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All notices, announcements and other publicity for events must be sent by e-mail ONLY. Nothing sent by fax or postal mail can be printed.
Email notices@dailynews.vi.
Call 774-8772 ext. 4138 for further information.
American Red Cross
In celebration of National Preparedness Month the American Red Cross is encouraging all households to create a family disaster plan to prepare for the next emergency or disaster. Plans should include designating a meeting place right outside the home in case of a sudden emergency like a fire, an out-of-area emergency contact person and a location where everyone should meet if they can't go home. A template to build a plan is available on the Red Cross website under the Prepare Your Home and Family tab. Call 778-5104 or visit redcross.org for information.
Anderson Fund grants
Applications for the 2012 Teacher Grants from the Anderson Family Fund at the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands are now available. The Anderson Family Fund "Teacher Grants Program" provides funding on a competitive basis for projects that seek to improve student achievement. Teachers, assistant teachers and guidance counselors in the public school system of the US Virgin Islands are eligible to apply for these grants that range from $250 to $1,000, to implement an innovative project in their classrooms and schools.
Successful applicants must agree to submit a brief written report, receipts for expenditures and visual documentation on the use of the grant at the end of the funding period. All proposals must be submitted to the foundation no later than 5 p.m. Sept. 28. For an application, visit www.cfvi.net or email a request to mquetel@cfvi.net or general.info@cfvi.net.
Call CFVI at 774-6031 for information.
Get your announcement in The Daily News
All notices, announcements and other publicity for events must be sent by e-mail ONLY. Nothing sent by fax or postal mail can be printed.
Email notices@dailynews.vi.
Call 774-8772 ext. 4138 for further information.
Project Homeless Connect volunteers
The Department of Human Services and the United Way of St. Thomas/St. John will host Project Homeless Connect 2012 on Oct. 12 on St. Thomas and Oct. 26 on St. John. Volunteers are needed for escorts, guides, greeters and wait staff. Training will begin Sept. 25 in the Department of Human Services Sugar Estate Head Start conference room at 10 a.m. for the first session and at 11:30 a.m. for the second session. Service providers are invited to a training session on Oct. 4 at the SBDC conference room in Nisky Center at noon.
Call the United Way of St. Thomas/St. John at 774-3185 for information.
Weatherization program
The Virgin Islands Weatherization Program provides low income, elderly and handicapped residents with energy measures such as Energy Star refrigerators, hot water heater timers, compact fluorescent light bulbs low-flow shower heads, aerators and power strips at no cost to the resident.
Applications are available on St. Croix from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Methodist Outreach and Training Center at 195 Richmond across from Henneman Ice Plant. Call 773-1155 for more information.
Client intake on St. Thomas will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays to Fridays at the Methodist Outreach and Training Center at 4A Kronprindsens Gade. Call 714-7782 for more information.
On St. John, client intake services will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays at the St. John Methodist Church. Client intake services will be also be at the St. Ursula's Multipurpose Center and the Adrian Senior Center. Call the centers to find out the times and days at 693-8580 or 776-6144.
Energy program
The Virgin Islands Energy Office is unveiling a program to help small businesses territory-wide cut their power consumption. The program is known as the Worthwhile Investments Save Energy and is part of the Better Buildings Initiative of the federal Department of Energy. Participants in the WISE program will be eligible for rebates of up to 40 percent of their project costs for energy efficiency retrofits to their businesses.
Eligible applicants are small, retail and service businesses with utility usage of 30,000 kWh monthly or less. To qualify, businesses must own their buildings or have long-term leases. An application for the rebates is on the Energy Office website at www.vienergy.org.
For more information, contact Miguel Quinones at 714-8436.
Notary public applications
The Lieutenant Governor's Office announces that notary public applications are now available online. New and renewal applications, as well as the Notary Public handbook, can be accessed at the Lieutenant Governor's website, www.ltg.gov.vi.
Online availability of the documents enables the Lt. Governor's Office to be more responsive to inquiries about the notary public application process and responsibilities. For more information, contact the Lt. Governor's office at 774-2991 for the St. Thomas-St. John district or the Division of Banking and Insurance at 773-6459 for the St. Croix district.
CPR classes
St. John Rescue conducts community CPR classes, with instruction in CPR, automated external defibrillator use and the Heimlich maneuver, taught in a three-hour, one-day class.
Contact Bob Malacarne via email training@stjohnrescue.com or 626-5118 for more information.
COAST recruitment
For over 34 years, The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of St. Thomas and St. John has endeavored to address the many serious alcohol and substance abuse problems plaguing the Virgin Islands. COAST remains alive and well and is in the process of redeveloping new leadership, new office space, new programs and relationships with existing agencies working to combat the war on drugs, alcohol and violence. COAST is recruiting new members to serve the organization in a number of areas such as executive council, volunteers and regular membership.
Call 774-4358 or email coast_vi@yahoo.com for more information.
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