Three employees and one former employee of Saint Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) have received close to $16,000 in donations from staff and the electricity company.

The four were severely affected by the Christmas Eve Trough that passed over the country in 2013. One of the afflicted lost his son when the vehicle he was driving plunged into a precipice that formed after the Desruisseaux road collapsed.

Dona Emmanuel of the Planning Department is the St Lucia Electricity Services Ltd (LUCELEC) 2013 Employee of the Year. Emmanuel, who joined the company in 1997, has been employed at LUCELEC for the past 17 years and was also recognized for Perfect Attendance and Employee of the Fourth Quarter.

Saint Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) will host its annual Staff Appreciation Awards on Friday February 21, 2014 under the theme, “50 Years of Powering Lives, Dreams and Communities…50 Years of Powering the Nations Success.”

A record number of awards are expected to be handed out in various categories including 58 Perfect Attendance and 7 Employee of the Fourth Quarter awards. In addition, 40 employees will be recognized for Length of Service and 4 retirees will receive the Retirees Award.