–Chair tells patrons at annual Chinese Food Festival

ITS not necessarily down on its luck, but according to Chairperson, Ms Yvonne Hinds, the Guyana Relief Council (GRC) could do with a little more help.
Speaking at the first and biggest of the organisation’s fundraisers for the year, its annual Chinese Food Festival held Sunday at the New Thriving Restaurant on Main Street, Hinds said that at the moment, the organisation badly needs a vehicle to carry out its outreach programme in the hinterland.
She was, however, quick to point out that the organisation is willing to accept whatever help it can get, whether cash or otherwise.
She later told the Guyana Chronicle that yesterday’s event was sponsored in its entirety by New Thriving, in that it not only provided the food, but the venue as well, hosting it on their grandly decorated second floor.

She was happy to report that while they catered for 250 persons, approximately 175 persons supported the event this year.
The feast was one of the agency’s major fundraisers, the proceeds of which will go towards sustaining its work to provide material assistance to persons throughout Guyana who are affected by fire and other disasters.
Tickets for the event cost $6000 each, and patrons were treated to a buffet-style menu at the restaurant.
Another of the organisation’s major fundraisers, Hinds said, is its annual Bar-B-Que a Luncheon slated for later in the year.
Funding for the organisation’s work is derived through donations from local and overseas supporters, as well as a monthly subvention from the government.
Some of the relief to vulnerable includes foodstuff, monetary assistance for building materials, temporary shelter, welfare aid and counselling.
The GRC was established on January 17, 1994 as a non-governmental organisation (NGO), and has to date rendered assistance to thousands of persons.