Giving back with The Sandals Foundation

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Jensine Morabito

Sorrento, BC
All-Inclusive, Beaches, Cruise & Disneyland

 

"To Travel is to Live" are the wise words of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. I believe in my life I feel these words deep into my soul. I travel because I need to. I also need to share my passion with others. I find no gre...

Give back with Sandals Foundation.

The last time I visited Jamaica I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with the Sandals foundation and see first hand some of what this incredible foundation has to offer. 


 


I thought I would share a few of my personal experiences with the organization. 


 


One of the many pillars to the foundation is conservation. Working with the community  to create awareness for endangered species such as sea turtles was this incredible soul who has dedicated his life to protect sea turtles.


Everything from the effects of global warming and the disappearance of beaches due to rising water levels and resorts being built to close to the shore line to poaching.We learned that global warming is changing the temperatures of the sand and creating an environment that is affecting the sex of the turtles. The knowledge shared by the scientists brings a new awareness and hope.


When you stay at a Sandals resort you are able to witness some of the benefits the foundation offers for the conservation of sea turtles.


Myself and a handful of other travel agents joined a group of other Sandals patrons to the nearing Jamaican Sandals resorts to witness and partaking of a Sea Turtle release. 


This experience to physically release freshly hatched little turtles was emotional and overwhelming. I was so taken back by the little turtles crawling for life across the sand to hit the sea crawling for their little lives. Hoping they reached the sea was a moment in my life I will cherish forever. 


Another one of the pillars of the foundation is to education. Sandals provides education for schooling, provides much needed school supplies. Which all of the agents on this trip brought from Canada as well to donate. When you stay at a resort be sure to ask how you too can give back. 


The education provided to the Caribbean people goes far beyond that of in the class room as well, teach local women the importance of mammograms, education on food security, cultivation, other health and dental and so much more. 


Best of all 100 percent of the donations received by the foundation go directly to the foundation. Sandals pays the staff in the foundation and not with donations. 


 


The next time you want to take a luxury beach vacation, think Sandals. Go and support a brand who gives back to its island roots. When you visit a Sandals or Beaches resort you are helping so many local people in so many ways. It feels good. There are many ways for you to get involved in the foundation during your vacation too! Want to know more? Call or email The Travellers Agency today. Let's get you booked to paradise into a company that cares for its people. 


 


Witness a young face as you present the school supplies you gifted them , or see a sea turtle crawling for its little life to reach the shore, speak to a staff member about how Sandals provided him and his family dental cleaning or how his sisters life was saved by one of their free mammograms and early cancer detection. 


Travel with a sense of Love. Travel to a Sandals resort. Call today. 

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