Winner Sharday Bennett with her son (bottom left), together with photos of the other contestants in Eutel’s Mother’s Day Social Media Activity Contest. Photo courtesy Eutel.
- EUSTATIUS--St. Eustatius telecommunications company Eutel NV announced the winner of its Mother’s Day Social Media Activity Contest after a drawing on Sunday, May 17. Government Commissioner Marnix van Rij and his wife Courtney were on hand to assist in drawing the name of the winner.
Seven contestants participated in the Mother’s Day competition: Dashil Kock, Ruelle Merkman, Yinatra Pieter, Sharday Bennett, Shakishma Woodley, Savanna Lopes and Denise Pijnacker-Hordijk.
After his wife had placed each contestant’s name into a box, Van Rij drew the winner’s name. Bennett won a Hewlett-Packard (HP) laptop, a photoshoot by Jaquil Imagery including make-up by Paula Pompier, and a gift basket from Taste of Sweetness.
Lopes, who with 265 had the most Facebook likes on her video, won a US $100 gift certificate from Eutel.
Soca star from Trinidad Patrice Roberts gave her virtual congratulations to all participants in the contest. Her song “You are the Diamond in my Heart” was used in the Mother’s Day contest.
The non-prize-winning contestants each received a $50 gift certificate in gratitude for their participation.
The challenge was organised by Teena Lopes. Eutel’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Maryteresse Lijfrock-Redan said Teena had approached her with the idea. Lijfrock-Redan said Eutel had accepted the challenge and was “very happy” with how successful the campaign was.
