My Brother's Workshop Cafe and Bakery in St. Thomas Photo Credit: MY BROTHER'S WORKSHOP
My Brother’s Workshop has partnered with local government agencies, businesses and other nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide meals and essential supplies to seniors, homeless, displaced school children, those with compromised immune systems and families with medical or special needs in the USVI, the organization made known via release Monday.
MBW said its longstanding partnerships in the community and their actions after Hurricanes Irma and Maria have placed it in a position to stand in the gap for these vulnerable groups while avoiding duplicating response efforts.
MBW Cafe and Bakery stands ready to prepare 200-300 meals daily through their “Meals on Wheels” program on St. Thomas beginning March 24th, 2020, the nonprofit said. Its workshops on St. Thomas and St. Croix will engage in distributions on a needs basis in order to help the territory's most vulnerable population. MBW said the health and wellbeing of these individuals remains its primary objective.
Donations of essential supplies may be donated at MBW St. Thomas workshop. The supplies being requested are toilet paper, paper towels, toothbrushes, tooth paste, deodorant, bars of soap, trail mix bars, ensure, adult diapers, hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies. These supplies will then be distributed in accordance with health guidelines by the MBW workshop teams to those in need.
MBW said it has partnered on this initiative with St. Thomas Reformed Church, HMRT, Lutheran Social Services of the VI, XO Energy, Cancer Support VI, Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands, Chicken ‘n Bowling, Tap and Still, Plaza Extra Tutu, Moe’s Fresh Market Catholic Charities VI and the Office of Senator Javan James. MBW has engaged the following entities to consider partnership: USVI Department of Human Services, VI Department of Education, Office of the Governor of the Virgin Islands, Office of Senator Sarauw, Salvation Army and the University of the Virgin Islands.
If you or your business are interested in partnering with MBW on this initiative, contact Chrystie at [email protected]?. If you are a restaurant able to donate items to MBW for meal distribution, fill out this form.
If you are interested in volunteering in material sourcing, case management/client monitoring or distribution, fill out this form.
If you are able to make a monetary donation, you may do so by check at any of the MBW locations or online here.
All donations made at this time will go toward MBW’s Spread Hope initiative and will provide the vulnerable community members meals and essential items all while continuing to keep their youth engaged in the MBW program, the nonprofit said.
