Cane Bay Cares Celebrates Five Years of Service
Fintech company looks back on initiative’s transformation from hurricane relief to education incubator with new video Oct. 6, 2022 – Cane Bay Cares got its start in 2017 when entrepreneurs David Johnson and Kirk Chewning raised more than $1 million for hurricane relief efforts in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. In response to a devastating…
Read MoreRun or Donate to Support Lion Haven After-school Program for St. Croix Youth
July 11, 2022 — Cane Bay Cares is proud to support our community partner, Lion Haven, in their .1K Fun Run coming up on Saturday, July 16. The run is a fundraiser that’ll help the nonprofit secure the D.C. Canegata Ballpark where the team plans to offer engaging after-school activities for St. Croix youth during…
Read MoreCane Bay Cares Sponsors 2022 USVI Emancipation Day Fort-to-Fort ‘Walk to Freedom’
July 3, 2022 — Walking from Christiansted to Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands is no easy feat, but this USVI July 3rd tradition is more than a physical challenge — it’s a symbol of the resilience that led to freedom. The annual Emancipation Day Fort-to-Fort “Walk to Freedom” retraces the steps of 9,000 enslaved…
Read MoreCane Bay Cares Celebrates National Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Month with Reinvented “Supermarket Sweep” for Preteens
June 19, 2022 – St. Croix preteens raced through the Market STX with steady resolve on Sunday for the chance to win cash prizes in a reinvented “Supermarket Sweep” hosted by Cane Bay Cares. The scavenger hunt was part of Cares’ first ever “Level Up with Fruits and Veggies” Nutrition Fair, designed to celebrate National…
Read MoreCrushing It! Cane Bay Cares’ Operation Inspire Students Excel at Project-Based Learning
Learning by doing, an approach also known as project-based learning, is a core tenet of the Cane Bay Cares after-school initiative Operation Inspire (OI). And St. Croix students from the OI program are proving just how effective the approach can be when it comes to picking up concepts in environmental conservation, modern agriculture, nutrition, literature…
Read MoreCane Bay Cares Sponsors St. Croix Spelling Bee!
The annual St. Croix District Spelling Bee brings together some of the brightest students from public, private and parochial schools around the island. To help support this enriching educational event, Cane Bay Cares stepped up to be a sponsor of the event. Cane Bay Cares’ donation supported the purchase of prizes for the winners, as…
Read MoreVIPD K-9 Unit to Purchase Military Kits for Police Dogs with Cares Donation
Cane Bay Cares, charitable giving arm of Cane Bay Partners, is proud to support the Virgin Islands Police Department’s K-9 Unit in their work to protect and serve the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands. We’re thankful to know that our holiday donation will go towards elite military kits for the police dogs. Police dogs…
Read MoreSocial Emotional Learning (SEL) and Why it Matters in the USVI
Navigating life in a place that’s been hit by two category-five hurricanes, impacted by a global pandemic, and struggling with gun violence has been more than a challenge for us adults. Now imagine the same experiences through the lens of a child or teen growing up in the U.S. Virgin Islands. How do you identify…
Read MoreRelay for Life 2021: We came in 2nd Place!
We had a blast supporting the fight against cancer with our community partners at the St. Croix Relay For Life this year! And not to brag or anything, but we came in 2nd place ! Check out our highlight reel.
Read MoreEducators Matter in USVI’s Economic Development | Cane Bay Partners Co-Founder Kirk Chewning
In this video, Kirk Chewning discusses the important role that USVI educators play in economic and workforce development during an instructor orientation for the Operation Inspire Afterschool Program. Chewning is a founding partner of the USVI-based fintech consulting firm Cane Bay Partners. Cane Bay Cares is the philanthropic arm of Cane Bay Partners, our parent…
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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.