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Sunday, May 19, 2024

Emancipation Day Fort-to-Fort ‘Walk to Freedom’

Fort Christian St. Croix

The public is invited to join in the commemoration of the 171st Anniversary of Emancipation Day. The walk is approximately 15-miles. Participants are asked to assemble downtown across from Fort Christian for 4:30 a.m. For those who would like to park their vehicle at Fort Frederik, a van will leave from the bus shanty located […]

Emancipation Day Event

Buddhoe Park Frederiksted, St. Croix

The History, Culture and Tradition Foundation Inc. invites the entire St. Croix community to its annual Emancipation Day Commemoration event. The Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 2019 Event will be the 171st anniversary of Emancipation Day, and it will be geared towards the continued resilience of the Virgin Islands post 2017 hurricanes and the youth. The […]

Island Therapy Solutions Offers Free Training

St. Croix Christian Church Orange Grove, St. Croix

Island Therapy Solutions (ITS) has announced an upcoming free training entitled “Self-care for Caregivers,” which specifically targets caregivers who care for individuals with various disabilities. This training will provide helpful information and resources for caregivers who are caring for the elderly, individuals with disabilities and other vulnerable populations. The trainers will provide and explore effective ways […]

Senate: Culture, Historic Preservation, Aging

Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall St. Thomas

Agenda: The committee in collaboration with the Office of the Senate President will present a program in celebration of the “Year of Return, Ghana 2019,” the International Decade of People of African Descent, and in observance of Virgin Islands Emancipation and Freedom Weekend. The “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” is a major landmark spiritual and […]

Installation of First Little Free Library

Frederiksted Health Care Center Strand Street, St. Croix

The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI), in partnership with Crucian Heritage and Nature Tourism (CHANT) and the United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism (DOT) will hold an installation ceremony for the first Little Free Library on St. Croix. Contact Khadija de Lagarde at kdelagarde@cfvi.net at CFVI.

Ridge to Reef Farm Market Event

Leatherback Brewing Co., St. Croix

R2R Farm (R2R) is bringing back its Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program after some post-Maria hibernation. It has cleared most of the debris (well, a lot), fixed the irrigation, upgraded its solar power systems, erected an amazing greenhouse, has the tractor purring through the fields, and now has a bounty of delicious crops to eat […]

Senate: Health, Hospitals, Human Services

Bernie and Martha Benjamin Conference Center St. Croix

Agenda: The committee will receive testimony from the V.I. Department of Health (DOH). 9 a.m. to Noon Justa Encarnacion, commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Health Behavioral Health Services, Vital Records and Statistics – Electronic Verification of Vital Events (EVVE) and State and Territorial Exchange of Vital Events Electronic Records (STEVE), Maternal Child Health Program (MCH), […]

Senate: Finance

Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall Earl B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas

Agenda: The committee will receive testimony on the proposed Fiscal Year 2020 Executive Budget for the Government of the Virgin Islands. 9 a.m. -- Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation Noon – LUNCH 1 p.m. – Bureau of Internal Revenue 3 p.m. – Virgin Islands Olympic Committee

District Hospital Board to Convene

VICC Conference, Room 3 Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center, St. Croix

The St. Croix District Governing Board of Directors of the Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital will hold its monthly meeting. All board meetings are open to the public.