The Edward Gartland Youth Centre, which celebrated five years in the Turk and Caicos Islands, received $16,000 this week, thanks to fundraising efforts by Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s Realty, Gilley’s Enterprises and Amanyara Resort. The funds were raised courtesy of a live art show and auction with work from local artists held at Amanyara recently. “The Edward Gartland Youth Centre provides social and educational programs for the Youths of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is an incredible organization and we try to do our very best to support it, said Courtney Miller of Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s Realty before making the presentation. Miller said that the art show in support of local artists had been a longstanding dream of the real estate entity, and so it was a dream come true when it joined forces with Gilley’s Enterprises and Amanyara to partner with Roxann (Wake-Forbes), Director of the Edward Youth Centre, to stage the event. In response, Wake-Forbes said that as usual, the funds would be used to buttress the programs that the Youth Centre currently offers. In photo, Miller (right) along with Desmond Williams (second right) of Gilley’s Enterprises and Cindy Nemours of Amanayara (third from right) makes the presentation to Wake-Forbes.

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By Turks & Caicos SUN Newspaper – November 23, 2013