October 18, 2020

First Citizens Virtual Girls First Festival A Hit

Corporate Social Responsibility

First Citizens Virtual Girls First Festival A Hit

After selling out in just four days, First Citizens hosted its annual girls’ empowerment event Girls First Festival on Saturday 17^th and Sunday 18^th October 2020. The event, which was hosted virtually this year as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, attracted attendees from Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Canada, as well as Trinidad and Tobago.

Through a mixture of live and asynchronous content, the event delivered its usual brand of fun, engaging and educational workshops to its teenaged audience. Hosted by television and radio personality Whitney Husbands, and featuring presenters such as Risanne Martin, fashion and costume designer, and stylist; Dr. Gabrielle Alexander, General Practicioner; Makeup Artist Krysta Wallace of the MUA House; and our very own Krystal Attim-Philip, Loans Supervisor at our Independence Square Branch. The festival included sessions on personal finance and money management; fashion, feminine health, and age-appropriate makeup.

This year’s headlining workshop “The Girl Word” facilitated by Gender Consultant Asha Maharaj, was among the attendees’ favourites. The workshop guided the girls in a discussion on the portrayals of women and girls in traditional and digital media. It challenged the girls to consider the content they readily consume, prescribed healthier and more positive alternatives, and encouraged them to make changes to their online activity in order to more purposefully engage with digital media and have more positive digital media experiences.

Soca Artiste and social media sensation Nadia Batson, visited the LIVE studio on Saturday 17^th October to share with the girls a bit of her life experience and reminded the girls to believe in themselves, underscoring the importance of trusting themselves and keeping positive influences around them. She then returned on Sunday evening to bring the curtains down on the dynamic two-day festival with a flawless and energetic performance of her many hits over the years.

The First Citizens Girls First Festival is an original production of the First Citizens Group. Through the hosting of this annual event, championed personally by Group Chief Executive Officer Karen Darbasie, the organization aims to provide a safe space for teenaged girls to learn invaluable skills that can assist them as they journey through adolescence and into adulthood. Through its highly engaging and entertaining format, the Group hopes to leave each cohort of attendees inspired and empowered to own and celebrate what it means to be a girl.

Command	What it does
BAL	Retrieve balance for default account
BAL <Insert Nickname> For Example: BAL Sav1	Retrieve balance on a registered account using account nickname
BAL ALL	Retrieve balance for all registered account
HIST	Retrieve list of the 10 most recent transactions posted on default registered account
HIST <Insert Nickname> For Example: HIST Sav1	Retrieve list of the 10 most recent transactions posted on a registered account using a nickname
HIST d, from <date> to <date> For Example: HIST d, from 04-05-2020 to 06-05-2020	Retrieve list of posted transactions on default registered account with date range specified, (maximum of 10 transactions)
HIST <nickname> d, from <date> to <date> For Example: HIST Sav1 d, from 04-05-2020 to 06-05-2020	Retrieve list of posted transactions on a registered account using account nickname, within the date range specified,(maximum of 10 transactions)
HIST c, from <low cheque number > to <high cheque number> For Example: Hist c, from 200 to 205	Retrieve list of posted cheques on your default registered account, within the cheque range number range specified
HIST <nickname> c, from <low cheque number > to <high cheque number> For Example: Hist Chq1 c, from 200 to 205	Retrieve list of the posted cheques on your registered account, with a nickname, within the cheque number range specified
RTRA	Retrieve list of the 3 most recent posted transfers from your default registered account
RTRA <nickname> For Example: RTRA sav1	Retrieve a list of the 3 most recent posted transfers from your registered account with a nickname
RTRA ALL	Retrieve a list of the 3 most recent posted transfers from all your registered accounts
TRAN <nickname1> <nickname2> Amount For Example: tran ck1 ck2 100	Transfer amount between accounts using nicknames
TRAN <nickname1> <Amount> For Example: tran ck2 500	Transfer amount from the default registered account to the specified registered account using the nickname
TRAN <nickname1> <Amount> <Date> For Example: tran ck2 500 04-10-2020	Transfer amount from the default registered account to the specified registered account with the nickname, for a scheduled future date.
TRAN <nickname1> <nickname2> <Amount> <Date> For Example: tran sav1 ck1 500 04-10-2020	Transfer stated amount from a registered specified nicknamed account to a second registered nicknamed account, for a scheduled future date.
HELP BAL	Retrieve information on the format of the balance commands
HELP TRAN	Retrieve information on the format of the Transfer commands
HELP RTRA	Retrieve information on the format of the Recent Transfers commands
HELP HIST	Retrieve information on the format of the Account History commands
HELP	Retrieve information on the format of the Help command
STOP	Unsubscribe your mobile device from receiving First Citizens SMS Alert messages

First Citizens Virtual Girls First Festival A Hit

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