Wondering What Cane Bay Cares is up to?
It’s been a while since we last updated you. And that’s for good reason – we’ve been really busy.
As you probably know, going forward we are focused on education and supporting our young people post-hurricanes and beyond. About half the public schools were condemned, hundreds of students left island as a result, and the thousands of public school students who stayed have had to share classrooms that can only accommodate them for a few hours a day. This has had a serious impact on their education and their lives in general. To help the situation, we’re working with the VI Department of Education to establish an after school program that will both inspire and uplift children having a hard time. Once the program is fully established, we will be seeking sponsorships from our community of supporters, and challenge other corporations in the Virgin Islands to be part of the solution.
And since the children aren’t the only ones impacted, we’re also focused heavily on the long-term recovery effort. We’ve been working closely with the St. Croix Long Term Recovery Team, with one of our representatives sitting on the Unmet Needs Committee, in order to establish a process for assessing the continued needs of the community, and the most effective way to address those needs. This group was established by FEMA to ensure charities and businesses assisting in the recovery effort can be coordinated and targeted going forward, and we’re honored to be part of the process. We hope once this process is set up and the Long Term Recovery Team begins accepting applications for people still in need of assistance, that you will contribute to helping with the long-term recovery process.
In the meantime, stay tuned here and on our Facebook page for updates.
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.