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Sometimes the role of a community foundation involves connecting the dots. One dot will be a pressing need in the community, another will be a methodology or plan to address that need, and yet another will be the wherewithal to fund that need. Take P...

It’s the 1990s: Bermuda is a generous community. Charitable giving, tag days and raffles abound because everyone wants to help people “less fortunate than ourselves”. And most people are fortunate: visitors flock to the island by boat and by air, enc...

In 1953 Anne Hines became the first Bermudian to successfully dance en pointe in public. She did it at the Colonial Opera House on Victoria Street where she played the dying swan in Swan Lake. “My friend was supposed to do it,” the 82-year-old said. ...

It wasn’t Joy Wilson-Tucker's idea to establish the Bermudian Heritage Museum or to place it in St George's but somehow, all the responsibility of running it has fallen on her shoulders. At 79, she cannot carry the load much longer. Getting to 29 Wat...

Nkenge Warren-Swan loved her students but just the thought of talking to their parents terrified her. Her fear showed at every parent teacher night where her strategy was to just “get through it”. “I spoke with a lot of long pauses,” Ms Warren-Swan...

This summer, university student Kameron Young was looking for a challenge. When the 19-year-old saw a virtual internship advertised by a Colombian tech firm, she thought perfect. There was just one problem. She did not have all of the skills they wer...

Visiting the Isle of Wight in 1949, Kay Latter wanted to build a sand castle. “I was probably about seven,” the 79 year old said. “There was a lovely, sandy beach, but it was so full of litter that I could not build a sand castle. I was digging up tr...

The Bermuda Zoological Society recently completed its ninth year of the Kids on the Reef programme, which is generously sponsored by AXA XL. This year, the BZS sent Megan Dodd, a university student studying strategic communications and marketing, out...

Bermuda, with a landmass of 21 square miles and a population of around 63,000 can, in most areas, hold its head high. Covid has been damaging to the economy and Bermudians have suffered in numerous ways. Thankfully, we are surrounded by the ocean, an...

Thanks to Covid-19, Sue Moench has had a challenging final year as principal of Mount Saint Agnes Academy. Her work day begins at 6.10am, when she has to ensure that traffic can move freely around the school. She then turns her hand to helping take...