Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Why it Matters in the USVI

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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…

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Educators Matter in USVI’s Economic Development | Cane Bay Partners Co-Founder Kirk Chewning

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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 Donates to Ten Thousand Helpers and Liberty Place

Malik Stridiron, Ten Thousand Helpers of St. Croix Executive Director, poses for a photo at the Rainbow House Men's Shelter renovation site after receiving a Cane Bay Cares donation.

May 13, 2021 – Cane Bay Cares, philanthropic arm of Cane Bay Partners, is proud to announce support for mental health initiatives in the Virgin Islands through partnerships with Ten Thousand Helpers of St. Croix Inc. and Liberty Place. Both nonprofits received donations this month for projects to house the homeless, mentally ill, and people…

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Cane Bay Cares donated text books to St. Croix Educational Complex students

Cane Bay Cares Charitable Giving Manager Neisha Christopher Christian and Cane Bay Partners CEO James "Jimmy" Whatley pose for a photo with students from the St. Croix Educational Complex Advanced Placement Calculus Program. The students received new textbooks through Cane Bay Cares' sponsorship.

The St. Croix Educational Complex High School Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus program started the summer of 2020 with new textbooks thanks to Cane Bay Cares.  According to Cletus Emmanuel, AP Calculus teacher, having access to the resource books offer several advantages, including ease of use for students in comparison to the online version, alignment with the school’s…

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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.