Happy Thanksgiving from Cane Bay Cares!
This Thanksgiving holiday we are thankful for all of you – everyone reading this and everyone who continues to burn a flame for the betterment of St. Croix, in the wake of the hurricanes and every day.
We also are thankful for all of the amazing volunteers, supporters and partners we have worked with over the past year – so many people who didn’t have to do anything, yet stepped up and gave a strong enough shove to push us forward. And that created a momentum that propelled us to where we are today. Every single step, shrug, push forward, big and small, helped turn this massive relief effort into a well thought out charity effort to stand by and support the island of St. Croix for years to come.
We are building lasting partners who also are committed to serving the island and we are strengthening our mission to support innovative educational programs throughout the island serving various populations.
This type of effort doesn’t begin everywhere in every situation. There first has to be a spark, a drive, a receptive community and a willing support system. In other words, all the stars have to align. So today, we are thankful mostly for the community that inspired the world to care, to give and step up; to a community that has an enviable amount of grit and persistence to get through the most challenging of situations; a community that spreads joy and love to those within and outside.
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.