Hurricane Relief: Time to Defeat the Mold
There is a routine with storms, an almost musical flow with how things unfold: Prep, hunker down, aftermath. Then come the mosquitoes, then comes the mold. Well, we are at the mold stage. And people are spent. For the past three months, the residents of St. Croix have mostly been living without power, without full public schooling, without a fully functional hospital, and in general, with a severely damaged infrastructure making movement and basics challenging to say the least. People are frustrated and tired. As people begin to get back power and get their homes in order, they inevitably will find dreaded mold.
With the rainfall and the damage to roofs and walls during the storms and the excessive rainfall after the storms passed, combined with an already damp and humid environment – mold is settling in and in some cases taking over homes and buildings.
We know this first hand as our corporate partners Cane Bay Partners VI is currently combating this very issue in their Christiansted building – ripping out dry wall and other contaminated surfaces so employees can work safely. So we understand the evolving needs of those adversely impacted by the storms – and we want to help make things a bit better.
Since we also know what it takes to combat mold on your own – we’ve put together this handy kit so people can clean safely. It costs about $25 for each kit and that include shipping. Kits will include mold cleaner and bleach, plastic gloves and face masks, sponges and garbage bags – everything you need to safely clean mold.
The more you donate, the more people can get a mold remediation kit.
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.