The Sound of a Disaster and of Recovery
Storytelling takes all the senses, including hearing. Whether you have been lucky enough to hear the ocean crashing against the shore on St. Croix, or unlucky enough to hear Hurricane Maria ravage the island – there are many sounds that tell our story. And one sound in particular, or rather a collection of sounds and melodies, is called “Ships in the Night” by Ryan Montbleau. Montbleau released this single recently and is generously donating proceeds from downloads of the song to Cane Bay Cares and the work we are doing for St. Croix.
Montbleau has been visiting St. Croix to perform for many years and has a dedicated following on island who look forward to his visits with new music. His soulful, acoustic sounds and unique voice are both soothing and inspiring, and we feel privileged that he chose Cane Bay Cares and St. Croix to support through his music.
These are our favorite types of fundraisers – like the girl who asked for donations to Cane Bay Cares instead of getting birthday gifts, or the doctor who spent part of his vacation on St. Croix helping with one of our distributions. It reminds us that what we’re doing is more than asking for donations to help a hurricane impacted area – we’re starting a movement of caring, where you care, we care, I care – and no matter how big or small the contribution, collectively, we can move mountains, we can change the course of things for the better. Let this song be the anthem for that – we don’t have to miss each other in the night, but rather we can arrive at the shore of need and we can deliver, and we will.
So today, we invite you to join us on this ride, to be part of this movement. Download Montbleau’s song because it’s a great song, because he is a great artist and because you are part of this movement together with us for St. Croix. Proceeds from the download go to Cane Bay Cares to support St. Croix.
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ships-in-the-night-single/1315660394
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6m1eIQQFgZx0n5PkM3dKdx
Cane Bay Cares is a service initiative of St. Croix-based Cane Bay Partners VI, LLLP. Cane Bay Cares was established after three strong hurricanes, including two Category 5 storms, Irma and Maria, caused much damage to St. Croix during September 2017. The initiative has a goal of providing relief to the citizens of St. Croix. To make this possible, we have partnered with St. Croix Foundation, which is a 501c3 nonprofit that was established in 1990. All donations to Cane Bay Cares are donations to St. Croix Foundation and are 100% tax deductible.
Cane Bay Partners VI, LLLP was formed in June 2009 and founded by internationally experienced business executives with many years of experience in the financial services industry. Focusing our efforts primarily in the financial services industry, our management consulting practice specializes in providing services to clients in need of sophisticated risk management models, debt collections organizations which require liquidation models and analytics, and portfolio management companies desiring a variety of services.
Since 1990, St. Croix Foundation for Community Development has been advancing holistic community development as a pathway to economic prosperity, self-sufficiency, and sustainability. Established in the wake of Hurricane Hugo, today the Foundation is one of the premier place-based philanthropic leaders in the Virgin Islands. Having served as the conduit of over $37 million private and public sector dollars invested into the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Foundation’s impact has netted national recognition in almost every priority area – from economic development and community revitalization to public health, education reform, and nonprofit development. Our mission is to encourage greater philanthropic activity, to marshal resources, and to act as a catalyst to benefit the people of the Virgin Islands.