This was initially published at Antigua Observer. St. John’s, Antigua: Monday, January 22nd, 2024: With one of its giving pillars being Education, the Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) continues to show its deep commitment to fostering academic excellence and empowering the next generation of leaders and change-makers. In a donation ceremony held at Island Academy International […]
Locations: Antigua & Barbuda
CAF Pledges Continued Support to GNFC After Successful CAF Football Identification Combine
This was initially published at Antigua News Room. St. John’s, Antigua: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024: On the heels of a successfully staged Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) Players’ Identification Combine, which concluded on Sunday, January 25th, at the St. Anthony’s Secondary School, CAF is continuing its partnership with the Generation Next Football Club (GNFC), with a sponsorship for […]
CalvinAir Helicopters Performs its First Medevac for 2024; Airlifts Barbudan Stroke Victim to SLBMC
St. John’s, Antigua: Wednesday, January 17, 2024: Just two weeks into January and CalvinAir Helicopters is already continuing its commitment in providing medical emergency evacuation service as mandated by its Chairman, Ambassador Calvin Ayre. Ayre, a businessman and philanthropist, is also the Founder of the Calvin Ayre Foundation, which funds the cost for the emergency […]
Accident Survivor Andy Edwards Air Lifted to Cayman Islands for Surgery by the Calvin Ayre Foundation
St. John’s, Antigua: Tuesday, September 26, 2023: The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) has again come to the aid of another accident survivor, Andy Edwards, whose world almost came to a crashing halt after his bus collided with a truck on Thursday, May 4th, on the Sir Sydney Walling Highway. According to media reports, the truck […]
CAF collaborates with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) to raise period awareness in female football
This was initially published at Antigua Observer. The Caribbean Football Union announced a partnership with AS Bryden, agents for Kotex, the Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF), Kelesha Antoine, and FIFA & Rexona to provide personal care packages to each player of the 20 teams contesting the 2023 CFU Girls’ U14 Challenge Series. The collaboration hues to […]
CAF ID COMBINE
The Generation Next hosted, CAF-funded ID Combine kicked off on Monday, February 20th with an opening ceremony at the St. Anthony Secondary School (SASS). Five (5) of the seven (7) football scouts who flew to Antigua from the United States and the UK were in attendance and spoke to the aspiring football students and their […]
CAF AND CALVINAIR HELICOPTERS EVACUATES OLD ROAD FISHERMAN SUFFERING FROM “THE BENDS” TO GUADELOUPE
St. John’s, Antigua: Monday, March 06, 2023: A 53-year-old, Old Road fisherman is currently undergoing hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (University Hospital Center) in Guadeloupe, after being medically evacuated to the neighbouring island by CalvinAir Helicopters. According to the patient’s wife, Skeeter, her husband Clive Pelle, returned from “sea” last […]
SEARCH FOR MISSING TEEN SHAMAR HARRIGAN TAKES TO AIR
This article was initially posted in Antigua Observer Newspaper by Samantha Simon. The search for missing Willikies teen Shamar Harrigan was yesterday joined by helicopters scouring Antigua’s east coast from the air. The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) volunteered the use of CalvinAir Helicopters, manned by experienced search and rescue pilots, to assist with locating the […]
GENERATION NEXT HOST THIRD CAF PLAYER IDENTIFICATION COMBINE
This article was initially published at antiguaobserver.com. Young footballers stand to benefit from the ongoing Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) Player Identification Combine being hosted by the Generation Next Football Club. The initiative, which is being held in conjunction with the Prime Minister’s Scholarship Fund, commenced Monday and will host student players across a variety of […]
ACCIDENT VICTIM RECEIVES AIRLIFT ASSISTANCE FROM GENERAL PUBLIC AND CALVIN AYRE FOUNDATION
This post originally appeared on https://antiguanewsroom.com/, and we republished with permission. After sustaining multiple fractures to her left leg and arm in a major vehicular accident, Leidy Paola Galvis Salazar, is counting her lucky stars and thanking some caring and benevolent people for supporting her family’s GoFundMe efforts to airlift her to Columbia for urgent medical […]
CALVIN AYRE FOUNDATION PLEDGES THOUSANDS IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
This post originally appeared on https://antiguanewsroom.com/, and we republished with permission. The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF), through the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS), has made a financial commitment of EC$540,000 (US$200,000) to assist residents of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who are currently being affected by the La Soufriere volcanic eruption. The announcement was made […]