The Junior Philanthropists, a group of students age 9-17 years-old, are finalizing plans for their second annual Youth 4 Youth Tennis Tournament on St Thomas.

 The Nigel O. Hodge Foundation Fund will celebrate a commemoration of what would have been Nigel O. Hodges’ 30th birthday.

The Prema Scholarship affords a UVI student a much needed college tuition. Prema means “love” in Hindi and the scholarship is meant to give a student a little help along the way.

 The Virgin Islands Recycling Partnership (VIRP) will host the administrator of Region 2 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Judith Enck.

 Vendor applications for the Carnival 2013 Cultural Fair are now available for pick up at the Virgin Islands Carnival Committee’s office. All individuals or groups interested in hosting a VICC Calypso Elimination Tent for Carnival 2013 being sought.

 Caribbean jewelry studio, ib designs, announced this week that its Elkhorn Collection fundraiser initiative has raised $1,500 since May 2012 to support The Nature Conservancy’s Coral Restoration Program on St. Croix and St. Thomas.

 Join the Environmental Association of St. Thomas-St. John (www.eastvi.org) as it heads out on one of the three scheduled annual whale watches on The Spirit of Christopher.

 The tenth annual Against the Tide in the Virgin Islands, Swim for Breast Cancer will be held on Saturday, Feb. 2, at Magens Bay.

 The phones for the St. Thomas office of Inter Island Parent Coalition for
Change/ VI FIND are currently out of order.

 The Fruit Bowl invites girls and women of all ages to walk, jog or run to
benefit the Family Resource Center Inc. on Sunday, Jan. 27, at the 31st
Annual Women's Jogger Jam.