Cane Bay Cares Comes out in Force for Ag Fair
Cane Bay Cares came out in force for Ag Fair in February. We teamed up with Cane Bay Partners VI, the company responsible for funding and supporting our long-term efforts, to speak with the community.
We wanted to recruit people into our network of volunteers and supporters so we can continue to grow this effort and impact more people throughout more of the island and the territory. And we did! We were able to bring about 100 people into our network of supporters and we look forward to working with them in the future.
Cane Bay Partners VI was on board to let people know about all the exciting opportunities at their Christiansted office, particularly job openings available to Virgin Islanders. Those opportunities are updated regularly at canebayvi.com for anyone in the market.
We had some goodies to give away. We handed out tote bags to everyone who signed up because we know that there is a plastic bag ban in effect and reusable bags are good for the environment. We also had our “Cane Bay Cares about St. Croix” t-shirts in madras colors for volunteers. Everyone who becomes one of our volunteers can wear one of our shirts with pride, knowing that they worked for the greater good and did what they could for the island. Anyone rocking our shirts should wear them as a badge of honor.
Participating in events like this allow us to hear directly from the community what some of the high needs are so we can direct our resources, and they also allow us to keep the community informed about what we’re up to. The Ag Fair overall was a great success and we connected with people from all over the island and beyond. We look forward to next year!
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.