Beginning Friday, October 3, Digicel will offer its support to the Jamaica Government’s official homecoming for our national athletes. The athletes took Beijing by storm this summer, and to celebrate, government leaders will host an ‘around town’ float parade in Kingston of which Digicel will also be a proud sponsor.
Beginning at 11AM, on Friday October 3, Government officials and Digicel along with other sponsors will formally congratulate the athletes for their successes at the Norman Manley Airport. Immediately following the reception, the athletes will board the Digicel ‘Olympic Dreams’ float which will make stops in all the major towns in Kingston, including some of the athletes’ own communities (see Parade Route below).
This Friday’s celebrations are the first of many in the week to come (see schedule below). Most notably, on Friday, October 10, Digicel will host a special event for Jamaica’s Olympic athletes at Vale Royal. The dinner, which will be under the patronage of Prime Minister Bruce Golding, will be in appreciation of the country’s Olympians creating positive international pathways for Brand Jamaica. The night of elegant celebrations will see the athletes being presented with gifts from Digicel, and a silent auction will be held to raise funds for the Special Olympics team.
Digicel Jamaica’s CEO Mark Linehan explains Digicel’s rational for getting involved in the week-long celebrations: “As a Jamaican company, we are always looking for ways to give something back to our near 2 million customers and to Jamaica as a whole. Helping to support the team and now celebrating its success with the rest of Jamaica is just one of the ways we’re doing that.”
The celebrations to honour our national athletes will run from Friday October 3 to Friday October 10.
SALUTE TO OUR BEIJING OLYMPICS’ HEROES KINGSTON PARADE
ROUTE: PARADE WILL OFFICIALLY START AT THE HARBOUR VIEW ROUND-A-BOUT AND WILL PROCEED ALONG THE FOLLOWING ROUTE:
EAST TO MICHAEL MANLEY BLVD
MICHAEL MANLEY BLVD INTO PORT ROYAL STREET
LEFT ON DUKE STREET (BY BNS HEAD OFFICE)
AROUND TO OCEAN BLVD (ALONG WATER FRONT)
LEFT ON PORT ROYAL STREET
ONWARDS TO MARCUS GARVEY DRIVE
ONWARDS TO PORTIA SIMPSON-MILLER SQUARE (3 MILES) AND ACROSS TO HAGLEY PARK ROAD AND ONWARDS TO HALF WAY TREE SQUARE
STRAIGHT ACROSS TO HOPE ROAD (breaking one-way)
RIGHT ON TRAFALGAR ROAD
RIGHT ON KNUTSFORD BLVD
LEFT ON OXFORD ROAD
ACROSS OLD HOPE ROAD, ON TO TOM REDCAM AVE
LEFT ON ARTHUR WINT DRIVE
A Bigger Better Welcome For Jamaica’s Athletes, October 3, 2008, Kingston
Beginning Friday, October 3, Digicel will offer its support to the Jamaica Government’s official homecoming for our national athletes. The athletes took Beijing by storm this summer, and to celebrate, government leaders will host an ‘around town’ float parade in Kingston of which Digicel will also be a proud sponsor.
Beginning at 11AM, on Friday October 3, Government officials and Digicel along with other sponsors will formally congratulate the athletes for their successes at the Norman Manley Airport. Immediately following the reception, the athletes will board the Digicel ‘Olympic Dreams’ float which will make stops in all the major towns in Kingston, including some of the athletes’ own communities (see Parade Route below).
This Friday’s celebrations are the first of many in the week to come (see schedule below). Most notably, on Friday, October 10, Digicel will host a special event for Jamaica’s Olympic athletes at Vale Royal. The dinner, which will be under the patronage of Prime Minister Bruce Golding, will be in appreciation of the country’s Olympians creating positive international pathways for Brand Jamaica. The night of elegant celebrations will see the athletes being presented with gifts from Digicel, and a silent auction will be held to raise funds for the Special Olympics team.
Digicel Jamaica’s CEO Mark Linehan explains Digicel’s rational for getting involved in the week-long celebrations: “As a Jamaican company, we are always looking for ways to give something back to our near 2 million customers and to Jamaica as a whole. Helping to support the team and now celebrating its success with the rest of Jamaica is just one of the ways we’re doing that.”
The celebrations to honour our national athletes will run from Friday October 3 to Friday October 10.
SALUTE TO OUR BEIJING OLYMPICS’ HEROES KINGSTON PARADE
ROUTE: PARADE WILL OFFICIALLY START AT THE HARBOUR VIEW ROUND-A-BOUT AND WILL PROCEED ALONG THE FOLLOWING ROUTE:
- EAST TO MICHAEL MANLEY BLVD
- MICHAEL MANLEY BLVD INTO PORT ROYAL STREET
- LEFT ON DUKE STREET (BY BNS HEAD OFFICE)
- AROUND TO OCEAN BLVD (ALONG WATER FRONT)
- LEFT ON PORT ROYAL STREET
- ONWARDS TO MARCUS GARVEY DRIVE
- ONWARDS TO PORTIA SIMPSON-MILLER SQUARE (3 MILES) AND ACROSS TO HAGLEY PARK ROAD AND ONWARDS TO HALF WAY TREE SQUARE
- STRAIGHT ACROSS TO HOPE ROAD (breaking one-way)
- RIGHT ON TRAFALGAR ROAD
- RIGHT ON KNUTSFORD BLVD
- LEFT ON OXFORD ROAD
- ACROSS OLD HOPE ROAD, ON TO TOM REDCAM AVE
- LEFT ON ARTHUR WINT DRIVE
- RIGHT INTO NATIONAL STADIUM CAR PARK
LIST OF EVENTS OCTOBER 3 – 10, 2008
- Friday October 3: Welcome Reception and Parade – Kingston
- Friday October 3: JAAA Fundraiser Dinner – Strawberry Hill, Irish Town, St. Andrew
- Saturday October 4: National Sports Gala – National Stadium, Kingston
- Sunday October 5: Book Launch of ‘Jamaican Athletics: A Model to the World’ by Judge Patrick Robinson – Hope United Church Hall, Kingston
- Sunday October 5: ‘Give Thanks and Praise’ (Religious Service) – Emancipation Park, Kingston
- Tuesday October 7: Parade – Western Jamaica
- Tuesday October 7: Ministry of Tourism’s Reception at the Ritz – Ritz Carlton, Montego Bay
- Wednesday October 8: Trelawny Gala – Trelawny Stadium
- Friday October 10: Digicel Banquet – Vale Royal, Kingston
- RIGHT INTO NATIONAL STADIUM CAR PARK
LIST OF EVENTS OCTOBER 3 – 10, 2008
Friday October 3: Welcome Reception and Parade – Kingston
Friday October 3: JAAA Fundraiser Dinner – Strawberry Hill, Irish Town, St. Andrew
Saturday October 4: National Sports Gala – National Stadium, Kingston
Sunday October 5: Book Launch of ‘Jamaican Athletics: A Model to the World’ by Judge Patrick Robinson – Hope United Church Hall, Kingston
Sunday October 5: ‘Give Thanks and Praise’ (Religious Service) – Emancipation Park, Kingston
Tuesday October 7: Parade – Western Jamaica
Tuesday October 7: Ministry of Tourism’s Reception at the Ritz – Ritz Carlton, Montego Bay
Wednesday October 8: Trelawny Gala – Trelawny Stadium
Friday October 10: Digicel Banquet – Vale Royal, Kingston
