Posts Tagged ‘hurricane relief’
Make 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 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…
Read MoreDouble Your Charitable Giving Impact with Cane Bay Cares
Double your donation with Cane Bay Cares! We’re about half way to reaching our matching donation by Cane Bay Partners Co-Founders David Johnson and Kirk Chewning. We’ve collected about $125,000 and the partners will match up to $200,000 – which will push us to $400,000 in donations! We knew our goals were aggressive when we…
Read MoreHurricane Relief is All About Working Together
There are so many wonderful organizations working to help bring aid and long-term recovery support to the Virgin Islands and St. Croix in particular. Most of us are figuring it out as we go, setting up supply chains, connecting the right resources and partnering with critical organizations that already have one aspect covered. We’ve developed…
Read MoreWater, Water and More Water for St. Croix
We have been humbled by the community’s response to water distributions throughout St. Croix. About 18,000 bottles were distributed to hundreds of people from west to east in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria. More than a month after both hurricanes barreled through, most residents are still short on supplies and without basic necessities…
Read MoreSpread the Word About the Plight of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Virgin Islanders are used to being misunderstood, even ignored. It happens when you are traveling stateside and people do a double take before accepting your USVI driver’s license, when you go to pay for something online only to find no option for the VI when state is a required field, or when you try to…
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