Challenges in Distributing Aid Sometimes Result in Amazing Connections
There is so much involved in delivering aid – setting up a supply chain, a distribution network and so much coordinating – and while it can be challenging, sometimes everything just falls into place in a miraculous way. Well that is what happened recently when we got an offer of extra inventory of Acrtic Ice freezer packs directly from the company, as well as coolers from Jim Terry, and hauling services from Reeves Bros Shipping in Lexington, TN. Arctic Ice donated more than 4,000 freezer packs, Terry donated dozens of coolers and a half a truck full of water! The generosity was phenomenal.
Cane Bay Cares delivered 900 freezer packs to the VI Department of Health for use with delivering medications and sending out samples.
We knew they would go to good use but it wasn’t until we connected with the Virgin Islands Department of Health that we realized just how much they would help the community. The VIDOH had the capabilities to freeze the packs and they had the need – and, well, the rest is history.
Cane Bay Cares delivered 900 freezer packs to the VI Department of Health for use with delivering medications and sending out samples.
So far, Cane Bay Cares has delivered more than 900 freezer packs and coolers to the VIDOH, who is in turn sharing them with partners like the Frederiksted Health Clinic. The freezer packs are being used to pack shipments that contain samples for laboratory testing to the CDC, and to transport vaccines and medications to patients. The coolers are being given to patients who need insulin but don’t have power to refrigerate their medication.
This targeted approach allows us to ensure the most impact to those most severely in need or impacted. We will continue this strategy wherever possible, and hope that miracles like this continue to happen.
Your donations help keep this momentum going.
Do what you can today!
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.