Today is Gifft Hill Gives Back day here in St. John. Students from kindergarten through high school will be conducting community service projects throughout the island in an effort to give back to this island that we all love. If you are lucky enough to be on island today, you may see some of the kids and hopefully you can support some of our efforts!
Here is a list of today’s Gifft Hill Gives Back projects:
- Our kindergarteners will be walking around Cinnamon Bay with posters that educate vacationers anbout beach safety, reef safe sunscreen, conserving water, and recycling.
- Our first grade students will be collecting food for the Catholic Curch, which operates a food pantry in Cruz Bay. Furst graders will be collecting food at Midway, Dolphin Market near the Westin and new Starfish Market.
- Our second grade students – my son Dalton is one of them – will be a beach clean up in Cruz Bay. They will also hand out posters to restaurants to educate people to be good stewards of the islands. The fifth graders will join our second graders for this project.
- Our third graders are going to stay on campus where they will package cracked corn for St. John Wildlife Rehabilitation.
- Our fourth graders will be holding a walkathon fundraiser at the ball field near the Visitor Center in Cruz Bay.
- Our Upper Campus students (middle and high school) will do a variety of projects, including:
- Trail maintenance at Leinster with Friends of VINP
- Brown Bay trail and beach cleanup with Friends of VINP
- Coral Bay mangrove cleanup with kayaks donated by Crabby’s Watersports
- Bake sale in Frank Powell Park benefiting the Love City Pan Dragons
- Car wash at St. John Rescue to raise funds for their nonprofit
- Lionfish removal with CORE in non-NPS waters
- Coral restoration and beach cleanup with CORE at Leinster Bay
- Barge dock wall mural with VIWMA
- Gifft Hill dumpsters mural with VIWMA
- Bake sale at Skinny Legs benefiting KATS
There are so many great things happening today! It makes me love this community even more!
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