Delivering a Little Food Love to St. Croix for Thanksgiving
Turkey donation for St. Croix by Cane Bay Cares.
Turkey, turkey, turkey day is here. And while it was a logistical challenge – we were able to get 10 turkeys into the hands of organizations ready to cook it up and serve it to individuals in need this year. We donated 4 turkeys to the Lighthouse Mission, which runs a soup kitchen in downtown Christiansted; 3 to Foundation Ministries, which was planning a Thanksgiving meal distribution for the community; and 3 to the Boys and Girls Club of the Virgin Islands for a Thanksgiving meal with their children members and their families.
We wish we could have delivered turkeys to the whole island, but with most people lacking refrigeration, dealing in non-perishable foods is not realistic at the moment. So we decided to bring them to the organizations who were prepared to cook them right away and serve them up to the community.
But of course we couldn’t leave the general public out of the equation. We wanted to spread the Thanksgiving joy as much as possible. So we asked you, the Cane Bay Cares community, for support and donations so we could purchase non-perishable Thanksgiving fixings for general distribution.
Thanks to your help, we were able to deliver Thanksgiving fixings for about 750 St. Croix residents. They received overflowing bags with stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, green beans and macaroni and cheese.
This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful to all of you – our donors and supporters who see the value in this cause and who continue to give and spread the word so we can continue this work. We’re also Thankful for St. Croix – for all the resilient people who push through despite the challenges. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving.
Photos of the Thanksgiving distribution on Nov. 21. Photos by Nicole Canegata
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.