Ellington MCDONALD'S JAMAICA will join the rest of the world in celebrating 'World Children's Day 2002' with a gala children's charity concert called 'Children Celebrate!' at the Little Theatre, today.
McDonald's 29,000 restaurants around the world will host unprecedented simultaneous fund-raisers for children in their communities.
'Children Celebrate!' will feature Jamaica best children's talent, including the Barbican Baptist children's choir, Wolmer's Prep dan-cers, the Queen's Prep dancers, Calabar All-Age drummers and Alvernia's speech choir. Top Jamaican magician, MacMillan, will give a special guest performance. Popular media personality Fae Ellington will host the show, which is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m.
According to Patricia Isaacs-Greene, managing director of McDonald's Jamaica, "McDonald's worldwide has a rich heritage and tradition of being a good community partner and neighbour. As the needs of the world's children have increased over time, so has the need for every company and every citizen to play a role in affecting positive change." Mrs. Isaacs-Greene believes that McDonald's, with restaurants in 121 countries around the world, is in a unique position to empower people to come together and actively participate in improving the lives of children.
BENEFITS FOR BUSTAMANTE HOSPITAL
Funds raised from the McDonald's 'Children Celebrate!' concert today will benefit the Bustamante Hospital for Children and other local children's charities.
Mrs. Isaacs-Greene explains that commemorating World Children's Day exemplifies the philanthropic spirit of McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc, who believed in giving back to the communities McDonald's serves. This year would be Ray Kroc's 100th birthday.
McDonald's is the world's leading food service retailer, with more than 29,000 restaurants serving over 45 million people each day worldwide. McDonald's has been operating in Jamaica since 1995, with its first restaurant at Ironshore in Montego Bay. The company currently operates 11 restaurants in Kingston & St. Andrew, Portmore, Mandeville and Montego Bay, and employs close to 500 young Jamaicans.
