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Coop chats with Oshayne Lawrence of Watersports at Sandals South Coast
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11 months ago
Coop chats with Oshayne Lawrence of Watersports at Sandals South Coast
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It's Coop, live with Big 98.1 from beautiful Sandals, South Coast here in Jamaica. Remember,
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you can win one of five trips we're giving away to come here for yourself. Go to Big981.com.
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I'm with Heidi Clark, who's with the Sandals Foundation. You guys do so many incredible
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things. In fact, we were just talking about how you gave your knee away for the Sandals
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Foundation. Truthfully, though, you guys do so much for all of these Caribbean islands
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that Sandals is a part of. Let's start there first before we get into sustainability.
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Sure. Good morning. It's great to be here and great to have you here. Sandals has really
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been doing this since the very first hotel opened in Montego Bay. Mr. Stewart was always
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like, we got to work with the communities, got to get them on board. I think it's always
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been the ethos of the company. Really and truly in 2009, Adam Stewart just saw it as
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a way that more people could get involved and that we could use the brand to do greater
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things. It really has just taken off. This March, we're going to be 16 years old. I can't
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believe it. It's very exciting because we've just done a lot across all the islands that
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we operate in. We actually start working before the hotels open in the islands. Once they
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hear we're coming, that's it.
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I believe it. I do. Let's talk about sustainability. I know I was reading this actually earlier,
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that electricity here in the Caribbean, it's a lot more expensive than what we're used
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to in the States. And you guys are kind of doing something about that. Can you talk to
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me about that?
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Yeah. So everything we're looking at with our projects is how are we making our communities
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more sustainable and our schools. We have the beautiful Caribbean sun. So for us, it's
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all about how are we harnessing that to ensure that our children are getting a good education.
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So we're starting with doing solar in our schools to make sure that computer labs are
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able to run during the day and kids have access. Because a lot of these rural communities,
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especially in an area like Whitehouse, don't have constant electricity and they don't have
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the computers either. So we're making sure that our children have the same opportunities
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as children in North America. And this is just the way to do it. We did water with great
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partners Coca-Cola, and now we're doing solar.
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That's amazing. Now let's talk about what people can do when they, for instance, win
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their trip to come here to beautiful Sandals South Coast. Because when you come to Sandals
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and this is any of the Sandals resorts, you can help. You could pack for a purpose. You
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can be a part of the Sandals Foundation. Talk to me about that.
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So first of all, just by being a guest at Sandals and Beaches, you have to make a difference
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because 100% of the governance of this foundation is run by Sandals. But there's so many ways
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that our guests can get involved. So whether they want to stay on property and partake
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in a game or tie-dye or something, and they want to give a little donation, that goes
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directly to the foundation. If they want to go in our gift shop, we have an artisan corner
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that promotes all local artisans. And those funds go back to rebranding, equipment, business
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training for local artisans. So they can just do that. Or they can go out on a reading
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road trip, whether they're here in White House, or they can go on a dive. So there are many
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different avenues on property and off property. And then before they travel, they can pack
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for a purpose. So it's about looking on the website, whatever island they're visiting,
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and just saying, okay, I'm going here. And there's a list of all the organizations we
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work with. And every pound of school supplies, female supplies, things that people need here,
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goes directly back out into the community, makes a huge difference.
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And the website is sandalsfoundation.org. That's where you go to get all that information,
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correct?
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All that information. And they can find out about all the projects we've done in the past
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and what's coming up. So we hope they reach out. And we're super happy that people choose
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our resort because it really does help to make a difference here.
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Certainly you can make a difference. I mean, think about it. If you're coming here on your
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vacation, you're going to have a beautiful, beautiful time on this incredible island and
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this incredible resort. Give back any way you can. And if it's packing for a purpose,
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certainly do that. If it's participating in one of the activities and buying things at
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the amazing resort shop that they have here, and trust me, there's plenty of things that
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you'll find that you're going to want to take home there, right?
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Indeed. Indeed. And they're beautiful.
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Heidi, thank you so much. And thank you for all you do for the Sandals Foundation.
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Such a pleasure. Thank you for being here.
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