week he would accomplish one of his dreams ….thank you”.
The Shell Lubricants Sales Team, with the support of Sol Guyana, completed their Premiums Week sales activity during March 25 – 29, 2019. The goals were to focus primarily on our premium products for the week, increase our customer coverage, sales volumes and product awareness. Team Guyana had lots of fun engaging customers and meeting targets.
Sol Guyana/Shell Lubricants participated in the Government Technical Institute’s Open Day, entitled ‘Taste of the Trades – Refuelling the Future’. The goal was to offer guidance and encouragement to students as they explored the various career paths on display at the Open Day. Students were enthusiastic to learn about job opportunities within the petroleum industry and the development paths offered by Sol. The team also encouraged the students of the Motor Vehicle Engine System Programme to take advantage of the partnership between Sol and GTI including the 6-week internship and reward given to the best graduating students for levels 1 and 2.
Congratulations to Neftalí Rosario, Property & Business Analyst of Sol Puerto Rico Limited for completing the 17th IRONMAN® 70.3® Puerto Rico Triathlon. This major event which takes place annually saw 1000 athletes from Puerto Rico and other countries compete to complete 1.2 miles of swimming, 56 miles of cycling and 13.1 miles of running.
The Sol Puerto Rico team feels very proud to have their very own “Ironman”.
Sol EC Ltd. (Grenada), took part in the regional Caribe Wave Exercise which simulated a magnitude 6.0 earthquake generated by activity from the local under water volcano, Kick ‘Em Jenny. As a result of the simulated earthquake, tsunami waves were generated, thereby requiring immediate evacuation. The Grand Mal Pre-Primary School was also invited to participate in the exercise where 48 students along with parents and teachers enacted the simulated evacuation. All participants were pleased to be included in the exercise and asked that they be given more similar opportunities in the future. The entire evacuation process was completed in approximately 18 minutes after receiving the notification.
The Albergue Villa Esperanza is an academic learning centre, run by the Missionary Workers of Sacred Heart of Jesus. The centre, which was opened in 1966, was created to give hope to the poorest children of the La Bombita neighborhood in Azua, D. R. and provides education for students between 2 and 13 years old. At present, the centre is home to 352 students.
Sol will continue to donate $2,000 per year to the Albergue Villa Esperanza toward the purchase and maintenance of equipment and appliances.
Jonathan Brewin, General Manager of Sol Petroleum Bermuda Ltd, Director of Age Concern Bermuda and Chairman of the organizations Audit & Risk Committee took some risks of his own on February 22 when he and his son Somers commenced their climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Donations for the climb were raised to support Age Concern, Bermuda’s primary non-profit advocacy group for senior citizens.
Prior to his climb, Jonathan, who has been following those who have climbed the infamous mountain relayed the following, “The challenge will be one of the hardest physical and mental challenges I shall experience in my lifetime. I really want Age Concern to benefit because the success of how we deal with the ageing of our population is also one of the greatest challenges of our time.”
The climb that Jonathan undertook was no small feat, and several months of preparation were needed. Despite the risks however, the Brewin father/son duo were committed to use their climb to bring awareness to the opportunity that exists to proactively respond to the ageing realities of our time. They were able to surpass their Go Fund Me campaign goal of a £5,000 and raised £7,270.
Congratulations to Jonathan and Somers for achieving this amazing goal for such an worthy cause, and for sporting their Sol/Parkland water bottles at the summit!
