Bacardi Family Foundation Supports ICHF

Taste of the Caribe, the annual fundraising event of the International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF) was held successfully last May 10, 2008. The Bacardi Family Foundation, together with Pro-Cigar, helped make the event lively and entertaining.Throughout the evening, Caribbean food and Latin music kept the people on their feet. And while Pro-Cigar provided Dominican cigars for the guests, the Bacardi Family Foundation gave $40,000 and provided liquor which was used to spice up the guest’s drinks. The family and the foundation have long been avid supporters of ICHF; a family member even sits in the foundation’s board of directors in the person of Bret Rodriguez, a 6th generation Bacardi. By pledging support for ICHF, a foundation that aims to provide better and complete care to children with heart problems, the foundation reiterates its commitment to various foundations and communities all over the world, especially those devastated by natural disasters and those that are situated in developing countries. For ICHF, the Bacardi Family Foundation, through Bret Rodriguez, seeks to create a world where global businesses and opportunities freely extend support and funding for the training of medical teams and volunteers who may help improve the condition of ICHF’s pediatric heart patients. The foundation’s strong support for the annual money-raising event helped ICHF put up over $15,000.