HFC Cayman 2025 20th Anniversary Gala

The Committee of Hearts for Help for Children Cayman (HFCC) is hosting our 20th Annual Help For Children “Open your Heart to the Children” benefit on Friday, November 14th. We would be delighted to welcome you and a guest to the 2025 “Platinum Anniversary” themed benefit dinner that will be held at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. It will be a lavish affair and attendees are welcome to get in the spirit and dress according to the theme (or black tie). The evening also promises to be another memorable night with an elegant and fun flair – with proceeds raised going to support the most vulnerable children of Cayman.

Our volunteer committee is pleased to say that HFCC has awarded grants of over US$5.5 million, right here in Cayman, to sponsor local agencies and their initiatives to combat the issue of child abuse and neglect since our inception. Following on from the 2024 benefit, and after a thorough evaluation process our Grant Committee will be funding to 9 charities and institutions in the Cayman Islands. The list of grantees and projects that we are supporting this year are as follows:

Alex Panton Foundation – Kids Helpline and Chatline

Cayman Islands Crisis Centre – TAYA Lounge – Children and Youth Abuse Prevention and Awareness Programme

Cayman Islands Health Services Authority – Child Abuse Intervention & Treatment Programme

Cayman Islands Red Cross – Protection Starts Here Programme

Children & Youth Services (CAYS) Foundation – Employability Programme and infrastructure

Department of Children and Family Services – Child Safeguarding Training

NCVO – Special Education Tutor/Mentor Programme

One2one (formerly Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cayman Islands) – Community Mentoring Programme

YMCA of the Cayman Islands – YMCA Prevent & Protect programme

HFCC along with our PHD academic advisor, Dr. Robin Perry, is now working closely with each of these local organizations to ensure the funding we provided is being put to good use and our representatives look forward to sharing some of the successes of this funding at our dinner on Friday, November 14th, 2025.

The evening will start at 6pm with a cocktail hour and time to browse the amazing silent auction, with formal proceedings commence promptly at 7pm.

Keeping with our past, this year’s auction lineup promises not to let you down. We have gone all out with a stunning selection of jewellery, unique wines and champagnes, one of a kind experiences and so much more.

Before the event we will be sharing details of our auction online bidding process so please stay tuned for information that will make bidding and fundraising so much easier.

In closing, we look forward to seeing you at this annual benefit for a wonderful evening full of hospitality, gourmet cuisine, a champagne bar and amazing company in a beautiful setting. For any additional information and how to purchase tickets please reach out to Nicole Coe at ncoe@harbour.ky.

About Help for Children and Help for Children Cayman

Help for Children (HFC) is an international charity, supported largely by the hedge fund industry, whose sole mission is preventing and treating child abuse. This mission is accomplished by raising money and granting it to child welfare organizations throughout the HFC chapters. HFC has chapters in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Boston, Los Angeles Toronto, Cayman Islands, Ireland, London, Asia (Hong Kong) and the BVI.  Help for Children is the only grant making public charity that focuses exclusively on funding this cause. Since its inception in 1998, Help for Children has awarded grants and invested an impressive $64 million in grants across ten global locations.

Help for Children Cayman was launched in November 2005 and was the first offshore chapter of HFC. Since that time, a hard working Committee of Hearts and Committee of Hope have allocated over US$5.5 million for the agencies and organizations in Cayman that work to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect.

The Cayman Committee of Hearts, Committee of Hope and Grant Committee are made up of senior executives and professionals from a wide range of financial services organizations in Cayman including Azimuth, BDO, Calderwood, Carne Group, Citco, Clearwater, Dart, Deloitte, Dentons, Ernst & Young Ltd., Grant Thornton, Harbour, Harmonic, Highwater, KPMG, Maples Group, MUFG Investor Services, Northview, Ogier, Pontis Global, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SGGG Fund Services, Walkers and Waystone.