Deloitte and Touche donate to cost of patent rights for domestic violence statue
Gracita Arrindell of the Peridot Road Foundation accepts a
cheque for NAf 1.335,00 from Deloitte and Touche Resident Partner Hyden Gittens
while Marketing Assistant Sandy Sandiford looks on. The cheque will be used to
defray the cost that will be incurred in obtaining the statue's patent rights.
Source: TODAY Friday February 21, 2003
PHILIPSBURG - Deloitte and Touche donated NAf 1.335,00/US $741.70 to the
Peridot Road Foundation yesterday to assist with the cost of the patent rights
for the statue against domestic violence.
Foundation Representative drs. Gracita
Arrindell noted that with this donation, Deloitte and Touche had joined Texaco,
UTS, Smitcoms and St. Maarten Lottery as companies that had assisted the
foundation. "It is always very heartening when corporate citizens show an
interest in eradicating domestic violence," Arrindell said.
She added,
"Following the obtaining of the patent rights, the next step will be to market
smaller versions of the statue." The statue is located at the roundabout across
from Le Grande Marche." Deloitte and Touche Resident Partner Hyden Gittens
explained that when first approached, Deloitte and Touche was reluctant, but
after recognizing the beautifying value of the statue to its area, the company
decided that it was a worthy cause. Gittens encourages other businesses to get
involved.
"I would like to encourage others to adopt other roundabouts as we did
with the one at A Th. lllidge Rd." he said. He also noted that Deloitte and
Touche was an accounting firm committed to developing its customers and the
people in the nations in which they had offices and as such, they made it a
policy to donate towards community projects. "This statue represents something
that will do good for St. Martin and her citizens," Gittens concluded.
