Open Call for Volunteers – Past, Present and Future!
St. Croix needs boots on the ground and we are up for the challenge. Who is with us? Cane Bay Cares needs people to participate in monthly events where we will get into the community and help people in need – one month it might be helping elderly folks around their homes, another it might be cleaning up a beach, or painting a school. The best part is, by joining our volunteer network, you get to be part of the discussion.
We have been able to accomplish so much in the last four months and so many played a part in that – our founders, our donors, the community and our volunteers. Our volunteers carried the heavy burden of showing up, of being up front and personal, getting their hands dirty, working in the hot sun and putting in the hours to make the whole operation move. And, now, reflecting on all of that work – and what our major assets to leverage are today – and it is our volunteers who stand out.
Not only did we work hard and fast – but we had fun. We built lifelong friendships, we enjoyed camaraderie and good spirits. Together we make up a group of people from a diverse set of backgrounds, faiths, ethnicities and neighborhoods, but with commonality in our love of St. Croix, of community and of giving back. And it was that glue that has kept us together and working toward a better St. Croix, one in which we come together under common causes of greater good.
So with that sense of comradery and togetherness, we will continue to build our volunteer network and to rally together around work and causes that are for the betterment of community and society as a whole. We are working now on establishing a routine for giving back through our labor, the act of volunteering our man and woman power in the community.
If you’re interested in joining our volunteer network, sign up for our volunteer email distribution through this link: https://canebayvi.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=47a00b8899152daceb2d9fba2&id=a7334b3bcf or join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/volunteerstx/
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.