IT was a gathering with a purpose, as Hummingbird Charities Limited hosted its annual ‘Fête For A Cause’ fund-raising brunch on Sunday, leveraging the celebratory atmosphere to make a major $20-million appeal for donors to step up to expand life-changing initiatives for thousands of vulnerable citizens across the island.

The high-profile event served as the official launch of the charity’s 2026 fund-raising campaign, with the target directly funding the expansion of its three core initiatives — Sole2Sole, Hummingbird Feeds, and the Bossman Initiative.

The organisers emphasised that the brunch was designed to catalyse the long-term corporate partnerships required to meet their ambitious milestones. One of those includes providing free health screenings to over 1,000 underserved Jamaican men this year via their mobile health clinic.