WILLEMSTAD - The Quota Club has been a steady champion for the community of Curaçao during the carnival season with its campaign to increase awareness for the protection of our hearing.
CIBC FirstCaribbean recognizes this excellent contribution towards the community at large in addition to other projects the service club does for the community and its members. CIBC FirstCaribbean, on International Women’s Day, will honor the club’s service by making a contribution to them.
The Quota Club is a service club established in 1987, that consists of professional women dedicated to the development of our community and their fellow members. The club consists of 21 members at the moment and also has a junior chapter.
During the carnival period Quota Club hands out earplugs, free of charge, to the groups participating in the Children’s Carnival and the Teener Parade, as well as several groups of the uniformed forces. During this season the Quota Club can also be heard on various radio and tv programs informing the public about the consequences of loud music.
It has distributed the book “Knoop het goed in je oren” at schools during the last three years, with the objective of creating awareness among the youth. Along with the distribution of the earplugs during last carnival season, the Quota Club also distributed a copy of the book.
Timba Engelhardt, Country Head of CIBC FirstCaribbean said “CIBC FirstCaribbean honors and sheds light on the outstanding contribution made by the Quota Club towards the well-being of our community. The service club, next to the development of its members, has dearly contributed, through various projects, to the development of our community”.
She praised the club’s “consistent emphasis and creation of awareness for the protection of our ears during our most important cultural celebration, Carnival. CIBC FirstCaribbean would like to show our gratitude to Quota Club in light of the marvelous job done over the last 35 years, in the enrichment of the well-being of our community.”