{"id":27001,"date":"2015-08-15T13:28:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T13:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=27001"},"modified":"2015-08-15T13:28:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T13:28:22","slug":"pumpa-headlines-back-2-school-summer-event-this-sunday-over-300-schoolbags-and-supplies-to-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001","title":{"rendered":"Pumpa Headlines ‘Back 2 School’ Summer Event This Sunday, Over 300 Schoolbags And Supplies To Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. CROIX — As summer comes to an end, local Soca sensation Rudylive and M&Z Promotions, along with Neighborhood Pharmacy have partnered to put on what is being dubbed as one of the most memorable events this summer, according to a press release the group issued on Friday.<\/p>\n

The event, which takes place from 12:00-6:00 p.m. at 140B Estate St. George, Frederiksted (the parking lot across from Mountain Gas Station on Centerline Road) and includes Soca star Pumpa, will be a family affair with a myriad of activities, including a basketball shootout contest, hola hoop contest, face painting, wip nae nae competition, bouncy and much more.<\/p>\n

Over 300 schoolbags and supplies will be given to attending children, and two gift certificates will be awarded to Women’s Coalition of St. Croix, made available through the office of Senator Sammuel Sanes, according to the release.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.<\/a>

Dr. Kisha Christian-Butcher.<\/p><\/div>\n

Parents will be treated to the music of Rudylive and M&Z Promotions, Tia<\/a><\/span>, and Pumpa will culminate the affair with an energetic performance.<\/p>\n

One of the event’s main sponsors, Neighborhood Pharmacy, is owned by\u00a0Dr. Kisha Christian-Butcher, who’s known for her dedication in giving back to her community.<\/p>\n

A native daughter, Dr. Christian-Butcher\u00a0stays involved in many community organizations, including League of Women Voters, Generation Now!, Inc. and is currently working on her own non-profit organization that will focus on healthcare in the community.<\/p>\n

“Neighborhood Pharmacy is committed\u00a0 to giving back to the community,” Dr. Christian-Butcher said. “We have already participated in one give back with Vivid Streaming where we raised money to purchase an electric wheelchair. This is our second community event and we haven’t even opened our doors yet.” Dr. Christian-Butcher\u00a0also serves as a board member for the Freewill Investment Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other sponsors include Walker Legal Group, Jason Charles, Public Safety USA, Major Police Supply, Vivid Streaming, Krushmore Entertainment, Grind Hard Energy Drink, Mighty Dragon, Office Depot, VI. Platinum Fitness and Nutrition located in Havensight St. Thomas U.S.V.I , Senator Neville James, Quality Cooling AC Company, Aplus Signs, Parris Tees and Novelties, Plaza Extra East, Anette\u2019s Jewelry, Natural Expressions and Creations for Celebrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ST. CROIX — As summer comes to an end, local Soca sensation Rudylive and M&Z Promotions, along with Neighborhood Pharmacy have partnered to put on what is being dubbed as one of the most memorable events this summer, according to a press release the group issued on Friday. The event, which takes place from 12:00-6:00 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[628,7,191,147],"tags":[2964,71,121],"yoast_head":"\nPumpa Headlines 'Back 2 School' Summer Event This Sunday, Over 300 Schoolbags And Supplies To Giveaway - V.I. Consortium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ST. CROIX -- Summer Event -- As summer comes to an end, local Soca sensation Rudylive and M&Z Promotions, along with Neighborhood Pharmacy have...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ernice Gilbert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001\",\"name\":\"Pumpa Headlines 'Back 2 School' Summer Event This Sunday, Over 300 Schoolbags And Supplies To Giveaway - V.I. Consortium\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-15T13:28:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-08-15T13:28:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d227a4a2478d096447391f7d05afcb51\"},\"description\":\"ST. CROIX -- Summer Event -- As summer comes to an end, local Soca sensation Rudylive and M&Z Promotions, along with Neighborhood Pharmacy have...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pumpa Headlines ‘Back 2 School’ Summer Event This Sunday, Over 300 Schoolbags And Supplies To Giveaway\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/\",\"name\":\"V.I. Consortium\",\"description\":\"Uniting the Caribbean\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d227a4a2478d096447391f7d05afcb51\",\"name\":\"Ernice Gilbert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50e9900b9c4e146fd5fb7b811fb4a06e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50e9900b9c4e146fd5fb7b811fb4a06e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ernice Gilbert\"},\"description\":\"I wear many hats, I suppose, but the one which fits me best would be journalism, second to that would be radio personality, thirdly singer\/songwriter and down the line. I've been the Editor-In-Chief at my videogames website, Gamesthirst, for over 5 years, writing over 7,000 articles and more than 2 million words. I'm also very passionate about where I live, the United States Virgin Islands, and I'm intent on making it a better place by being resourceful and keeping our leaders honest. VI Consortium was birthed out of said desire, hopefully my efforts bear fruit. Reach me at ernice@viconsortium.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/ernicegilbert.com\/\"],\"url\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pumpa Headlines 'Back 2 School' Summer Event This Sunday, Over 300 Schoolbags And Supplies To Giveaway - V.I. Consortium","description":"ST. CROIX -- Summer Event -- As summer comes to an end, local Soca sensation Rudylive and M&Z Promotions, along with Neighborhood Pharmacy have...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ernice Gilbert","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001","url":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001","name":"Pumpa Headlines 'Back 2 School' Summer Event This Sunday, Over 300 Schoolbags And Supplies To Giveaway - V.I. Consortium","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-08-15T13:28:22+00:00","dateModified":"2015-08-15T13:28:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d227a4a2478d096447391f7d05afcb51"},"description":"ST. CROIX -- Summer Event -- As summer comes to an end, local Soca sensation Rudylive and M&Z Promotions, along with Neighborhood Pharmacy have...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27001#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pumpa Headlines ‘Back 2 School’ Summer Event This Sunday, Over 300 Schoolbags And Supplies To Giveaway"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/","name":"V.I. Consortium","description":"Uniting the Caribbean","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d227a4a2478d096447391f7d05afcb51","name":"Ernice Gilbert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50e9900b9c4e146fd5fb7b811fb4a06e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50e9900b9c4e146fd5fb7b811fb4a06e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ernice Gilbert"},"description":"I wear many hats, I suppose, but the one which fits me best would be journalism, second to that would be radio personality, thirdly singer\/songwriter and down the line. I've been the Editor-In-Chief at my videogames website, Gamesthirst, for over 5 years, writing over 7,000 articles and more than 2 million words. I'm also very passionate about where I live, the United States Virgin Islands, and I'm intent on making it a better place by being resourceful and keeping our leaders honest. VI Consortium was birthed out of said desire, hopefully my efforts bear fruit. Reach me at ernice@viconsortium.com.","sameAs":["http:\/\/ernicegilbert.com\/"],"url":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27001"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}