Exceeding expectations, the Miami-based Paquee Golf Club, from its recent inaugural charity tournament, has raised J$10.5 million for Mustard Seed Communities in Jamaica, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the caring of the disabled and abandoned children and adults unable to care for themselves.

The donation will sustain Mustard Seed Communities’ mission of providing lifelong care, quality education and therapeutic services to residents of the organisation, many of whom have severe disabilities.

Mustard Seed Communities provides residential care to over 700 persons in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Malawi and Zimbabwe and the contribution demonstrates critical commitment from the Miami community. To be ratified, it is however likely that the tournament will be an annual calendar event by the Paquee Golf Club to continue its support for both local and international causes that align with its values of community and compassion.

“We are absolutely thrilled by the generosity of our members, sponsors and participants,” said Clinton McCaw, fundraising chairman of the club. “Knowing that every dollar goes directly to providing essential loving care for some of the world’s most vulnerable people at the Mustard Seed homes in Jamaica, makes this success incredibly meaningful.”

The Paquee Golf Club, established since 1988 in Miami, Florida, and now embarking on supporting particular social endeavours, will next engage the Jamaica Buccaneers Golf Club competition activity for the past 30 years to enhance and maintain long term friendships within the diaspora.