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United After-School Enrichment For and Mentoring President the 2021-2022 school year Derek Edwards announced that earlier this month he received a full ride for 4 years through the the Gates Scholarship to Prestigious Princeton University. Dr. Bailey and her daughter presented the check to Founder and Executive Director Sandra Fatmi-Hall.

In a statement Dr. Bailey said "One of the things that moves me is seeing young people succeed. I thank God for placing me in a position where I can help them remove some of the the financial obstacles that they face." The historic night continued for the United Foundation of Central Florida, Inc. when Future Leaders

Dr. Bailey continued her partnership and investment in the young people of Pine Hills, through the United Foundation of Central Florida, Inc., by making the life changing donation at the Foundation's 6th Annual Christmas Party.

for United Foundation of Central Florida with a special gift from Dr. Trisha Bailey of Bailey's Pharmacy.

Christmas came early

HME Woman of the Year Finalist Dr. Trisha Bailey of Bailey's Pharmacy donates $100,000.00 to local After-School Enrichment and Mentoring Program.

But who cared for those things on Christmas morning when we unwrapped that beautiful flaxen haired blue eyed waxen faced doll (talk about inappropriate images!) Or when we got that little frying pan and teapot adorned with painted daisies! We forgot about those beautiful images or, rather, were not these little shining newbies an extension of those very glasswindow unattainbles? Cont'd on page 3

Anticipation has a magic all its own – not to be distilled by reality. And our reality never disappointed even though objectively it should have! After all, we never did get that beautiful walking, talking doll we saw in the store windows when we went window shopping at night. We never got that beautifully equipped doll’s house! O the magic of that house! Did such things really exist. After all we never did see one outside of the glass case.

Of course, Dad was chief financier, bringing in his teachers’ pay after he had let it warm his pocket for a few days – reluctant to part with it knowing that he would be left with an empty pocket for the rest of the month. We were, in fact, poor. But we children never knew it. Because Anna B never missed a beat. At Christmas the toys were there. The pepperpot was there. The ginger beer and mauby were there. So were the biscuits and sweets! But most of all, what Anna B. gave to us was Anticipation!

Anna B was my mom. She it was who made Christmas ‘happen’.

by Jean Ann Ridley

CHRISTMAS IN GT WITH ANNA B

Merry Christmas from the Management & Staff of Caribbean American Passport

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This performance was dance at its best, and everyone that danced in the show did it with passion and exuberance. Some members of the principal cast were; Marl Sallis as Clare, Ma’Liyah Chatman as Young Clare, Dominiq Luckie as the Nutcracker Prince, Laura Pretel as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Brian Allen Martin & Carol-Ann Clenton-Martin as Clare’s Parents.

The scenes were magnificent, and Joas Pedro Mascarenhas, first year art student at Valencia College, who created the beautiful scenes, is extremely talented.

For more information visit the website at www.clareandthechocolatenutcracker.com. Clare and Chocolate Nutcracker merchandise is now sold on Etsy.com, Walmart.com, and on the Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker website.

Now it is time to take this great show on the road to Broadway, as George Benson started off the show singing, there’s magic in the air.

On a cultural, ecstatic, and global perspective, there were no dance forms missed, and the dancers never stopped moving the entire show. I have seen the show many different times, and each year it gets better, and Saturday night, it rocked downtown Orlando. If you were not there you missed a special treat. The show started with George Benson’s music “On Broadway” and mentally the dancing took you back to the partying in the twenties, and at that point you were under the spell of the show.

From ballet to hip-hop, to jazz, modern day R&B, calypso, African dance, and music from around the world, there was something that you heard, that you loved. On Saturday, November 27th, at 7 PM, 150 dancers primarily children and youth lit up the stage with brilliance, hard work, dancing genius, discipline, and pure African American funk. Under the vision and leadership of the creator and Executive Producer Beverly Page, and Artistic Director Jere’ James, Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts came alive.

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson proudly represents Florida’s 24th Congressional District shown above with community members.

Ambassadors Ericka, Deja, Mani and Nicole for the Orlando Carnival team were on the red carpet to greet guests with host Monica Mays. They later participated in the Clare goes to the Caribbean scene in the Chocolate Nutcracker.

Part of the 28 member cast and crew

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Congrats to the Pine Hills Parade Committee Members for your diligence in working so hard to make this parade a success.:

The parade was planned by Roselyn Clouden of the Pine Hills Safe Neighborhood Partnership and due to the hard work of Committee members, Aisha Ryan, Rashida Ryan-Horton, Samuel Roberts of Caribbean American Passport, Adrea Osinski, Lorna Wilmoth of Pine Hills Seniors as well as Patricia Rumph, Myra Johnson and Dr. Latanya Nichols of the Pine Hills Community Council, the parade was a success.

Pine Hills is a highly diverse Community that encompasses more than 25,000 households with a population of over 80,000. Pine Hills is unincorporated and depends largely on civic organizations, such as the Pine Hills Safe Neighborhood Partnership and Pine Hills Community Council to promote civic awareness, health awareness, public safety and many other quality of life initiatives.

Pine Hills Community celebrated its very first historical Pine Hills Establishment Day Parade, on December 11, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. The parade started at Barnett Park, out to Pine Hills Road and returned to Barnet Park for festivities.

Pine Hills Establishment Day Parade

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BizLink Orange® is funded by Orange County Government and managed by the National Entrepreneur Center. The online platform is free to the public to access and free for non-profit resource partners to join. For more information, visit www.BizLinkOrange.com or call 3-1-1.

community at every stage of growth. BizLink Orange® expands our existing collaborative model exponentially, while providing quick and easy access to business services.â€

“Our community has been at the forefront of building dynamic resources to support our business

“Entrepreneurs have different needs at different times,” said Jerry Ross, President of the National Entrepreneur Center.

The National Entrepreneur Center will launch and manage BizLink Orange® which has already attracted more than 50 participating organizations.

The service is free and includes access to business coaches, research materials, a regional business event calendar, and a variety of business-building services across the sixcounty region of Central Florida. BizLink Orange® utilizes the proprietary SourceLink® software, which is already in use in many communities throughout the United States.

” said Demings. “Orange County Government was a founding sponsor of the National Entrepreneur Center and this new tool provides the next step for connecting business owners throughout Central Florida to the resources that will support their growth. This initiative benefits our entire region.”

BizLink Orange Logo “Orange County is home to some of the most innovative and hard-working business owners in the world,

In partnership with Central Florida’s National Entrepreneur Center, Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings today announced the launch of BizLink Orange® , an innovative online platform to seamlessly connect Central Florida entrepreneurs and small business owners to business assistance organizations in over 50 different languages.

Orange County Government One-stop Website That Supports Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners.

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The biggest risk of fiat money, inflation and hyperinflation. This is something that we’re living through right now. To keep the economy afloat throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the US economy decided to essentially print more money. They gave it out through stimulus checks; lowered interest rates; gave PPP loans to small businesses, and many other policies made sure money continued to flow.

The original idea behind Bitcoin was to create a decentralized cryptocurrency, eliminate centralized control of money from government agencies and ensure speedy processing of transactions. These are the same principles that many other altcoins have followed. While each individual crypto has its own intended uses, and benefits(and should be researched separately before purchasing). One major benefit to them is the users and owners of the crypto have control over the currency itself. With normal currency you have control over your money in terms of what you spend and where you spend it, but we have no say in the actual value of our money. Because fiat money is backed and controlled by our government; our government controls our money!

“Normal” currency as we generally think of it is backed by a country or government, this is called “Fiat money.” Which basically means that the value of the currency is based on supply and demand, and the stability of the government that issued it. These are usually issued by central banks and backed by the government.

A cryptocurrency (or “crypto”) is a digital currency that can be used to buy goods and services, but uses an online ledger with strong cryptography to secure online transactions.

What is cryptocurrency? by Kadeem Roberts

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