Christmas gifts for paediatric ward

Chastine Rankine, left, and Darwin Elvis Cook-Bodden, right, deliver presents at the paediatric ward of the Cayman Islands Hospital on Christmas Eve.

A mother who donates Christmas gifts in memory of her late daughter delivered toys to children in the paediatric ward of the Cayman Islands Hospital during the festive season this year.

Chastine Rankine, a Customs and Border Control Services administration officer, donated the gifts to the ward on Christmas Eve.

The latest donations are continuing a tradition of donating toys to the ward and to Miss Nadine’s Preschool that Rankine has had every year for the past six years to honour her daughter, Martika Tiffani Rankine, who died from leukaemia in 2001.

“My goal [that] I wish to accomplish through these donations is really for the memory of my daughter, who loved kids and liked giving back to others,” Rankine said.

She said she hopes to continue to do this every year until she is no longer able to.

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Rankine also will be delivering toys to Miss Nadine’s Preschool on 3 Jan.