Crowley Caribbean Services community outreach and local cultural projects in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 ISLAND LIFE Crowley Caribbean Services went to the Oswald Harris Court neighborhood on St. Thomas recently on behalf of the Crowley Cares Foundation and spent time sprucing up the Boys and Girls Club. Crowley personnel from St. Thomas, St. Croix, and the states helped to clean up and paint the facility and donated furniture for the children to use for their arts and craft programs. The Crowley Cares Foundation allows employees to make monthly contributions, which the company matches, to nonprofit groups in the communities Crowley serves as a cargo carrier. Crowley also delivered a check to help the club purchase a laptop computer. In addition to the contributions, employees donate their time to community groups like the Boys and Girls Club. Students’ cultural calendar also marks V.I. centennial The students of the St. Croix Educational Complex are work- ing on a collaborative project to celebrate the upcoming centen- nial anniversary of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Called the Virgin Islands Cul- tural Contributors Calendar Cre- ation and Theatrical Performance, he project consists of a 12-month calendar featuring 12 V.I. cultural contributors, accompanied by live interviews. Visual arts, drama and speech eachers Danica David and Say- eeda Carter are the directors of he project and are using students from their classes and the school’s Art Club to bring the vision to life. Art Club students will use pho- ographs of selected participants o create mixed media portraits for the calendar. Simultaneously, Carter’s drama and speech stu- dents will conduct interviews with the participants that will be used to create brief write-ups to go along with the graphics. The cultural contributors were selected based on being natives of the Virgin Islands or residents for at least 15 years and also active contributors to the development of Virgin Islands’ culture through fine arts, education, literature, and history. The students will formally pres- The Virgin Islands Cultural Contribu- tors 2017 calendar is available at St. Croix Educational Complex for $12. ent the finished project at a recep- tion that will feature an art exhibi- tion and theatrical performances embracing V.I. culture and hon- oring the contributors. The event will take place at St. Croix Educa- tional Complex in January. Calen- dars are available at the school in December for $12 each. The educator duo, David and Carter, developed the project so Virgin Islands students could learn about the individuals in their community that aid in the advancement of local culture. The calendar is expected to be pro- duced annually. The project is sponsored by Ro- tary Club of St. Croix, Mid Isle and the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. T H E F L oO oO R F A Cc T oO R Y The home of great looking TILES and even better looking sales people. LOL... WORTH EVERY STEP 340-776-8787 Sub Base, STT M-F 8:30-4:30 ¢ S 8-1 [email protected] The Virgin Islands Daily News 27 Magazine reprint celebrates centennial To celebrate the centennial of the transfer of government from Den- mark to the U.S., the St. Thomas-St. John Friends of Denmark Society announces the facsimile publica- tion of a commemorative magazine printed by the society in 1967. The title is “50 Years: St. Thomas Friends of Denmark Society.” The chairperson of the maga- zine committee was Eldra L.M. Shulterbrandt. Articles by Omar Brown, Fred Gjessing, Bill La- Motta, Francesca Greve, Gertrude Dudley, Rabbi Sasso and Enid Baa are featured in the magazine. Eldra Schulterbrandt wrote “Quo Vadis” and Gov. Ralph Paiewonsky’s stir- ring “What is Virgin Islander,” is printed in full. The editor was Carlos Dowling, with design and layout by Ira Smith. Even the advertisements provide a peek at the islands’ past. The restoration of the initial maga- zine, including the mixed coloring of the pages, was made possible through digitalization by Bill and Frannie Newbold of Island Business Graph- ics. It’s an accurate reproduction of the WEDNESDAY LOCALS NITE EOP NOTCH AMAZING SUNSETS GREAT FOODS LIVE ENTERTAINMENT SKYRIDE TO” PARADISE POINT HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014512 original. The magazines are $25 and are available at the V.I. Children’s Mu- seum, Frenchtown Museum and My Brother’s Workshop Bakery on Back Street downtown and in Red Hook at Chelsea Drug Store and Sandra’s Secretarial Service — Lock and Blade. Additional sites will be an- nounced. Members of the society will also have copies to sell. Where you're always welcome! Behind the hospital. 340-776-3678 . fortressvi.com Ee