The YMCA of South Florida, in partnership with the City of Weston, will host its 12th annual Veterans Day Salute, a breakfast to honor the service and sacrifice of former and current members of the military on Friday, November 6 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the Bonaventure Town Center Club, 16690 Saddle Club Road, in Weston. Proceeds will provide financial support to families of veterans, granting them access to the Y, its programming and much more.
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It gives a young person the chance to write a poem and discover that their words matter. It allows a student to step onto a stage and find confidence they didn’t know they had. It offers emerging artists opportunities to develop their craft, earn a living and share work that reflects their communities and experiences.
VaxImpactMap was developed by the Emory Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
“It is an honor for the City of Deerfield Beach commission to invite us to their meeting. This official proclamation means a great deal to our local frontline health care workers by helping raise public awareness of the critical role emergency nurses play in public safety and community health,” said Lisa M. Alward, BSN, RN, TNCC, SANE-A, Unit Base Nursing Council Chair at Holy Cross Freestanding Deerfield Beach Emergency Department. “On behalf of our council and my colleagues, I appreciate the time, leadership and constant support we receive from Mayor Drosky and Vice Mayor Hudak. The commission and Holy Cross Health both provide essential services to our community.”
For the second consecutive year, Holy Cross Health has received the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Commitment to Quality award for achieving high performance across three or more clinical areas in the Get With The Guidelines® program—Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus, Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll Gold Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll.
Quintera Knight, an African American medical student from Morehouse School of Medicine, an HBCU in Atlanta, Georgia, was just 25 years old and in her first year of medical school when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The diagnosis came as she was beginning her medical career and already knew how deeply the disease had affected her family. Her mother had been diagnosed at 35 and died from breast cancer at 40.
Gale Nelson, the longtime president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, has been named the team’s new public address announcer and official “Voice of the Heat” beginning with the 2026-27 season.
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The trip I took to see the Orange Blossom Classic featuring Florida A&M University
ICE is nothing more than terrorist who carries out the whims and notions of that little minion Stephen Miller whose goal is to make America as white as possible.