BICO sends treats and cheer to frontline workers

Sweet treats, and a little cheer, have been delivered to frontline health and social care workers at various institutions across the island thanks to BICO Limited.

BICO’s Sales and Business Development Manager, Dwayne Holmes, led the initiative which began February 25 with the Maurice Byer Polyclinic and ended on March 8 with the Barbados Vagrant and Homeless Society.

Holmes explained: “The project was supported by several members of the BICO team, including sales associate Llewelyn Riley who assisted with the deliveries.”

He added: “The BICO team has been moved by the service and sacrifices of our frontline workers throughout this pandemic. We thought it was important to spread some cheer with the ultimate feel-good product – BICO ice cream. It’s our way of saying thanks to the brave men and women who have been taking care of us throughout this crisis and hopefully inject some cheer into their day.”

A total of 600 units of BICO products were donated, including cases of 12 and 24 snack cups of BICO Skinny Delight, specially formulated for the health conscious, and Tropical Delight ice cream. Workers also received one litre value packs that were among the first batch of ice cream made in the company’s new state of the art facility on Harbour Road.

The other facilities whose workers received BICO
products were:

• Branford Taitt Polyclinic, Black Rock, St Michael

• Queen’s College Care Package Center, St.James

• Harrison Point Isolation Facility, St. Lucy

• Blackman & Gollop Facility, Staple Grove, Christ Church, and

• The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory,
Bridgetown, St. Michael

Director of Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, Songee Beckles, thanked the BICO family for reaching out to the lab.

“I think the staff were excited and very, very pleased to be considered and truly appreciated the gesture,” she said.

When asked how workers were coping, she said, “If you
look at the numbers, things are a little bit quieter than they were a little bit earlier in the year. So we are managing well.
I think it gives everybody a chance to recuperate after a very, very busy time.

We don’t know what’s happening in the future so it’s like a chance to build that strength again for anything that might come our way. We continue to provide service and try to assist as much as we can and to respond to the national needs, always.”

Meanwhile, at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, Client Relations and Activities Coordinator, Dr Rhea Corbin-Harte, said staff “were very very happy” to receive the donation.

She explained that special care was taken to ensure that staff working across the various shifts were able to benefit from theBICO donation.

“Especially with the lockdown and not being able to take part in the little things that people like to do, it was nice to have something like ice cream which people find relaxing,” she said.

In expressing his gratitude on behalf of the staff at the Blackman & Gollop Facility, Manager Franz Jordan said,
“I think it is a great initiative taken on behalf of these hardworking health care providers who are doing their utmost in trying circumstances and going beyond the call of duty.” (PR)