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Clifton Boy’s Home has been selected as one of the beneficiaries of the 22nd Annual Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run for 2020.  This became official at the Launch on Wednesday, January 8, 2020.

The Run will be held on Sunday, February 16, 2020.

As a beneficiary, Clifton Boys’ Home will be included in Sagicor’s advertising campaign.  It is expected that we will participate in the event, and we are working towards entering a team in any of the category of Walk, Run or Wheel.  We are aware that some of our members regularly participate in the Sigma Run, and so we are asking that you agree to participate under the Clifton Banner.  Sagicor will cover the registration costs of up to twenty-five (25) persons.

A small committee is being identified to make the necessary arrangements leading up to the event.  We thank those who have already agreed to ‘Run for Clifton’ and are asking other interested parties to submit their names to Mission and Ministry by Friday, January 17, 2020.  Please pass on the information to your friends, churches, congregations.

Regards,
Claudette Marshall
Director of Mission & Ministry
General Secretary, Jamaica Church Missionary Society (JCMS)

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