This was initially published at Antigua News Room. St. John’s, Antigua: Wednesday, October 18, 2023: The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF), during a brief handover ceremony on Monday, donated EC$65,000 to the Department of Youth Affairs(DYA), to assist in their mandate of empowering the nation’s youth. The donation not only covers the purchase of computers, printers, projectors, office stationery and other necessary equipment to execute daily tasks, but also goes towards sponsoring the department’s Entrepreneurship Program, […]
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This was initially published at Antigua News Room. St. John’s, Antigua: Monday, December 19, 2022: On any other day, CalvinAir Helicopters Chief Pilot, Steve Gray, would be wearing his uniform and preparing for takeoff. But on Thursday, December 15, he was dressed in his bright red Santa costume – complete with his sack of gifts – […]
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St. John’s, Antigua – Tuesday, July 28, 2020: The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) is proudly sponsoring yet another project, this time, one with historic cultural significance to Antigua and Barbuda; the restoration of the West Wing buildings at Government House. The Foundation donated just over EC$2.1M to the project, which has been ongoing since April 2019. His […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation, with a little help from Santa Claus, has once again brought a little magic of the holiday season to some disadvantaged children. On December 20, 2019, the CAF acted as Santa’s representatives for residents of the Care Project, an Antiguan government facility that provides basic care for young individuals with severe […]
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For the third year running, the Calvin Ayre Foundation is proud to offer its financial support to Friends of The Care Project (FOTCP), an Antigua-based charity focused on improving the lives of children and young adults with disabilities and special needs. It was back in 2017 that the CAF began its relationship with FOTCP, who […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) is pleased to have made a real difference in the life of a Filipino grandmother by renovating her home. In 2019, Calvin Ayre was approached by a Philippine resident seeking help for her grandmother, who was living in a dilapidated shack in the province of Cavite. The elderly woman suffered […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation continues to pledge its support to helping increase the quality of life of the handicapped and disabled citizens of Antigua. For the second year in a row, the foundation donated over $100k to fund The Outreach Program, a project created and organized by the Friends of the Care Project (FOTCP) in […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) has donated a new hyperbaric chamber to the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre in Antigua and Barbuda. On February 13, CAF founder Calvin Ayre attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially welcome the new hypberbaric chamber to the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre, a 185-room hospital in St. John’s, the capital […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation wants to celebrate all those who helped make the inaugural I Am Able conference in Antigua and Barbuda such a success. The conference, which ran from December 4-6, sought to reset the narrative surrounding individuals living with physical, mental and other disabilities, instead focusing on the invaluable contributions these individuals are capable of […]
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Therapy and care for disabled children and young adults have become more accessible in the islands of Antigua and Barbuda. Founder Calvin Ayre handed over $130,000 donation to fund the pilot year of The Outreach Program by the Friends of the Care Project (FOTCP) during the Awareness Event ceremony held in the island. The Outreach Program aims to send therapists and […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation raises $240,000 to support The Philippines after Typhoon Maring and the fire in Baragay Escopa. Calvin Ayre’s on-going charity foundation over the last five years has helped people all over the world most notably Haiti, Antigua and most recently the Philippines. With the help of the online gaming industry and Calvin’s […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation’s 2011 Children’s Christmas Party in Costa Rica. This year the Calvin Ayre Foundation Children’s Xmas Party was combined with the Costa Rica Motorbike Clubs (2nd annual Toy Run). Together we put on a fantastic Christmas party for the Casa Hogar San Lazaro children, supplying entertainment, food and refreshments. We came loaded […]
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Helping 400 patients a month with a new physiotherapy pool and renovation in Costa Rica. Recently Calvin Ayre was in Costa Rica to cut the ribbon on the latest Calvin Ayre Foundation project, a fully functioning physiotherapy pool at the P.A.N.A.R.E. Adult Handicap Hospital and Children’s School. We built washrooms, changing rooms, restored the brick, […]
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Dear Mr Ayre, I am writing to thank you for your donation of £29,400 to CARE International through the International Gaming Awards. This is a fantastic amount of money that you have helped secure for CARE International and we are very grateful. The money will make a big contribution in helping CARE in its mission […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation announces a $1,000,000 challenge for charitable giving in Haiti. Recently Calvin Ayre challenged the iGaming industry to reach into their pockets for Haiti with a pledge to match any donations up to $1,000,000. Following the biggest week of conferences, awards and parties for the iGaming industry in London (Jan 25th – 30th) […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation gets involved to help end the practice of bear farming. Traditional Asian medicine has a long history of using bear bile for medicinal purposes, but bear farming is a relatively recent development.Imagine the torture of two daily bile extractions, causing pain so intense that some bears chew their own limbs and […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation’s Adopt-A-School program celebrates Christmas with the Rafael Angel Calderon School. In its commitment to aid the Rafael Angel Calderon School, and as part of the Adopt a School Program, the Calvin Ayre Foundation has made an effort to attend to all aspects of the school, including the celebration of as many […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation supports a group of low-income families with assistance and a merrier Christmas. The Calvin Ayre Foundation made it a huge part of its agenda to visit a group of low-income families and offer them assistance and consequently, the possibility of a much merrier Christmas. The Foundation showed up at doorsteps of […]
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At the Calvin Ayre Foundation we know that technical innovation poses a unique and wonderful challenge for children, encouraging them to seek knowledge in a fun way. This kind of innovation also contributes largely to developing better quality education. This is why the Foundation donated a fully equipped computer room to the Rafael Ãngel Calderon School. Here, […]
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In 2007, the Calvin Ayre Foundation celebrated Children’s Day for the third year in a row. This time the celebration was held in the new and refurbished Rafael Angel Calderon School. For this occasion, the Foundation decided to focus on the importance of enjoying the childhood years, and on reminding children of their rights and responsibilities. During the event, […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation celebrates the story of a young girl with inborn acute pancreatitis in the Philippines. Sharry is a little girl in the Philippines who has inborn acute pancreatitis. When her mother contacted us, Sharry was not expected to live much longer. For around a thousand dollars Sharry was able be taken to […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation works to save an Iranian women’s life. Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi was sentenced to death for murder by a court in Iran after she stabbed one of three men who attempted to rape her and her 16-year-old niece in a park in Karaj, a suburb of Tehran, in March 2005. She was […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation gets involved in the Teleton to raise money for the new Children’s Hospital in Costa Rica. In 2006, the Calvin Ayre Foundation decided to contribute to a very deserving cause, the Teleton. This international event is held every year in Costa Rica and abroad during the first days of December. Its […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation celebrates the holiday season in honor of the Disabled Children’s CAI. In 2006, the Calvin Ayre Foundation launched a very special project at the Centro de Atencian Integral (CAI, Special Attention Center), in the town of Guadalupe. The CAI is a public educational center that tends to almost 300 children every year. […]
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In 2006, the Calvin Ayre Foundation held the Children’s Day celebration in the Museo del Ninos (Children’s Museum). The Foundation tended to every detail and, as in other years, successfully created a fun and nurturing atmosphere. The response of the children, through their laughter and smiles, was a deeply felt expression of their gratitude. […]
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In the ongoing quest to help those in need, the Calvin Ayre Foundation took the initiative in 2005 by adopting a school and transforming it step by step into a vastly improved educational facility. With this, the Adopt a School program, the CAF has made a lifelong commitment to a school that will benefit from the Foundation’s […]
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Supporting Saigon Children to escape the cycle of poverty. The Calvin Ayre Foundation supports the Saigon Children’s Charity with donations of books, pens, and food. The Calvin Ayre Foundation actively supports charitable organizations around the globe. One of these organizations is the Saigon Children’s Charity. The goal of the Saigon Children’s Charity is to help disadvantaged […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation supports Shannon Elizabeth’s Animal Avengers in a Los Angeles charity poker tournament. The Calvin Ayre Foundation teamed up with actress Shannon Elizabeth’s charity, the Animal Avengers, in Los Angeles for a charity poker tournament fundraiser. This was a natural fit for the foundation and our commitment to animal welfare. The Animal […]
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The Calvin Ayre Foundation first integrated this celebration as a recurring program in 2005. Since that year, Children’s Day is celebrated every 9th of September. The Foundation has worked very hard in conjunction with the Rafael Angel Calderon School in the town of Grecia. The school has an average of 90 students, all of them […]
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At the Calvin Ayre Foundation we are aware that a huge part of our responsibility in adopting the Rafael Angel Calderon School is to ensure that students get a balanced diet that will provide them with the energy they need to study and learn. The Foundation is also aware that what these children eat at school is […]
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