St. Croix Rotary Clubs to Mark Historic Progress on Eradicating Polio World-wide
Rotary members in the four St. Croix Rotary Clubs and the Rotaract Club are taking action on World Polio Day to raise awareness, funds and support to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world today.
Sorority Gifts UVI Student Nurses With Much Needed PPE
Masks are now a required component in clinical settings needed to assist each student with completing their education. Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc. is a sorority for nurses founded in 1932 by 12 graduates of Freedman’s Hospital.
CFVI Awards $312,750 in Scholarships to 224 V.I. Students
The 2020 awards represent the largest group of scholarship recipients and second-largest amount of scholarship funds distributed in the foundation's 30-year history.
Organizations Join to Donate Emergency Preparedness Kits to V.I. Seniors
AARP Virgin Islands (AARP VI) and the Virgin Islands Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VI VOAD), the St. Croix Long Term Recovery Group, the St. Thomas Recovery Team, and Love City Strong non-profit organizations have collaborated to donate 1,000 emergency preparedness kits to seniors.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Fundraising to Be Doubled by Donor
Through Pinktober events, Cancer Support VI celebrates women's health and honors those fighting breast cancer, warrior survivors of the disease and those who have lost their battle with it.
Reminder: Nominations Being Accepted for McFarlane Environmental Leadership Award
The Euan P. McFarlane Environmental Leadership Award was established in 1987 to acknowledge individuals who have displayed both exemplary and sustained leadership on behalf of the environment in the insular Caribbean.
World Central Kitchen Offers Free Business Workshops for Food Producers
Starting Oct. 15, food producers in the U.S. Virgin Islands and The Bahamas will have the opportunity to take free business workshops on Zoom with the Food Business Bootcamp, presented by World Central Kitchen.
AARP – VI Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month With Virtual Concert
The concert is scheduled to stream on Facebook as a LIVE event at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10.
Bennie & Martha Benjamin Foundation Gifts UVI School of Nursing
The gifts include two birthing simulators and mannequins (one for each campus), telehealth software licenses for the campuses’ clinicians, and funds to purchase necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Student Health Centers on both campuses.
Auven Therapeutics Donates $25,000 to My Brother’s Workshop
Auven Therapeutics made their first donation to My Brother’s Workshop in 2012 and is giving support to MBW again this year with a $25,000 donation to allow for additional CNC router equipment for their engineering research and development program.
