Paul A. O. Fernander
Trot for Tots 242 announces that Mr. Paul A. O. Fernander is a proud executive board member
of the Trot for Tots Committee and welcomes his participation and commitment to our
initiative. Mr. Fernander, the Special Project Coordinator at Guardian Media Group, is an
integral member of the committee based on his expertise and experience in Fund Raising and
Charitable initiatives in The Bahamas.
Mr. Fernander is a past Fund Raising Chairman and President of the ZNS Hill Thrillers Sports &
Social Club during the 1980s and1990s. During 1997 Mr. Fernander assisted with the
creation of More 94.9 FM’s Secret Santa program. Each year the Program provided persons
with the opportunity to pick a Pediatric Aids child’s name off a Christmas tree and present
them with a present.
In 1998 Mr. Fernander developed the fundraising initiative called Operation Adam that help
raise funds for Adam Johnson, a rare cancer patient. In 2003 Mr. Fernander and the Marketing
staff of the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas created the Dollars for Scholars
promotion and Telethon that provided two Dell computers for every Family Island School.
In 2010 Mr. Fernander also conceptualized and assisted the Kiwanis Club of New Providence
with the execution of the promotion Operation Green, three Dynamite Days, Five Fantastic
Events to raise funds for the Ranfurly Home and Adventure Learning Centre.
The five events were Operation Green Pins for Pals Bowl A Thon, Mario's Celebrity Bowl Off,
Go Green T-Shirt Day Operation Green Kids Fun Day and "Da Green Party Concert Old School
Bahamian vs. Nu School Bahamian.
Now working with the Guardian Media Group Mr. Fernander has assisted with the
development of the Stocking Stuffer Christmas program, which provides hundreds of toys for
under privilege children each year in Nassau and Grand Bahama. Mr. Fernander has also co-
produced the Help Us Help Haiti Telethon, The Cancer Society’s Building Hope Telethon and
the Rebuild Bahamas Telethon for victims of Hurricane Joaquin. Mr. Fernander also assisted
with the creation and execution of Colina's and Guardian Media Group's Operation Joaquin
Relief & Operation Full Restoration, an initiative that send twenty pallets of relief supplies to
Acklins and Crooked Island.
Mr. Fernander is also a Consultant & Grill Master to Goal-Den Sisterhood a non-profit group of
young ladies that organizes an event that provides over 300 back-packs, school supplies, soft
drinks and a healthy meal to primary school children in different communities each August.