CFVI Relaunches The Virtues Project in USVI

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CFVI Relaunches The Virtues Project in USVI

The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands is relaunching The Virtues Project, a global grassroots initiative to inspire the practice of virtues in everyday life and to spark a global revolution.

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