Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

Coral Springs, Florida native and JP Taravella High School graduate Justin Musanda is serving aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during Exercise Valiant Shield, Sept. 14-25.

      Welcome back to part III of Is My House on Fire? Getting insured during a pandemic. I would be remissed if I didn’t not remind you that September is “Life Insurance Awareness Month” (LIAM). This is a very special time in our industry to educate, and help mobilize our friends, families and businesses on how to take advantage of plans available to them. So please, contact your local insurance agent today.

Burlington Stores, the national off-price retailer, through its partnership with the national non-profit organization, AdoptAClassroom.org and local partner Broward Education Foundation, has donated $5,000 towards school supplies to Broward County Public Schools’ Palm Cove and Sheridan Elementary Schools in celebration of its new stores now open in Hollywood and Pembroke Pines.

A new program has been launched that is targeting newly-coined African American “mobile-preneurs” who want to work from home or remotely in the lifestyle consulting industry. Amidst the aftermath of the global Coronavirus pandemic, millions of people are in a desperate search to make a living and thrive financially in a market and climate where jobs literally don’t exist anymore. Business owners and entrepreneurs alike have had to evolve and adapt and find new ways of generating income and maintain their current lifestyle or find a new lifestyle.

       As South Florida continues to face the economic and health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, responding to the 2020 Census is more important now than ever before to secure the resources we need to invest in our communities and address these new challenges. Given the Trump Administration’s efforts to rush this count and threaten its accuracy, time is running out to respond to the Census by the new September 30th deadline!