HG Christie Returns as Platinum Sponsor for Bahamas Hope Challenge

ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS – Putting wheels and feet to the ground in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, a team of HG Christie employees peddled, walked and ran for a great cause as they participated in the 16^th Bahamas Hope Challenge (BHC) on March 2.

Founded in 2006, Ride for Hope, now Bahamas Hope Challenge, has seen thousands peddle and run through the streets of Eleuthera in the name of finding a cure for cancer. It has since raised over $4 million in support for cancer research, screening and support initiatives in The Bahamas. 

Recommending its support to initiatives that benefit the communities of The Bahamas, HG Christie not only entered its own team of participants but returned as a platinum sponsor.

“We’re always happy to support the Bahamas Hope Challenge, and pleased to be a Platinum sponsor,” explained HG Christie President and Managing Broker John Christie. “Several members of our team from around The Bahamas made the trip to Governor’s Harbour to participate and not only is it a great cause but a real community building event in one of the country’s fastest growing markets.” 

Christie went on to note that he was excited to be back in Eleuthera, with his sales agents – who have been excelling in that last two years. “Eleuthera’s real estate market is the strongest its ever been with luxury listings in high demand and selling quickly,” he stated.

Saturday’s event swells the local population with hundreds of fellow Bahamians and residents eager to get their sweat on to support the cause.

Bahamas Hope Challenge is widely supported by corporate Bahamas with organisations submitting teams for participation, donating funds and manpower to a worthy cause. Supporters of the event include cancer survivors, those supporting the fight in honor of loved ones lost to the disease, and those participating simply because they care about the cause.

Across The Bahamas, cancer care and treatment are a great expense and demand a sustainable partnership between public and private stakeholders. Events like Bahamas Hope Challenge help to ease the financial burden of those already struggling with the physical demands of treatment.

BHC funds the Family Island Mammogram Screening Program, which brings women from underserved communities around the country to New Providence for a mammogram. At no cost to them, so far more than 3,000 women have participated in this program in the past dozen years.

Bahamas Hope Challenge also created and funds the Treatment Assistance Fund, the only permanently existing fund in The Bahamas that helps uninsured cancer patients pay for their diagnostic imaging or treatment protocol.

These two critical programs are financed by the fundraising each year of Bahamas Hope Challenge participants.