A team of Banif employees and their families recently met up to spend time together over activities organised by the Banif Sports and Social Committee at St Joseph Home.

The day kicked off with Sunday Mass for those who wished to join, celebrated by Fr Frankie Cini.

Fr Cini welcomed the Banif group to the home, and after an extensive tour of the residence and of the independent living project, teams took over the refectory to compete in earnest in a cake-decoration contest.

Teams competed for the Best Decorated Cake title after an interesting workshop by Erika Spiteri Lucas from Kikka’s Cakes on how best to use decorating ingredients. While both adults and children got messy with the decorating ingredients, another team took to the kitchen to prepare lunch for the large group.

Children took to the courtyard, where they ran around with bicycles and tried the bouncy castle under the watchful eye of their parents, working up an appetite for the lovely spread that was lunch.

“We spent a lovely day in the company of each other and our families,” said Daniela Demicoli from the bank’s Rabat branch.

“It’s great to find time to get to know each other better. The committee always finds different ways of bringing us together and this initiative was great fun.”

The event also doubled up as a corporate social responsibility activity, whereby the team could understand the projects underway at St Joseph Home, ably led by Fr Cini. The team could appreciate the work being done at the home, while understanding the needs of the boys who reside there.

At the end of the event, a donation was made to the home by Banif Bank chief executive officer Joaquim F. Silva Pinto.