At this year’s annual Island Hotels Group President’s Ball, over Lm4,700 were collected in aid of the Community Chest Fund. The directors of the group hosted the annual black tie dinner in the ballroom of the new Radisson SAS Golden Sands Resort & Spa last month.

As in all previous events, Island Hotels Group provided all its services free of charge and all proceeds of the event went directly to the Fund.

This year, over 200 people attended the Charity Ball where Doris Zahra presented the substantial sum collected to Acting President Dr George Hyzler at the end of the evening.

In a short speech preceding the presentation, Mrs Zahra thanked everyone present for attending the dinner and the many who had attended in previous years and returned to support the event once again. Mrs Zahra said that it was thanks to such enthusiastic participation by all present on an annual basis that the sum of over Lm30,000 has been donated to the Community Chest Fund from the seven annual dinners held so far.

Mrs Zahra also thanked all those who contributed to make the event such an outstanding success including the staff of Island Hotels Group and Val Valente and his band who, as in previous years, provided complimentary entertainment till the early hours of the morning.

Following the presentation Dr Hyzler explained the nature and extent of the work carried out annually by the Community Chest Fund and thanked the directors of Island Hotels Group for hosting this annual event and all those who attended the Charity Ball for their generosity.