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Photo Focus: Students Celebrate Virgin Islands Heritage at Annual Culture Day in Cruz Bay
By Nancy Borowick | The Source | February 28, 2025 | Hundreds of students from St. John and St. Thomas descended upon downtown Cruz Bay for the annual Friends of…
YP Panel: Eleanor Gibney Talks Land Use
Friends of Virgin Islands National Park’s Young Professionals Board presents local expert and horticulturist, Eleanor Gibney talking about land use through the years on St. John. Part of the YP…
Culture Day Invites Schools To Celebrate VI Heritage & Culture
RELEASE | Friends of Virgin Islands National Park’s Culture Day for school students celebrates and promotes the rich culture of the Virgin Islands in February, Black History month. On Friday,…
Screening Of Award-Winning Documentary “Out There”
PRESS RELEASE | Friends of Virgin Islands National Park and St. John Film Society will host a screening of the award-winning documentary, “Out There” on Saturday, February 22 from 6pm…
Turtle Team Presents Posters At SE Regional Meeting
PRESS RELEASE | The Friends of Virgin Islands National Park sea turtle team led by Sea Turtle Program Coordinator, Willow Melamet, and Sea Turtle Researcher, Adren Anderson, presented posters on…
Friends February Newsletter
At Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, we are driven by the belief and hope that every tree we plant, every child we teach to swim, and every hatchling we…
Registration Opens For Joe Kessler’s Beach To Beach Power Swim 2025
PRESS RELEASE | St. John, US Virgin Islands | Friends of Virgin Islands National Park has opened registration for the 22nd Joe Kessler’s Beach To Beach Power Swim which takes…
Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park Supports 36 Programs
By Amy H. Roberts | The Source USVI | Thanks to funding from the Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park in 2024, 2,491 turtle hatchings on St. John made it to…
New Board Members Announced At Annual Meeting
PRESS RELEASE | The Board of Directors of Friends of Virgin Islands National Park ratified the addition of three new Board Members at the organization’s Annual Meeting today. Joining the…
Scholarship Applications Open
NEWS RELEASE | Friends of Virgin Islands National Park is happy to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2025/26 academic year for its two undergraduate scholarship programs:…