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U.S. Virgin Islands, February 5, 2025 — This year's Virtual Giving Tree Project, launched in November 2024 by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI), once again brightened the season of giving for nonprofit organizations throughout the territory. The project distributed $62,720 to 30 nonprofits to support holiday-related needs for children, youth, families and seniors.
"It is heartwarming to see the amazing amount of love and support that exists in our community, and we couldn't be more grateful," said CFVI President, Dee Baecher-Brown. "Now in its fifth year, CFVI's annual Virtual Giving Tree Project has provided more than $350,000 in gifts to USVI nonprofits so that they might bring holiday joy to the communities they serve."
It started with one random holiday request in December 2020 amid the COVID pandemic and developed into the launch of CFVI’s first Virtual Giving Tree Project.
"Our thought was that CFVI could serve as a 'connector' to help donors who wanted to assist with our nonprofit community's holiday-related needs for children, youth, families and seniors," said Baecher-Brown.
To make things easy, CFVI provides an online form to ask USVI nonprofit organizations to submit specific needs and requests. Then, potential donors are contacted by CFVI via email, social media and personal outreach.
"Finally, donors are matched with requests, the checks are cut, and warm holiday wishes are extended to all," said Baecher-Brown, who also expressed CFVI's heartfelt thanks to all the individuals and organizations who generously donated to the Virtual Giving Tree program, bringing a little more joy to many in the community during the holiday season. "While donors may not always witness the direct impact they make, the letters of gratitude we receive affirm the tremendous difference their contributions bring," she said.
For a list of CFVI Virtual Giving Tree gift recipients and a brief description of how the funding supported them, please visit cfvi.co/2024VirtualGivingTreeRecipients.
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