CIBC Caribbean presents $89,135.20 to cancer care organisations

Published on March 2, 2026

CIBC Caribbean today presented a combined total of XCD$89,135.20 to the Saint Lucia Cancer Society and the Faces of Cancer, representing the proceeds of Walk for the Cure 2025, the bank’s flagship annual cancer fundraising initiative.

The handover ceremony, held at the Harbor Club and attended by corporate sponsors and representatives of collaborating agencies, also served as the official launch of Walk for the Cure 2026.

Each beneficiary organisation received XCD$44,567.60. Both organisations acknowledged that the annual proceeds from Walk For the Cure represent their single largest injection of funding each year support that has become foundational to the delivery of their programmes and services.

Accepting the cheque on behalf of the Saint Lucia Cancer Society, President Alison Chester expressed heartfelt gratitude to CIBC Caribbean for a partnership she described as consistent, generous, and genuinely life-changing for the individuals and families her organisation serves.

Dorothy Phillip, Founder of Faces of Cancer, was equally effusive in her thanks, and used the occasion to share an update on new initiatives her organisation has introduced since the last handover. Among the most poignant is the provision of hypoallergenic comfort dolls to patients in care.

The practice of offering soft, specially crafted dolls to cancer patients made from materials safe for skin that has become highly sensitised by chemotherapy and radiation is a growing area of therapeutic support internationally.