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FEMA, Housing, Disaster Loans and other Long-Term Recovery Help
There are still opportunities for individuals and business to get assistance with the long-term recovery and rebuild effort through FEMA, the Emergency Home Repairs VI program and soon, through the St. Croix Long-Term Recovery Group. FEMA FEMA has extended for 60 days the period in which it will cover 100% of “eligible” costs for debris…
Read MoreA Special Thank You to Danek Stevens and the Pike Road Elementary School
We all can make an impact, we all can make a difference for the better. And today, we would like to acknowledge Danek Stevens, 7, a first grader at Pike Road Elementary School in Pike Road Alabama, who did just that when he decided to start a school collection drive for students impacted by hurricanes…
Read MoreOpen 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…
Read MoreMake Your Charitable Donation Today
Today, we’re asking for your help. You, yes YOU! This charity was established in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Maria, also following Hurricane Irma – and the combination of disaster that these storms brought to the Virgin Islands, St. Croix in particular. And while the storms are long past, and the power is back on…
Read MoreThe Sound of a Disaster and of Recovery
Storytelling takes all the senses, including hearing. Whether you have been lucky enough to hear the ocean crashing against the shore on St. Croix, or unlucky enough to hear Hurricane Maria ravage the island – there are many sounds that tell our story. And one sound in particular, or rather a collection of sounds and…
Read MoreWhew, We Pulled off a Massive 50,000-Pound Distribution!
The Relief to Rebuild distribution was a success thanks to our army of volunteers and partners! And, if we’re naming names, Kyle Lajoie, who has been coordinating our distributions from the start, Max Brabell, who coordinated dozens of volunteers, and Amy Parker de Sorbo, who runs the St. George Village Botanical Garden, really stepped up…
Read MoreA New Year, A New Vision for Cane Bay Cares
It’s a new year, it’s a new day for Cane Bay Cares. The island of St. Croix is about 95% energized and the need for immediate supplies has waned. But the needs on island are still great. About 50% of the public schools on St. Croix were condemned and are no longer in use –…
Read MoreOur Volunteers Really are the Rock Stars of St. Croix
Over the last four months, we have delivered aid to thousands of St. Croix residents. We solicited donations, we placed orders, we packed shipping containers, we cleared shipments through Customs, we set up distribution sites, we bagged goods and we handed out those goods. And we did it all because of a dedicated group of…
Read MoreRelief to Rebuild Takes a Village
Cane Bay Cares, in fiduciary partnership with the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands, and #BStrongGlobalBetter are proud to present “Relief to Rebuild” at the St. George Village Botanical Garden on Saturday, Jan. 20 – our biggest general distribution so far! It’s not just our largest distribution – it is literally twice the size of…
Read MoreHurricane 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…
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