National Trust Archaeological Dig and Traditional Games from 9am to noon. Celebrate World Heritage Day and join the National Trust at the Mission House in Bodden Town to learn how to piece together artifacts discovered around an historic site. Follow the dig with more fun by making and playing with some traditional toys. Please call for reservations, space is limited. CI$10 for Trust members, $15 for non-members.
National TrustTea Party, Saturday afternoon tea. George Town District Committee of the National Trust will be organising this fun event at Historic Merrendale. Details to be announced! Contact [email protected] for more information.
St. Ignatius Catholic School will be holding its annual Spring Fair from 3pm until 8pm. There will be lots of activities, games, rides (including Go-Karts), prizes and fun for everyone. There will also be a wide variety of food stalls representing the different nationalities that make up the St. Ignatius Community available.
Help raise funds for the Cayman Heart Fund and honouring the memory of the late Ken Chand. Join the Ken Chand Memorial Walk on Saturday, 12 April, 6am from the Seven Mile Public Beach to the Wharf Restaurant and back. Registration all day Friday in front of Alissta Towers on North Sound Road and right before the walk at 5am.
APRIL 13
The Week of the Young Child launches this Sunday with a church service at St George’s Anglican Church (behind Cox Lumber, off Eastern Avenue) at 4pm. All are invited to attend. Other activities over the week of April 13-19 include a kids’ pyjama party at Books and Books, a national book-collection drive; open days at pre-schools; a free movie night at Dart Park; and a family breakfast at Mary Miller Memorial Hall. For more information, contact the Early Childhood Unit at 945-1199 or 244-1816.
APRIL 14-28
An island-wide Bat Count on Grand Cayman. Volunteer your time with the National Trust Bat Conservation Programme to help count the bats at the 49 bat houses around Grand Cayman. Count the bats at sunset! Even three bats coming out of a bat house is significant – it means they have found it and more will be there soon. For more information contact Lois Blumenthal at [email protected]
APRIL 15
Cayman Islands Seafarers Association is holding a Social Gathering at 7:30pm in the Seafarer Hall, 11 Victory Ave. in Prospect. Please come and meet and greet friends while spending an enjoyable evening.
APRIL 19
The Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park will be free to residents in celebration of Earth Day. Visitors must show a valid Cayman Islands driver’s license.
Annual Roadside & Beach Clean-up. 7:00am. The 10th annual Chamber of Commerce Roadside Clean-up is from 7am to 11a.m. Volunteers can select from one of 40 different pre-selected areas or suggest a location of special concern. The first 750 volunteers will receive a t-shirt. Lunch will also be provided for all participants following the clean-up. Venue and time to be announced at a later date and you may watch for updates on the Chamber of Commerce website at www.caymanchamber.ky Register a team by phoning 949-8090 ext. 123 or email [email protected]
National Gallery’s Annual Eco Party 8:30am – 10:30am. The National Gallery in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Health and the National Trust are once again hosting the free annual Eco Art Party in Dart Park in celebration of Earth Day. It is open to all kindergarten, primary, middle and high school-aged kids. Refreshments served. Participants are asked to bring to the art-making event clean items of refuse such as plastic bottles, cardboard containers, driftwood, and old and broken items or parts of items no longer being used. They must be clean! For more information call Letitia at 945-8111, or we will see you there!
National Trust Guided Mastic Trail Hike. Experience a fascinating exploration deep into Cayman’s wild interior, in an area where the woodland has been evolving undisturbed for the last two million years. The area is home to a wide variety of animals and plants unique to the Cayman Islands. The trail is not suitable for children under six years old, the elderly and infirm, or for persons with physical handicaps or conditions that may require emergency medical assistance. CI$15 donation for Trust members, $20 for non-members. Please call 949-0121 for reservations.
National Trust Mangrove Boat Tour. A quiet guided boat tour through the beautiful mangrove forests that make up the Central Mangrove Wetlands, sponsored by Dive Tech. Water provided. CI$15.00 for Trust members, $20 for non-members.
Cayman Islands Tourism Association and Department of Environment Reef Watch Survey. This is a fun and scientifically useful event in which residents and visitors alike can get involved. Divers and snorkellers are asked to fill out surveys compiled by the DoE for inclusion in its database of Reef Watch Results stretching back to 1997. Participants will receive free Earth Day T-shirts while supplies last. Contact Kim Pisano: [email protected] or 949-8522 to obtain a list of participating dive operators.
APRIL 19-26
Week for the Trust. Visit Lobster Pot Dive Centre in George Town for a week long fundraiser for the National Trust. The cost of all rental tanks for shore dives will be donated to the Trust and for an additional $5.00 donation you will be entered to win Lobster Pot Restaurant and Lobster Pot Dive Centre gift certificates. Help clean Cayman by picking up some garbage underwater while on your dive and receive a free t-shirt while supplies last! Raffle drawing, complimentary appetisers donated by the Lobster Pot Restaurant and cash bar on April 26, 2:00pm. For more information call 946-8685 or email [email protected]
APRIL 20
All are invited to Grace Tabernacle Youth Ministry’s concert to be held at 7pm at the church, #8 Alexander Place, Dorcy Drive, Industrial Park. Donation $5 at the door. Refreshments will be on sale. Proceeds in aid of the Youth Ministry’s overseas trip.
APRIL 21-25
DEH School Clean-up Campaign for Earth Week. Are you a teacher/staff member of a school that is looking for an activity to promote Environmental Awareness this Earth Day? Are you looking for an activity do take part in during school hours? If your answer is yes, contact the Department of Environmental Health to take part in the DEH School Clean-Up campaign for Earth Week. This clean-up campaign is open to all schools, both private and public. The only requirements for participating are that the clean up must be during school hours, be open to all students to participate and the location of the clean-up can be the school or another designated location. The first 2,000 participants to sign up will receive a sport/water bottle. Garbage bags and latex gloves will be provided upon request. For more information, please contact Tania Johnson at 949-6696 or 244-4152 (direct line) or email [email protected]
APRIL 22
Earth Day. This year’s theme in celebration of the International Year of the Reef is ‘Advocate healthy oceans, protect Cayman’s marine life.’ Celebrate the Earth and our responsibility toward it! Get involved with the many local activities planned for Earth Week!
What is there to Sea in the Grass? Tuesday, 2:30-4:30pm. Discover the wonderful world of seagrass with a presentation at the National Trust house followed by a snorkel across or walk along a seagrass meadow. The children will then return to the Trust house to look at some seagrass treasures under the new digital microscope! Please call for reservations, space is limited. CI$ 15.00.
APRIL 23
National TrustRecycle! 3pm-4:30pm. Bring recyclable products for model-making. Children will bring home their own home-made creations! This is an excellent experience in learning about ways to reuse materials and make them into something beautiful. CI$10 for Trust members, $15 for non-members.
APRIL 24
The National Trust’s Coral Reef Exploration, 3-5pm. An interactive educational programme to allow Cayman’s youth to learn more about the dynamic underwater ecology of the Island. Join the National Trust for an introduction to the reef, a snorkeling trip and a follow-up activity. Please call for reservations, space is limited. CI$15.
CITA Annual General Meeting will be held at the Grand Cayman Beach Suites on from 3pm – 5pm where CITA will recap on the year’s events and current members will vote on the new Board of Directors. Contact CITA office at 345-949-8522 or [email protected] for more information.
Cayman Wildlife Rescue’s Playtime for Parrots, Saturday at noon. A programme for children of all ages to build toys for rescued Cayman Parrots. Children will be provided with the tools, materials and instruction on how to build safe and fun toys for Cayman parrots. Suitable for ages 5 and up. Parrots chew and destroy their toys, so it is important we provide them with safe and non-toxic materials. The public can also contribute by donating the following supplies to the National Trust: One hundred per cent natural rope such as sea grass or cotton, rawhide dog chews, natural untreated leather, natural untreated wood scraps, baby chew toys, children’s wooden building blocks and dog squeak toys. Contact Project Manager: Alison Corbett at caymanwildliferescue@ gmail.com for further details.
National Trust Bodden Town Bats, Saturday, 6:30pm. Meet under a bat house to observe the bats as they make their first flight of the evening. Lois Blumenthal will provide the interpretive talk and refreshments during the fly-out at sunset. A unique experience suited for all ages! CI$5 for Trust members, $10 for non-members. Please call 949-0121 for reservations.
Underwater Cleanup at Divetech at Cobalt Coast Resort, from 1pm to 4pm. Come on out and dive with free tanks and weights provided, plus a great photo op with all the garbage collected! Cobalt Coast Resort offers a fantastic shore dive with literally thousands of fish in schools on the shall Sea Fan reef, triggers, schoolmasters, tangs and more, so you’ll have lots of company! You will also be asked to complete a survey card that will be provided to DOE that records the number of certain types of marine critters that we are interested in tracking. Refreshments served poolside afterwards. T-shirts will be given away to participants while supplies last! Divetech at Cobalt Coast is located in Boatswain’s Beach in West Bay, 18 Seafan Drive. 946-5658 for any information needed.
Beach and Ironshore cleanup at Divetech at Cobalt Coast Resort, 1pm to 4pm. Not a diver? Come and walk the beautiful iron shore on the North wall off Boatswain’s Beach area, and help to pick up assorted debris that washes ashore on the beach. You will be provided with sun block, cold bottled water, gloves, garbage bags and a great photo op, while helping the environment too! Please wear good running shoes and a hat for your own protection. All ages are welcome!Refreshments will be served after the cleanup. Stay for lunch poolside too if you like. T-shirts will be given away to participants while supplies last! Divetech at Cobalt Coast is located in Boatswain’s Beach in West Bay, 18 Seafan Drive. 946-5658 for any information needed.
APRIL 25 – May 11
Cayman Drama Society, with Dart Management, is performing the popular family musical You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, at the Prospect Playhouse, Red Bay, April 25, 26, 27, May 2, 3, 4, and May 9, 10, 11. For tickets and more information, please call 949-5054.
APRIL 26
PTA Fundraising Flea Market, Prospect Primary School, Poindexter Rd. Gates open at 7am. Breakfast, fun zone. Register to sell your goods ($25 per car. Call 947-8889/925-0791 for more information.
APRIL 26
PTA Fundraising Flea Market, Prospect Primary School, Poindexter Rd. Gates open at 7am. Breakfast, fun zone. Register to sell your goods ($25 per car. Call 947-8889/925-0791 for more information.
APRIL 27
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Earth Day 5K Fun-Run/Walk, 7:30am. Trophies will be given to the top three finishers and exciting spot prizes will be given away again this year. T-shirts will be given to participants while supplies last! Contact the National Trust at 949-0121for more details.
APRIL 30 – May 2
Seventh Annual Cayman Islands Tourism Exchange. Cayman’s only international tourism trade show and networking event, where local tourism operators meet with international travel wholesalers to build business relationships and negotiate contracts for the next season. CITE offers an opportunity to share information and develop a joint strategy for improving business for all partners in the Cayman Islands tourism industry. This year, the event will be held at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. For more information or to get involved please contact [email protected] or contact the CITA office at 345-949-8522.
MAY 30
John Gray Class of 1988 will be having a 20-year reunion dinner and dance at the Grand Old House. Tickets are CI$55.00 per person contact Priscilla Burlington 916-5880, Lana McField 928-5468 or Judy McGaw 525-7077.
CHURCHES
APRIL 12
Cayman Ministries Association is holding a big garage sale at St Alban’s Church, 461 Shedden Road. Be there from 7 to 11am.
APRIL 18
The Cayman Ministries Association is holding an international pot luck supper fundraiser at St Alban’s Church, 461 Shedden Road, at 6pm. The cost is CI$10.00. Everyone is welcome. Call 949 2969 for details.
APRIL 19
St IgnatiusChurch is holding its Spring Tea Party at St Ignatius School Court Yard from 3pm to 5.30pm. Tea and refreshments will be served. The children will present a fashion show and the Steel Band will be performing. There will be a chance to win a signed Wedgwood tea set worth $789.00. All proceeds will go to the World Youth Day Trip to Australia, Ignatius Scholarship Fund and the Evangelisation Programme.
SERVICES
A warm welcome awaits you at West Bay Assembly of God, 100 Finch Drive, Birch Tree Hill, with Pastor Trevor Ebanks. Sunday Worship Services 10am and 7pm. Wednesday Bible Study 7:30pm. Come one, come all. Let’s praise the Lord our Mighty God, thank him for his many mercies and blessings. For more info or transportation, please call 946-2455.
George Hicks United Church, a welcoming, family friendly church nestled in delightful South Sound (just past the intersection of Walkers Road and South Church Street) would like to announce that its Sunday morning services and children’s Sunday School will now be held at 9am. All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you. Call 525-5313 for information. God bless you!
Brother Darvin Ebanks of Community Video Ministry will be holding a series of dynamic films named Keys to a Loving Relationship (films are 1 hour) every Tuesday at the white tent at 100 Finch Drive, off Birch Tree Hill, at 7:30pm. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 916-0019.
Cayman Islands Baptist Church – A Community of Love – welcomes all to weekly services at the campus of University College of the Cayman Islands. Sunday schedule: 9am Sunday School – Bible study for all ages; 10am Morning Worship Service; 6.30pm Evening Prayer Service. Rev. Lambert Mills, Pastor: 946-2422/ 926-2422 [email protected]/ [email protected]
Catholic Liturgical Schedule: Weekend Masses, Saturday 6pm and Sunday 8 am, 11:30am and 6pm; Weekday Masses, Monday-Friday 7am and 1st Saturday of the month 8:30am; Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturday 5pm-5:45pm; Prayer Group, Wednesday 6pm; Adoration Chapel, Monday-Saturday 8am-midnight; Christ the Redeemer, Sundays 9:45am.
St George’s Anglican Church Bargain Corner, neat and clean, new and second hand items. Located upstairs at St George’s Anglican Church Pre-School on Courts Road, off Eastern Avenue (urn at Cox Lumber). Open Fridays 3pm- 6 pm; Saturdays 8am-12 pm.
WEEKLY MEETINGS
For members, friends, guests and anyone interested in learning more about Kiwanis, the club meets every Wednesday at 12:30 pm at the Brittannia Restaurant, off West Bay Road overlooking the golf course. Contact 947-9956 for more information.
Hearts through Hands, a non-profit women’s group that gathers in a friendly atmosphere to make quilts, crafts and handbags for charity and missions, meets Wednesdays from 9.30am to noon in Room 10 at the Family Life Centre, Academy Way and Walkers Road. For further information, call 946-3067 or 947-1863.
Full Circle Grief Recovery Group, a free service, meets every Wednesdays at 6pm at the Conch Shell House in the Cayman HospiceCare facility, 42 North Sound Road. Call 926-4325.
CI Scout Association regular troop meetings: George Town, CI Prep School, Mondays at 5.30pm; West Bay, Chapel Church Hall, Saturdays at 4pm; Savannah, United Church, Thursdays at 5.30pm. Call 949-1515 for more information.
Our Angels Grief Support Group meets every Thursday. Call 928-7745 for information regarding time and venue. Email: [email protected]. Facilitator: Heather Dell MacVicor.
The Grand Cayman Toastmasters Club meets each week on Thursday at the Conference Room at Woods Furniture & Design by Fosters Airport location. Meetings begin at 6pm and end at 7pm. All are invited. Contact Ken Guiste at 925-3041 or George Ebanks at 916-0687 for more information.
Pre-school art fun! 3-4.30pm each Wednesday at the National Gallery Education Centre (the former Merren’s Plaza). Local Montessori instructor Clare O’Keefe will lead this programme. Drop-off available. $20 per session ($15 members). Register each week prior to the session by calling 925-3222 or emailing [email protected].
The Women’s Health Centre with the Breastfeeder’s Support Group is offering Breastfeeding Clinics every Thursday between 10am and noon in the Women’s Health Centre. No appointments, no fees. For more information phone 244-2649.
The South Sound Mothers and Tots Group meets every Monday at the South Sound Community Hall from 10am-noon. All children ages newborn through 5 are welcome. Refreshments and snacks (for both adults and children) are included in the entry cost of $6 per family. For further details call Julie Wills-Alpert on 946-0221.
The Cayman Bridge Club meets every Tuesday evening at 7.15pm at the Comfort Suites, West Bay Road. For further information please contact Helen Haines at 947-3217 or Jane Bird at 947-1903
BI-WEEKLY MEETINGS
The Photography Club of the Cayman Islands will meet at The Camera Store every other Tuesday at 7.30pm.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
The Cayman Islands Breastfeeding Support Group invites you to the monthly Mother-to-Mother meetings, held the first Tuesday of every month, 3-4pm, outside Women’s Health Centre at the Cayman Islands Hospital. Children are welcome. For more information, contact Women’s Health Centre at 244 2649.
Cayman Wildlife Rescue is a programme of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands staffed by volunteers and funded by public donations. The group rescues injured and orphaned native birds and animals for rehabilitation and releases them back into the wild. The group meets at the National Trust office at Dart Community Park in South Sound at 6.30pm on the 1st Thursday of every month. New members welcome and training is provided. For more information contact Catherine Redfern at [email protected] or call 925-0305.
The Life Underwriters Association of Cayman advises all Members that the monthly General Meeting luncheon is held on the last Thursday of each month.
YBPW meets every third Monday of each month at the Woman’s Resource Centre.
Friends of South Sound will meet the first Friday of each month at 5.45pm at the South Sound dock for a beach walk. The walks take about an hour and all are welcomed.
Charitable or non-profit organisations should submit announcements typed in 50 words or less, signed, with name and contact number, to the Caymanian Compass office, Shedden Road, one week in advance of publication or email to [email protected]
Community Calendar is published Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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