By Trevor Lindsay, Director & CEO of TNN News
I’ve lived in Somerset for six years now, coming from Hamilton, “Town.” And in all my years of observing community, culture, and connection across this island, I must say—I haven’t seen anything quite like what the Open Your Heart Foundation is doing in this area.
I’m not saying community involvement didn’t exist before. It certainly did. But it’s been a long time since I’ve seen it this alive—this organic, this consistent, this real. The first time I attended one of their free giveaway events—probably five years ago now—I was honestly taken aback. Not just by the scale of what they pulled off, but by the love that filled the air. That love is what made me choose to stay in Somerset. with my children. And it’s that same love that gives me hope for Bermuda.
The Open Your Heart Foundation’s events on Good Friday and Boxing Day are more than giveaways. They are homecomings. They are declarations. They are the embodiment of what it looks like when people stop waiting on others to “fix things” and take it into their own hands to create joy, stability, and unity.
Somerset has proven itself to be a community-oriented neighborhood—but what’s happening here is catching fire across Bermuda. I see it in the Boulevard community. I see it in St. David’s. I see it in St. George. I see it in the Hamilton Parish neighborhood and Pembroke Hamilton clubs like Road Race. What’s happening is bigger than free food or entertainment—it’s about reclaiming our island through community involvement.
Let’s be real: we are all searching for answers in the face of rising gun violence. But if we’re honest, one of the answers has been right in front of us the whole time—us. Us, showing up for each other. Us, checking on our neighbors. Us, looking out for the youth and honoring our seniors. That’s the blueprint. That’s how we begin to shift the tide.
This Foundation has started something powerful in Somerset, and I hope to see it spread parish by parish. Because what they’re doing is not about popularity. It’s about purpose. And Bermuda needs purpose right now.
Our young people will be our young people—but they are not lost causes. We must speak to them, not just about them. If we know something, say something. Don’t stay silent when silence is costing us the lives of our young Black men. We must be bold enough to look them in the eye and say: This path is not working. And we will not stand by and let it destroy you.
We can save Bermuda. We must save Bermuda. And it starts with people like Bermudas Community Groups, like Open Your Heart Foundation, who didn’t wait for permission to make a difference—they just did it. Let that spirit move across every hill, every corner, every community. Let it be a fire that cannot be put out.
Love Bermuda. Help Bermuda. Be Bermuda.
Peace and love to everyone.
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