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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Scotiabank develops library at Lady Hochoy Home

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?Sco­tia­bank has em­barked on a li­brary de­vel­op­ment project at the La­dy Ho­choy School in Pe­nal. Staff mem­bers of the bank's Pe­nal Branch have been vol­un­teer­ing their time and ef­forts to reg­u­lar­ly vis­it the school, walk­ing with their paint brush­es, to en­sure that the li­brary is in top con­di­tion.

Ac­cord­ing to Reena Pan­chorie, As­sis­tant Man­ag­er, Pub­lic and Cor­po­rate Af­fairs, at Sco­tia­bank T&T Ltd, "This ef­fort by the Pe­nal Branch is part of the Bank's Bright Fu­ture Pro­gram, a cor­po­rate giv­ing and com­mu­ni­ty pro­gramme that helps sup­port op­por­tu­ni­ties for the chil­dren and com­mu­ni­ties in which we live and work.

Our staff mem­bers have ral­lied to as­sist the La­dy Ho­choy School through paint­ing of the li­brary, the pro­cure­ment of book­shelves, desks and chairs, as well as sourc­ing read­ing ma­te­r­i­al for the chil­dren to en­joy." Key com­po­nents of the Sco­tia­bank Bright Fu­ture Pro­gram are the vol­un­teerism of the Bank's staff to pro­vide com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice on an on­go­ing ba­sis, as well as con­duct­ing fund-rais­ing on be­half of schools and non-gov­ern­men­tal or­gan­i­sa­tions fo­cused on the well-be­ing of chil­dren.

Sco­tia­bank said in a re­lease it is com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing the com­mu­ni­ties in which we live and work, both in Cana­da and abroad. Recog­nised as a leader in­ter­na­tion­al­ly and among Cana­di­an cor­po­ra­tions for its char­i­ta­ble do­na­tions and phil­an­thropic ac­tiv­i­ties, in 2008 the bank pro­vid­ed about $43 mil­lion glob­al­ly in spon­sor­ships and do­na­tions to a va­ri­ety of projects and ini­tia­tives, pri­mar­i­ly in the ar­eas of health­care, ed­u­ca­tion, so­cial ser­vices and arts and cul­ture.


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