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Your Best is ______________________ ?

Give it your best. Your best and nothing less. We have all heard it at one point or another. When we truly believe that we have given our best, it’s comforting and withdraws all doubt. Your best makes you smile on the inside and solicits the praises of others. Your best isn’t just a condition, but also a continuous journey.

Our best is better than what we delivered yesterday. It is a result of a different kind of commitment. It is derived from a new determination. It feeds on a desire to accomplish greater goals and reach higher plateaus. It encourages you to awake an hour earlier and conclude hours later. Our best is identical to none and outlined in our existence.

Our best allows us to give more and take less, and endure more and cry less. It demands that we listen and not be judgemental of those who are at fault. We must pray more and listen for God to speak so that we can interpret His idea of what is best for us. Our best requires us to sacrifice somethings for the benefit of others. We must acknowledge when we’re wrong, and be not prideful when we have lost.

Doing these things will only allow us to be a better person.

When we strive for the best it pushes us to be better parents, better siblings, better neighbors, better friends, and better spouses. At our best, we are more valuable to our employers and secure in our futures.

If you want to change our world, you must have the best intention of doing so. Your best is like Kryptonite to fear. God is love and He expects the best from us, because that’s what He gives to us. I live my life appreciating the idea that life is a gift from God, and that with each test and trial, I must always give them my very best to ensure even the smallest chance of winning!

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www.huamimagazine.com Editor In Chief Terry L. Watson Deputy Editor Alana Allen Women’s Interest Editor Alana Allen Writers Tonya Dixon Abbria McWhite Crystal Kelly Isac Manns (Intern) Photographers Howard Gaither Dr. Tiffany Fuller Brad McKenzie Layout Mykel Media Company Linda Bennett mykelmedia@yahoo.com (336) 340-7844 HUAMI MAGAZINE is published quarterly by the Mykel Media Company. Any reproduction of any portion of this publication is prohibited without written permission from the publisher prior to doing so. Mykel Media doesn’t accept responsibility for statements made by individuals featured or advertisers. Comments concerning this publication may be submitted to the editor by E-mail at terrywatson@huamimagazine.com terry.editor@yahoo.com or to Mykel Media Company P.O. Box 20102 Greensboro, NC 27420 HUAMI MAGAZINE 2012 All Rights Reserved SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE Have Huami Magazine delivered to your home or office. Send Money Order for $16.00 for 4 issues to our P.O. Box, and allow three weeks before first issue is delivered. Include subscriber contact information with phone number. No Refunds Allowed.

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LEAP4STARS and Lystra John women everywhere with encouraging information on how to live a healthier and more beautiful lifestyle.

LEAP4STARS works with the mother, daughter, grandmother, and aunt with issues on how to dress, what to wear, and when to wear it. In addition other topics such as How to speak, when to speak, and who to speak to. John says she also addresses health concerns such as how to end usage of prescription medicine, lose weight, and raise happy and healthy children. Most importantly John says she instructs her clients on how to live in purpose.

Brooklyn, New York native Lystra John is the founder of LEAP4STARS, an image consulting company whose focus is to help women work on the visible and invisible image they have of themselves. In addition her goal is to provide

As a mother of four beautiful children, she says they are her biggest inspiration and why she does what she do. “Children do as you do not as you say. If I want my children to be successful, healthy and happy it is my moral obligation to make sure I am doing the same thing,” says John.

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She also offers advice on how to transform and update your current look, and works with youth groups and womens groups on entrepreneurship and how to work from home.

“I teach my clients on how to balance life and work. I help those who want to prepare for the next level in life. I believe that simple lifestyle changes can add years to someone’s life,” says John She says her father taught her the importance of being a business owner and money management. When she was eight, he died, but she says his impression continues to live within her. h

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Education: The Greatest Equalizer

United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is an educational assistance organization that provides college tuition for 39 historically black colleges and universities. Founded on April 25, 1944, UNCF is still providing funding for students today.

UNCF is enabling more than 60,000 students to attend college this year. North Carolina has five UNCF member institutions:

Bennett College, Johnson C. Smith University, Livingstone College, Shaw University and St. Augustine’s College.

for all our children, and as long as the work of UNCF goes on, the tide of equality will continue to rise.”

Governor Beverly Perdue was the keynote speaker at the 2012 United Negro College Luncheon on Friday March 23, 2012. The purpose of the luncheon was to reach out to those who would help fund the North Carolina UNCF. Governor Perdue delivered a heart-warming speech that encouraged and praises young students who will have the opportunity to receive funding from UNCF. “It’s a fundamental truth: education is the great equalizer; education is the great difference maker.

Delrisha White, a journalism and mass communications major at Bennett College delivered an empowering message to future donors and fundraisers. She spoke about her challenges of paying for a college education. A California native and raised in foster care, she wanted to attend a historically black college or university, and the state of Calif. didn’t have any. Her college dream soon turned into a reality of financial aid distress during her freshmen year when she found herself in a $5,000 deficit after applying for $10,000 in loans.

That’s what makes the support and sponsorship of UNCF so important” she says.

Due to UNCF efforts, students will be able to graduate from prestigious schools and will acquire jobs in every profession. Many students will be leaders in our communities and on the national stage, and many only reach that potential because of UNCF. Governor Perdue concluded in saying, “I believe education is about nothing less than the future we want

That year, she received an emergency UNCF scholarship to help and by her junior year of college, she was able to apply for more support from UNCF that covered her tuition, student housing, transportation and the opportunity to travel abroad to Shanghai, China. She says if it wasn’t for UNCF, she would had faced withdrawing from school and returning to California. h

Stories like Delrisha White are very common and UNCF tries to support students with emergency funds to prevent the last resort of leaving school. It is important to support students who are striving to have a college education; even in 2012 there are students who “Sunday Dinner is more than a meal, it’s our Ministry”

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Stephanie’s Restaurant Great Food, Great People

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f anyone has lived around the Greensboro area it’s almost certain that they have heard of, if not eaten at the famous Stephanie’s Drive-Thru as well or the home-style restaurant, Stephanie’s II. The food served can best be described as good, old-fashioned, comfort food that your mama, grand mama and auntie used to make. In fact, when customers eat at either restaurant they are eating mama’s, grand mama’s and aunties food. Owners of the highly successful restaurants, Rodney and Stephanie Hall, simply took their family recipes and started cooking, then invited the community to pull up a chair, to sit down and experience the delicious meals the two have always loved and enjoyed with their families.

Rodney and Stephanie Hall, natives from Pleasant Garden and Greensboro respectively, always had a dream to own and operate a restaurant. On May 8, 1999, they intuitively decided to “test the waters” by opening a drive thru. It provided the perfect opportunity for the budding restaurateurs to see if they had what it took to operate in the often fickle food service business. It is extremely apparent they had what it took to not only open and operate, but more importantly to tap into what the customers wanted and sufficiently and consistently meet their need. According to co-owner and operator Rodney Hall, it all basically boiled down to taking a “giant leap out on faith.”

Neither of the two owners have a background as professional

“We wanted to fix food the way we wanted to fix it.

Also, hire the right people and set the structure up the way we wanted. We didn’t want to have to pattern ourselves after some big corporation.”

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chefs. In fact, Rodney admits he had never even worked in a restaurant, but he did have a dream, a mind to work hard, dedication and the extreme faith to just do it.

Rodney says he learned a great deal of practical advice and tactics from individuals he knew that owned McDonald’s Restaurants. He quickly realized it wasn’t as difficult as it would seem. However, there was one catch—Hall was determined to do it all on his own terms. “I didn’t want a franchise. I just wanted to do my own thing,” he says. “We wanted to fix food the way we wanted to fix it. Also hire the right people and set the structure up the way we wanted. I didn’t want to have to pattern after some big corporation.”

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Continued from page 9 Indeed Rodney and Stephanie (whom the restaurant is named after) certainly have not patterned after anyone or anything. One would be hard pressed to name any other restaurant in which customers can go to a drive-thru and grab mouth-watering items like golden-brown, deep fried flounder sandwiches with baked beans, pork chop platters and countless other home-style items, and even desserts. The Halls did it and the community support was so intense that the couple decided a sit-down restaurant was definitely in order.

Pictured are Rodney’s mother Marie Hall and brother and Co-Owner Phil Hall

Additionally, Stephanie admits she wanted a place for patrons to sit down and enjoy their meals while also engaging with family and friends. Without delay, the couple opened Stephanie’s II Restaurant in late 2001. The sit-down restaurant also provided the opportunity for the Hall’s to delve deeper into home-cooking and

Owners Stephanie & Rodney Hall celebrate 24 years of marraige. offer other items they had always wanted to try. They definitely stepped up to the next level. Patrons can now have everything from hot wings to rib eye steak and turnip greens to okra.

Again the community coalesced and gave the new restaurant a resounding seal of approval. Stephanie’s II has unofficially become the Triad’s “go to” restaurant for home-style cooking; and the Hall’s couldn’t be more pleased, humbled and proud of the community. “I’m somewhat surprised but definitely pleased by our customer following and loyalty,” Rodney says. “You don’t see that in all businesses, but we are pleased.”

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Not only has the community overwhelmingly supported Stephanie’s II but when many well-known individuals across the country want to sit down to good, home-cooked food, Stephanie’s II is where they are taken. The restaurant boasts a “wall of fame” to prove it. Nevertheless, it’s not the celebrities or potential income that drives Rodney and Stephanie. They just have a passion to cook and to share good food with people. One of the reason’s Rodney believes Sunday’s are such busy days

at the restaurant is because people desire to get back to the “good old days” when everyone used to sit-down for Sunday dinner with family and friends for fellowship. However, there’s not much down time for the couple.

“There is no typical day for us,” Rodney says. “We are everywhere, going in different directions. We have very, very long days. You have to be the first one in and the last one to leave.” They delicately balance running their household, the drive-thru, the restaurant and for those who don’t know, they now have a thriving restaurant in Burlington, N.C. If all that’s not enough they also offer mobile catering, which allows them to take the great taste of Stephanie’s to the community. They have been involved in various community outreach programs including the annual Back to School Bash which is directed by Manager Tyresha Manaway. It’s those type of events that keeps the couple and the brand on the pulse of the community. Always business-minded, the two recognize they would not have been so successful had it not been for the obvious community support, but also for their great employees.

They have some employees who have been with them from the very beginning and they are very appreciative.

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Through it all Rodney and Stephanie say they have been enormously blessed since their journey began in 1999. Everyday isn’t always the best nor is it the worst, but they both remain passionate and excited about what’s next. Rodney says, “I don’t ever want to say we’re done. I’m a dreamer. The sky’s the h limit.”

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Shawn MASTER KUTS BARBERSHOP

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hen it was time for Greensboro native, Shawn Walden to choose a career path, he honestly admits he didn’t have a clue as to what he wanted to do. After graduation from Southeast Guilford High School, he says his outlook on life was just like that of most other teenagers. He had played football but wasn’t sure about attending college. Joking, he says his parents encouraged him to make up his mind. He wanted to engage in a necessary profession and so he did.

With prayer, his sights were set on becoming a professional barber.

Growing up, Walden would set up shop in his back yard and cut his younger brother Steven’s hair, and anyone else that was brave enough to allow him to practice. After being inspired by his mother, he says those experiences eventually persuaded him to enroll at Winston-Salem Barber School. After

graduating in 1994, he began his apprenticeship under the direction of Horace Harris. He says it was Harris who taught him how to respect the business and present himself professionally; even when he thinks that none of his clients are looking. As time passed on, he says he pondered the idea of owning his own shop. “I talked with my dad about the idea, and he told me go for it. I was scared but also inspired by my father’s confidence in my ability.”

Unfortunately, his father died just three months before he opened the doors of Master Kutz Barbershop. He says he is reminded of his father’s words each time he enters his shop. “This is my dream and my passion, and what my father wanted me to do,” he states.

Even as he faces challenges, he continues to strive because of his connection to a higher power. “My relationship with God has produced a road map for my life. God is first because He has blessed me with talent and ability, and also a great staff,” he says. Meeting new people, becoming a successful entrepreneur, and inspiring others is what he enjoys about his job. Moving forward, he hopes to increase Master Kutz presence in his community and possibly open another location.

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Brian Davis describes himself as a professional, productive and creative barber. He began styling hair nearly six years ago after graduating from Pyramid Institute of Barbering in Winston-Salem, N.C. He is a native of Raeford, N.C. but has lived in Greensboro for the greater portion of his life. He graduated from Northeast High School and attended Guilford Technical Community College. He is also an active member of the NAACP. Initially he says his aspirations were to work in the medical field. However something pulled him to into the field of barbering. He accredits his wife Dacia with providing him with constant encouragement and support. “Without God, I have realized that I am nothing,” he says.

Ricky Dove is a native of Trenton, N.C. After graduating from Jones Senior High School, he attended Harris Barber College in Raleigh, N.C. He eventually obtained his professional barbering license and moved to Greensboro where he began his apprenticeship at Love Barbershop. With over 30 years of barbering experience, he specializes in temper tapers, fades and regular cuts.

He says he is driven to make his clients look good.

“Satisfying my customers and ensuring that when they walk out of my shop, is the same goal I had when I first began my career as a barber,” he says.

Pictured with Shawn (from left to right) is his wife Tamika, sons Jamari Jones, Brelin Faison-Walden, and daughter Victoria

“My relationship with God has produced a road map for my life. God is first because He has blessed me with talent and ability, and also a great staff” Shawn Walden Antonio Boyd was born in Roanoke Rapids, N.C. He graduated from Northwest Halifax High School and then moved to Greensboro in 1996. He later enrolled at Guilford Technical Community College to study the craft of welding. While at GTCC, he says he decided to try something different. Since the age of 15, he says he always wanted to be a professional barber. In 2011, he enrolled at Winston-Salem Barber School. After obtaining his license he was offered his first opportunity to barber at Master Kutz. According to him, it all about customer satisfaction in the profession of barbering; it is what separates the good barbers from the great ones.

“I love to see the satisfaction on my clients face after seeing the job I have done,” he says. Razor Lines, Tapers and Designs are all weapons in his styling arsenal.

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Marcus Watlington is a native of Burlington, N.C. and was raised in Cherry Grove, N.C. He graduated from Bartlett Yancey High School and later enrolled in Winston-Salem Barber School. As a child, he says his father would cut his hair. “He would always mess it up.

I didn’t like the way it was and so I asked him to give me the clippers so I could do it myself,” he says. Pleased with his results, he decided to take his new skill to another level. The versatility of clients and the challenge of accommodating each of their needs is what he says he loves most about his career. h

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Living Healthy

MS Wellness is a dynamic state of physical, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being that can be achieved even in the presence of a chronic illness or disability.

For a person living with MS, the road to wellness involves more than treatment of the disease. Equally important are health promotion and prevention strategies, satisfying personal relationships, a strong support network, fulfilling work and leisure activities, a meaningful place in the community, and adequate attention to one’s inner self.

National Multiple Scorosis Society Family members and caregivers also need to pay attention to their own health and wellbeing. In order to offer the best possible care and support to someone else, it is important to make sure that one’s own needs are being addressed Exercising Your Way to Wellness. Exercise is a key component of your overall healthcare strategy, but that doesn’t mean you need to be a super athlete to enjoy the benefits. Studies show that moderate aerobic exercise improves cardiac health, stamina, and mood, and helps manage symptoms like fatigue, weakness, and bladder and bowel difficulties. Stretching exercises—whether done on your own or with a helper—can relieve stiffness and improve your flexibility and mobility. Learn more about good ways to get yourself moving—and have fun while you’re doing it Eating Healthy to Take Charge of Your Health While no diet can cure or prevent MS, a balanced, low-fat, high fiber diet promotes healthy bowel function and helps you be in the best possible shape to deal with whatever challenges MS brings your way. Get the facts

about nutrition and MS—including the role of vitamins, minerals, and herbs—and find some hints for keeping your weight where you’d like it to be.

Managing Stress to Feel Your Best. In spite of a great deal of research, the exact relationship between stress and the onset or progression of MS remains unclear. What is clear, however, is that too much stress doesn’t make anyone feel better. The key to dealing with the stresses of everyday life is to eliminate those that are not essential and learn how to manage the ones that help make life interesting and challenging.

Managing When You Have MS and Something Else. Even with the best of care, people with MS are sometimes faced with unrelated health problems—from allergies or another autoimmune disease to cancer or cardiac problems. Dealing with a double whammy means getting the diagnoses sorted out, gathering the necessary information, mobilizing your support system, and working with your medical specialists to coordinate the various aspects of your care.

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Healing Begins in Our Community

ove saving lives. T.H.U.G.S. Inc. Is the acronym for Truth Healing and Uniting Greater Souls Incorportated. Truth is what Jesus said would set us free. Healing is restoring or nursing back to health. Uniting is coming together and bonding for the good of the purpose in which you serve. Greater is vast or enormous and stands for the amount of impact we will make on the world. Soul(s) is the essence or character of every human being and represents the heart.

T.H.U.G.S., Inc. Is a mentoring mediation and bullying and violence prevention program called “The Resurrection”. Our mentors and clients are purposely matched according to want the clients see as his or her horizon. The mentor will be the mirror that the client looks in and communicates with and has accomplished or is in the process of accomplishing the goal that the client has their eye on. This makes it a positive and effective experience for both the client and the mentor.

Mentors and clients will make use of modern technology to make it happen including Skype, texting, calling or emails. . . by any means necessary. We are in the process of building a great pool of college students, professionals and entrepreneurs to serve as mentors for our clients.

Our mediators are “street level mediators”. Street level mediator means that we mediate between the public and those that serve them. This could be between teachers and administrators or between parents and teachers.

It could also be between a welfare worker and his or her client. Street mediation also involves being in the cross walks before and after school and being in the parks where needed. We are there whenever we are notified whether it is between two 10 year olds, a teacher and a student or a blood and a crypt.

Bullying and Violence Prevention starts with our mediators (conflict resolution) and ends with our mentors. Mediators simply identify the problem and gives council and resolution to both sides and provides the help he or she needs after carefully gauging the circumstances of each case. The mentors are handpicked for the client and proper referrals are made according to client’s area of interest. He or she may have an interest in auto mechanic or becoming nurse and the mentors will start him or her on the right track to pursue that course of action. These systems have been set into place to begin the process of resurrecting humanity from a physical, mental and emotional grave and building a more civilized society.

T.H.U.G.S. Inc. was formally founded on December 21, 2010. However, they’ve have been operating informally since 1997. Philena V. Ruffin is the sole founder of this organization (by the Grace of God) and does not have a problem with sharing it with other willing participants. Our program primarily serves disadvantaged persons between the ages of 10 – 24. If it is children between the ages of 10 – 17 that we are serving then we also try to engage and serve their parent(s). Some of the programs offered are Black History and Self Awareness, Conflict Resolution and Critical Thinking Skills, Self Defense, and Communication Skills. h T.H.U.G.S. Inc. Philena Ruffin, CEO Truth Healing and Uniting Greater Souls, Inc. 525 North Tryon, Suite 1600 Charlotte NC 28202 (646) 544-0659

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Take what you got and make it what you want!

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The Triad is full of talented, driven and successful business people. Carina Cole is an Image Consultant, founder and CEO of Legacy Couture, an online women’s accessory boutique that specializes in unique jewelry and other accessories for today’s woman.

What are your three favorite spring trends?

Anything color blocked. Statement pieces. It could be a bold print skirt with bright color or a huge chunky necklace that makes a simple outfit stand out or that stiletto/heel that stops you dead in your tracks. Bright, Bright Colors.

Cobalt Blue (my favorite right now), orange, hot pinks and bright greens.

Which of the these do you wear most & why?

Oh wow, that’s hard. I would say the bright colors such as cobalt blue. I wear it because I love the color and how it transforms even your mood. It looks fabulous on many skin tones. Just a fun color!

Spring fashion tip for men?

Keep it crisp. You can never go wrong with a freshly pressed white button down shirt or even a white V-neck tee paired with dark slacks or dark denim jeans!

Is it better to appear polished or pulled together without a lot of fuss over an outfit?

Make sure that your clothes are fitted (not tight) but fitted it will make you look neater and pulled together and also Black/white colors always create a polished look for men and women.

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he first time Stephanie Sanders attempted to design and bake a custom cake it was, in her own exact words, “horrible!” Nevertheless, it was enough to spark an interest she says. Never one to be defeated by mistakes, she got herself together, took to the kitchen and determined within herself to not only figure it out, but to master it. She not only figured it out, she went far beyond and the rest is sweet history filled with delicious goodies sure to please the most refined sweet tooth around.

In August 2010 the husband and wife duo, Milton and Stephanie Sanders began filling orders for homemade cakes, pies and general desserts. After several months of orders pouring in, the couple officially launched Delicious Deliveries in January 2011. Although the business was doing well and holding its own, it was never something either Sanders previously dreamed or planned. In fact, it was a business they were practically pushed into and probably would have never started had it not been for the country’s economic downturn.

“I feel like it was God that took us off our jobs. I feel like God forced me into a blessing.”

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Originally, they started the business to supplement their income after Milton Sanders lost his job to layoffs. However, within a year of that traumatic event, Stephanie was served a slice from that same pie and after 15 years working in the insurance industry she was also laid off. Nevertheless the enterprising couple didn’t take those seemingly stressful moments as detrimental; rather they embraced them as part of God’s master plan for their lives.

“I feel like it was God that took us off our jobs,” says Stephanie. “I feel like God forced me into a blessing.” Fast forward to the present and Stephanie doesn’t just “feel like” she was given a blessing; she absolutely knows it.

The Greensboro native graduated from North Carolina A&T State University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Education with a concentration in Information Technology – arguably the furthest in profession from cooking, cuisine or any form of the culinary arts. Amazingly, Stephanie says she has never had a cooking lesson or taken a cooking class. She says she always “cooked,” but it wasn’t until recently that a baking giant was unleashed within.

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Sanders partially attributes her craft to her husband. “My husband is a sweet connoisseur; he loves sweets. He sparked an interest in me to bake,” she says. “When I started baking I realized I was just as good at baking as I was at cooking. I enjoy it so much. It’s a passion I didn’t even know that I had. It was a hidden talent.” Everything is self-taught. She says ninety-nine percent is from experimenting and troubleshooting.

People have always encouraged Stephanie to open her own business. She was always winning various cook-offs and bake-offs, so Delicious Deliveries was the natural next step. The company is quickly gaining a solid customer base and following.

Customers are awed by the vast of array of delights to choose from. Delicious Deliveries has expanded significantly from just offering pound cakes and cookies in the early days to just about any type of pallet-pleasing dessert including muffins and pies to candy truffles to highly specialized, custom cakes for any event.

Delicious Deliveries offers it all.

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The company now offers dessert and candy buffets. So for all those customers who simply can’t pick just one treat, they can potentially choose them all; and Delicious Deliveries will even stick around to serve it all up. Just as the name states all orders are delivered directly to the customer. They are guaranteed to receive fresh delights to order.

Amazingly, every item is sculpted and designed (because they are like works of art) by Stephanie. The custom and specialty cakes are absolutely edible masterpieces. So, what design options are available? The possibilities are literally unlimited.

From an upright, three-dimensional, Spongebob Square Pants, children’s cake to an outstandingly realistic Coach purse cake.

Sanders definitely has an eye for detail. Ironically, it was her artistic eye that she initially thought would provide her the ability to pursue another passion-interior design.

“It’s sort of strange how God combined the two,” she says.

“Decorating cakes you have to have that visual eye just like with interior design.” Stephanie says each order is personalized and customized for each client. No two orders will ever be exactly the same. Every custom dessert order will be tailored to fit the personality of the client or group.

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The company’s dedication to detail and customer satisfaction is what drives Stephanie and keeps people coming back for more. More is exactly what the Sanders intend on doing. They will simply continue to push the boundaries and offer delicious goodies. Although Stephanie says she and her husband would eventually like to open a storefront at some point, but they are presently concentrating on meeting the needs of customers and allowing God to lead them and the business. “I trust God fully and want Him to lead me and I’ll follow His lead. So whenever He tells me to move, that’s when I’ll move, I’ll just wait on His Guidance.” h

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t the young age of 17, JaQuel Richmond is a gifted and talented basketball player. His skill set is remarkable and has caught the attention of several big names schools across the nation including UNC-Charlotte, Oklahoma State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Georgetown, and Tennessee, all of which has offered him scholarships. Additionally he has received serious interest from Duke, Syracuse, UCLA and Kansas.

Richmond is a point guard that plays for NBA superstar guard, Chris Paul and his CP3 All Stars AAU Team. He has been handling that orange sphere since the tender age of four. Yet he says there is still so much for him to accomplish on and off the basketball court. He is the type of guard that can break any defender down and get to the basket at will. “I have developed a three point shot just in case my defender is backing up, I’m pulling up for the jump shot,” says Paul.

“But if he’s playing me tight one move and I’m going to the hole”.

Richmond has received a double portion of basketball blessing from both of his parents. His mother Keisha Mail and father Bennie Richmond both played basketball for James B. Dudley High School in Greensboro. He also attended Dudley as a freshman, but later transferred to Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point where its basketball program is lead by Keith Gatlin (former University of Maryland guard). He now maintains a 3.500 GPA at Wesleyan and has manage the transition very well.

Richmond says his biggest goal is prepare himself to play basketball at the next level. His father says he allows him to be a “Gym Rat” but he requires JaQuel to hit his books first. As a member of CP3 he travels around the country to mentor other youth who are following in his footsteps. His travels generally consume any breaks that he has from school, including the summer.

“Chris Paul has impacted my life a lot because he plays the point guard position. Learning directly from him makes me feel like I can’t go wrong.

He teaches me the ins and out about the game of basketball.”

He understands that success requires a lot of hard work. The death of his uncle Kenyon Mial in 2009, he says was the biggest challenged he’s had to face. “He was my number one fan. When I lost him, it was like a part of me left. It took months for me to get myself together.

I knew I needed to regroup because that’s not what he would have wanted,” he says.

His parents and younger sisters are his biggest inspiration. Looking at their faces when I’m playing on the court as they cheer inspires me to work hard on and off the court and in the classroom,” he says.

“I always tell them they are going to retire real early”. He also says seeing some of his friends who are either in college playing or on their way to college, makes him strive harder. “Chris Paul has impacted my life a lot because he plays the point guard position. Learning directly from him makes me feel like I can’t go wrong. He teaches me the ins and out about the game of basketball,” say Richmond.

With the dream to possibly play in the NBA one day, Richmond declares that nobody can stop him but myself. His plan is to finish strong in high school, excel in college, and play professionally. “One day I’m going to tell my kids how my dream came true. Life is what you make it and basketball is mine,” he says. h

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any years ago, a musical gift was realized in Antron “Tru Keyz” Heggie. Originally from Oxford, N.C., he graduated From J. F. Webb High School in 1996. Along with John Joyner and Kelvin Parker, Agape Muzic was formed in 2009. Their original goal was to be a musician only jazz band, but after prayer for direction and vision they realized they needed vocalists. Heggie plays the piano, leads the musicians and provides the hip hop portion to Agape. “I took piano lessons from age 10 to 18. I played the piano for my home church from the ninth grade until I graduated from high school,” he says. He then attended North Carolina A & T State University and met his wife Keisha, a bond that produced their beautiful daughter, Nyla. “She is the reason that I am striving to build a legacy,” says Heggie.

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“I play because music is in my DNA. When I wake up every morning I pray then I turn on the music,” says Heggie. Music has been the soundtrack of his life. He also takes on the role of producer, creating hip hop, R&B and digital jazz. “With all the music that’s in me I have to play. I would lose my mind if I couldn’t get this music out of me,” he says.

Antonio J. Scott is a native of High Point, N.C. and graduated from Southwest Guilford High School Class in 2003. Currently he is a student at Winston Salem State University, majoring in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in biology. He describes himself is a lyricist and poet, he is the hype man for Agape Muzic. He says he is blessed to be in the company of such an amazing group of God-fearing individuals that share messages of love, and hope through good music. He says that he inspired by God, and his life has been impacted by the values and morals that his parents have set before him. “Music is life, rhythm, and melodic tones. It motivates me,” he says.

Drummer Jared (Jay) Brandon Jones is a native of New Jersey. He moved to Greensboro in 1998 and attended Southern Guilford High School and joined the band. He says he became intrigued by the percussion section. After he graduated from high school in 2008, Jones began to play for his church, Gospel Feast Tabernacle, under the leadership of Bishop Brandon Thompson in Greensboro. “Playing for the church has been a blessing. I enjoy every minute of it, from the slow contemporary music to the fast music,” he says.

His biggest inspirations are Chris Coleman, Calvin Napper, Calvin Rodgers and Aaron Spears.

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Vocalist Tasha Crews is a native of Greensboro, N.C. She attended Carolina Beauty School in 1997 and earned her professional styling licenses in 1998.

Soon afterwards, she attended North Carolina A &T State University and earned a bachelor’s in business administration. A mother of two beautiful children, Azana and Ameen, she has been singing for more than half her life in church. She lead her first song at age nine with her family group “Faith of Victory” consisting of her grandmother, mother and younger sister and Agape member, Crystal. “My instrument is my voice. Singing is a gift from God. So he has anointed me to sing and by singing to Him daily has made my voice stronger,” she says. “I sing because it makes God smile and brings Him glory. I have come to know through experience, that singing heals broken hearts and delivers souls. Singing calms and makes a heart happy and sends a message. Singing allows me to express myself freely.”

Crystal Simmons is a native of Greensboro, N.C., and a graduate of Walter Hines Page High School, she prides herself on being a great mom to her daughter Olivia. She says she strives everyday to be a better person. With a lot of prayer, she says she is able to still stand. “I can honestly say that the greatest achievement that I have ever made was being a loving mother.

Growing up I always vision myself on stage singing in front of thousands of people and God has really blessed me by putting me with amazing people that love God and music as much as I do,” she says.

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The Sound Engineer for Agape Muzic is Kelvin Parker. A native of Greensboro, N.C., he graduated from James B. Dudley High School.

Instructed by other sound professionals Arthur “Ottie” Harris, Ken Knoble Stanton Gilmore and Ricky Ellis, and he is also a founding member of Agape Muzic. He has a natural love for music, but more specifically he identifies with the way music makes him feel. “Music is uplifting and joyful in every aspect.

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part of Agape Muzic and express my love for God with this wonderful group of people forever,” says Parker.

John R. Joyner Jr. was raised in North Carolina and Brooklyn N.Y. He attended Albany State University in Georgia and has been a member of Agape for two years. As the band’s bass guitarist, he says he loves everything about music, including how a song can touch your soul when you are feeling happy or sad. He says his inspirations are everyday people who go through hard times but never give up. He accredits his mother for instilling her strong will and spiritually minded qualities in him. Joyner says Agape means love. As a member of the band it has allowed him to help change lives in a way that it pleases God. “I’m forever grateful to God for making and molding me into a better man, father, husband and friend,” he says.

Vocalist Kolika Cutler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and was raised on the eastern shore of Virginia. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University and later transferred to North Carolina A&T State University. The middle child of three, she is the mother of an eight year old son. She says she has been singing all of her life. “I don’t come from a family of singers, but I have always been in love with singing,” she says. Her motto is “Music is my therapy”. If she’s singing or just listening to it, she says its universal language seems to take her to another place. Her musical inspiration is Anita Baker. h

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hemistry—that’s what the stylist of Simply Beautiful Hair Salon has in common. A necessary component that has positioned their boutique as one of the best in the Triad community. An honest description would state that they’re dedicated to providing excellent hair care service in a professional and inviting environment, always.

On March 1, 2008, the doors of Simply Beautiful were opened

by Kala Slade. A devout woman of God, she says her vision was to manage a salon that would also serve as a ministry. “I wanted to provide a setting where we as women could work together in unity and provide excellent service for other women,” she says.

A native of Greensboro, Slade wears several hats as a stylist and owner. She’s a creative thinker and innovator. With her God given talents, she says she is able to look at any situation and devise a plan to make it better. Her constant encouragement to others is fueled by a passion to help others succeed and see their ideal self.

After graduating from Smith High School in Greensboro, Slade attended North Carolina Central University. While there she would set up shop in her dorm room and style hair for anyone who wanted her services. It was during these times that she realized what she wanted to do with her life, so she enrolled at Carolina Beauty College in Durham and obtained her cosmetology license. Next she moved back to Greensboro and landed her first job as a stylist at Adijas Hair Salon.

Slade says her faith in God and her clients have impacted her life and business the most. “I am blessed to witness the moments of which my clients confidence grows as they realize their beauty that is discovered with a new hair style,” she says. Maintaining a constant line of communication with God through prayer and worship keeps her grounded and humble.

Simply Beautiful is completed with a strong and sophisticated styling team. Deanna Woods attended Leon’s Beauty School and graduated in 1993. A stylist with over 19 years of experience, Woods says she loves being able to help a person feel and look great after leaving her styling chair. “I love all of my clients and I’m grateful for their continuous support and dedication to me and Simply Beautiful.” A respected veteran in her profession, she says her focus is now to reach the up and coming stylists that are looking to acquire more advanced training after school. She says she is God fearing and enjoys her role as a mother of two wonderful children. She says her preferred product line includes Nu Expressions, Nairobi, Mizani, Look-WOW and others.

Deanna Woods “I am blessed to witness the moments of which my clients confidence grows as they realize a beauty that is discovered with a new hair style”

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Spring Russ is also a graduate of Leon’s Beauty School. She has been a professional stylist for 12 years and says that she loves the creativity involved with her profession. “I am able to help my clients feel great on the inside and out,” she says. Being committed to always looking for new ways to meet your clients needs are what she describes as her strongest attributes as a stylist. “We must be able to brand ourselves and develop techniques that will allow us to standout amongst other clients,” she explains. While promoting healthy hair, she provides services for all types of hair and weaves.

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Shayla King describes herself as an easy going and laid-back person that can be sassy with qualities that are incorporated in her vast array of hair styles. She attended Dudley Cosmetology University and Leon Beauty School. She has many years of experience, her goal is make her clients look good and exude confidence effortlessly. “I believe this is what God has called me to do. If your passion is aligned with the will of God, you will be happy and God will supply all of your needs,” she says.

Building trust is sometimes difficult for new clients but she gives everyone an in depth consultation. Though not limited to any particular service, she specializes in natural hair color.

Kishma Greene is a native of Jontola, British Virgin Islands.

She is also a wife and mother of three beautiful children, and says her journey as a hair stylist began over 14 years ago at Dudley’s Cosmetology University. After graduating and obtaining her professional styling license, she set her eyes on becoming the best stylist possible. She says she can remember moments of anticipating what it would be like to work as a stylist. She always found the aroma of hair products intriguing.

Her curiosity eventually sprung a career that has given her life meaning. “I am inspired just by realizing my gift from God lies within the skill of my hands. Knowing that I am fulfilling a deep passion everyday of doing the things that I absolutely love is what makes my job so rewarding,” she says.

Maria Hopkins has a full plate in terms of clientele and experience. After graduating from Winston Salem State University with a bachelor’s in business administration, she wanted to broaden her skill set. She soon enrolled at Carolina Beauty College and obtained her cosmetology license. After 14 years, she is still going strong and takes every opportunity to acquire more knowledge and techniques. “It is all about transformation,” she says. “My goal is to ensure my clients will look even more beautiful once they leave my chair”. She offers a full gamut of services including facials and eye brows. h

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rnetta Edwards was born one of 14 children. The South Carolina native knows a thing or two about dealing with children, working together, business management and patience. Growing up in a large family, she was constantly surrounded with others. It was something that prepared her to work in her purpose. She absolutely knows, without a shadow of a doubt her purpose--its childcare. To clarify, she is not interested in just simply “watching” children; rather she is absolutely adamant about engaging, teaching and preparing children. Her theory and process is due to her own life experiences and education. Edwards is the owner, operator and lead teacher of Arnetta’s Childcare.

After graduating from her South Carolina high school, Edwards decided a move was in order and transitioned to Greensboro. She worked in the childcare industry and it wasn’t a big departure for her because she had been doing it all her life. She says, it just wasn’t called working in an industry—it was taking care of family. She says she often took care of her brothers and sisters as well as her nieces and nephews and as a result developed a passion for working with children.

Edwards has worked at several childcare centers and has substituted and performed many positions in-between teaching. There has not been any regrets and she embraces it all because she says, “they actually pushed me to my place of purpose.” After garnering a lifetime of wisdom, by faith, she stepped out on her own and in 1999 became licensed by the state of North Carolina. On January 3, 2000, she began operating her very own childcare facility. She started that first day with only two familiar faces – her grandchildren. Nonetheless, those two faces quickly grew into the maximum amount of children the state allowed. Not only did the enrollment increase, but also it has remained at a consistently high level. “I’ve never had a problem getting children or keeping children,” she says. “I’ve been blessed not to have a large turnover. Usually the children I get at six weeks remain here until it’s time for them to go to school [kindergarten] and many for after school care.” She admits she doesn’t even advertise because she doesn’t have to. At one point, she was blessed to open a second facility, however after two years of dealing with the unstable economy and the introduction of four year olds into the school system she was forced to close that facility. Nevertheless, her drive and passion for children never faltered, she simply put more energy and resources into the original center.

Typically Arnetta’s Childcare days begin at 6:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. In the early days, the center even offered Saturday care, but she quickly realized that it didn’t leave enough time to properly manage or care for the operations aspect of the center or prepare for the upcoming week. One of the many unique aspects about Arnetta’s childcare is that the facility is completely certified and licensed for 2nd and 3rd shift care, which is extremely rare. She works extremely hard to maintain a “five star facility.” Her desire and goal everyday is to meet and enhance the educational needs of each child. The center is equipped to care for children six weeks to 12 years old, including infant, toddler, preschool and after school care. With such a wide range of age groups, she believes it is imperative to develop and maintain a consistent schedule. Each age group has its own daily schedule which includes the implementation of curriculum and themes. “We have a curriculum just like the public schools. I use the Active Learning System,” she says.

“We incorporate different themes. It’s something that I want to do. It’s not required by the state. I don’t want their transition to school to be difficult. I want our four year olds to be learning what kindergarteners are learning now. We actually use some of the kindergarten lessons now with them. Usually when they get to kindergarten it’s a carryover. Many of my four year olds are ahead.” Edwards says she has even had principals contact her and praise what she has done with the kids and even inquire about her tactics because of the advanced level of the kids.

Edwards received stellar education from Bennett College and Guilford Technical Community College. She has also attended numerous workshops, seminars, conferences and other training sessions, all to continue to be educated as well as stay up-to-date with the latest information and teaching techniques. She wants to increase her own knowledge but she relishes in the opportunity to teach and mold little lives and open their eyes to a world of knowledge and exploration.

Edwards and Arnetta’s Childcare is always looking for opportunities to grow. There are even plans to expand the current facility. She acknowledges it’s not about how big or important she can become personally, rather it’s about embracing the community and providing a service to accommodate working parents. She says she hopes to provide the services and information parents need to help them as they strive to offer an even better lifestyle for their families. h

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er story began at the moment of acceptance. She knew her weight was an issue, and could possibly lead to other health problems. She wanted to lose weight but didn’t have a clear idea on how to do it. As fate would have it, in late 2009, she was invited to a Zumba fitness class by a friend. From that moment, Greensboro native Erica Motley knew she loved it.

The more she attended the classes, the more she began to see her weight disappear. It appeared that she had developed an addiction to become physically fit.

After that experience, Motley says she wanted everyone to come with her to see how much fun Zumba was. With her chosen career in health care, she has always had a passion for helping others. “I’ve always loved helping people. If someone wanted to go walking, if they called me they knew I would be willing to come along,” she says.

Before she knew it, she had many of her friends working out with her.

One of them she says, expressed to her how much she had impacted their life by encouraging them and leading by example. She says her friend was exercising for the first time in years, and had started to lose and couldn’t get over how much fun she was having while doing so. This was confirmation for Motley.

“I liked the fact I was able to help someone just by going with them, so why not have my own class? I wanted everyone to know what Zumba had done for me,” says Motley. “I think Zumba is the perfect exercise for those that love to dance or want to start working out but just don’t want to be in the gym atmosphere.” After careful planning and prayer, she decided to start her own fitness class, EM’s Creative Fitness.

“I wanted to catch the attention of those who had a problem working out,” she says. “I have the solution for those that are not quite motivated or think they can’t”. Her motto is “INSIDE FIX-OUTSIDE PARTY”. Her explanation is, “When working out you start with the inside first”. “Every time you work out, exercise sets in motion of events in your body that collaborate to help you lose weight and get healthier. When you exercise—whether it’s Zumba, walking, biking or lifting weights, you are improving cholesterol and fat levels and reducing inflammation in the arteries. If you have heart disease, it helps to control blood pressure and releases stress”.

“I make 60 minutes of sweating go by so fast and before you know it, class is over,” says Motley. “I love to interact with my classes and I always pick music that they can really feel and get into”. Song requests are welcomed for cool downs and stretching at the end of class. She also states there isn’t a shortage of individuals wishing to participate in her class. “I dont have to go and get folks, when they walk in the door I already know why they are there and what they want,” she says. “We keep each other motivated by posting or emailing healthy recipes, before and after pictures, tips from each other, and workout sessions outside of Zumba”.

Whenever time allows she says she loves to workout, practice Zumba or call a friend and find a boot camp class. She says she sustains a relationship with God and continuously confers with Him about her dreams and goals. In the near future, she wants to have a fitness center that will be affordable for everyone and with a complete different type of vibe. h

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Welcome to JUFWBE The ultimate portal for a small business to experience growth and success. Social Media today allows you to promote your products and services to your friends or likes. JUFWBE allows you to promote what you have to offer to all of our members. This allows you more exposure and an opportunity to connect with new clients and customers.

Business members Saul Zeballos (Bizzibiz franchise owner) helps business owners solve the riddle about how to have a strong online presence by creating a custom Digital Marketing solution and expertly applying services like: SEO, Social Media, Email Marketing, and CRO. Suzann Fan, Fan Director Brand Ambassador, Votre Vu - Custom Formulated French Skin Care (www.votrevu.com/bebeautiful) and Laurie Livingston, CEO (Emac World) have connected because of JUFWBE. Saul’s company can help Suzanne and Laurie promote their businesses through google search engines,

Suzann’s company specializes in organic skin care products for men and women that will benefit Laurie and Saul. Laurie’s company specializes in cleaning education, protocol and services that will benefit Saul and Suzann in their workplace and day to day meet and greet with clients. These business professionals have made connections through JUFWBE that they could not have made as easily with other social media.

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Social Members benefit from the business portal members also. They are able to search and purchase products and services from the marketplace.

The Marketplace has it’s own section on the site where businesses can set up stores and display what they have to offer.

Social members also see a snapshot of products and services on their individual profile pages as businesses add to the marketplace in “real time”.

Social members are also able to search job openings from our business members when they visit the career section in the social portal. If a business is hosting a virtual seminar or networking session it is promoted in the networking tab of both portals. Businesses are allowed to host these sessions for free or they can charge for attendance.

As a business member imagine being able to market what you have to offer to a portal that combines similar

functionality to that of Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Linked In, Craigslist, Monster.com, and match.com, while still allowing you to connect to over 100 social media platforms from one place.

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Post business needs for all members to see Members can set phone or video meetings Business Directory Listings View Product orders from social members Service Blog to market your services Partner with other Businesses Virtual Seminars and Networking Post Job Openings View social member resumes Post Banner Ads on the main wall linked to your website upload your 30 sec business commercial and more

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JUFWBE Co-Founder, Louv Robinson explains the benefits of being a social member.

JUFWBE is a community for Social and Business people to connect. Not only is JUFWBE a unique social experience that helps you discover what’s going on with your world, but it helps the world discover what’s going on with you. Moreover, it’s the first Social platform which connects businesses to customers in real time.

JUFWBE tends to share some conventional features, where users can create profiles containing various information about themselves, upload pictures to their profile, search for other users with similar interest and/or compile and share list of contacts.

Rising Star Tyrone Smith Jr. from Greensboro, NC is an artist on JUFWBE. Our site allows aspiring artist to upload content on the site for all members to preview. Additionally, Rising Stars can sell their music on the site by using their Paypal accounts.

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Dez Gerald, Chief Creative Director, says “JUFWBE aims to facilitate everlasting relationships where your goals are met, dreams realized and you are embraced. We do not believe in competition. We believe that everyone has their own special gifts and talents to bring to the table and that everyone gets the opportunity to shine their light in their due season. We are committed to making sure that we connect everyone around the globe so that we will all benefit from each other’s specialties in hopes of growing in spirit personally and in business”.

JUFWBE’s Heart 2 Heart dating portal allows you to search social members that “OPT IN” and invite them on a virtual date. Upload your picture and create an AVATAR to go on your virtual date. The date locations range from the beach, a restaurant, bar scene and more.

You are able to play compatibility games to decide if you want to take it to the next step.

Virtual dating is a new and exciting way to meet new people in a safe environment. We also offer our Social Mixer where you can speed date with individuals from JUFWBE online.

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Recycling Cars. Changing Lives.

Wheels Ministry Keeps Hope Rolling even support her children.

Shaye, the oldest, was in college at UNC-Charlotte, but the 7 and 14 yearolds had to move to their father’s residence. Tammie applied for disability, which became her sole income.

Her parents were dead, her siblings “scattered everywhere.”

Three years later, things are looking up, in large part thanks to Wheels4Hope, a nonprofit car donation program. The program, highly successful in Raleigh, is being replicated in the Triad.

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ammie Ellis, a nurse before her burn accident, saved for a year in order to qualify for a car. It was awful the way it happened. Thirty-nine year-old Tammie Ellis was preparing to grill supper for her family. She had told the apartment management about a propane leak in the grill, but nothing had been done. Disaster hit when she lit the fire. Everything went up in a fiery explosion: her clothing, a pan of hot oil, her skin. By the time the blaze was under control Tammie had third-degree burns over her left hand, her right hip and her left thigh.

For two weeks she waited for the dead skin to peel before skin grafts could occur. It was a nightmare. Although Tammie was glad to be alive, there were serious repercussions.

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In February, Tammie became the second Triad resident to purchase a refurbished car from Wheels4Hope. It took her a full year to save the requisite $500 plus the cost of half a year’s insurance, title, and license. At transfer, a small group of Wheels4Hope leaders and friends gathered outside Redhead Hall to bless Tammie’s new car. Afterward, she visited the car’s donors to thank them personally.

For Tammie, personal transportation has made all the difference in the world. Instead of taking the bus to the grocery – formerly a twohour trek each way, including several transfers – she can whisk to the store of her choice. B.C. – Before Car – Tammie often rubbed shoulders with standing-room-only crowds on the bus.

She had to work around her burns by draping a cloth bag of groceries over one arm and lugging a second with her good hand. Now she can load her car and even stop at other stores.

Wheels4Hope operates on the principal that reliable transportation is vital for selfsufficiency. That seems obvious, but most of us don’t consider what life would be without it.

“I never gave it a thought,” Tammie explained.

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“After the accident I lost my job. Then my car broke down, and I couldn’t afford to fix it.”

Tammie tried to shield her children from her vulnerability, but it was obvious that things were not the same. Now that she is mobile, “It means everything to be able to have lunch with my daughter at college, to go with the kids to pick out clothes – to actually see what they like.

I took those little things for granted before.”

Tammie is unable to support her children by herself, but she and her ex-husband work together. While he works third shift, Tammie drives to his home (as opposed to taking a bus to Jamestown and walking the rest of the way as she had done B.C.). She helps with homework and supper, stays overnight, then sees the kids off to school. Although she is still unable to work as a nurse, she has begun to sit with homebound patients to make a little money. She plans to retake her nursing boards to regain her license as an LPN. Before the accident she had completed coursework for an R.N., she hopes to take a refresher course and sit for those boards as well.

All cars donated to the program are repaired and inspected for safety. Wheels4Hope in Raleigh also sells cars at $1,000-$5,000 to the general public. Significant support there comes from volunteer mechanics and partner garages that provide labor as well as from sale of vehicles and from charitable gifts.

Tammie is an excellent Wheels4Hope ambassador. She talks it up wherever she goes and is on track to have three cars donated by May. That would certainly be a blessing for worthy beneficiaries like Tammie. h

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er father always told her that her personality warranted so much more.

A Greensboro native, Wendi Wright says she never realized it until she moved to Richmond, Va. and took her voice along with her, RichmondBlack.com Wright says she is a combination of all things—life, love, family and business. She finds inspiration in knowing that God did not develop her to live a mediocre life.

“Opportunities are constantly being thrown my way and I accept each one for what it is,” she says. Her father, Reverend William F. Wright, Jr. who leads New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Greensboro has been her biggest influence.

“To see the passion that he has for changing and making a difference in the lives of people and his community encourages me to know that same strength is in my blood,” she says.

After she graduated from Dudley High School, Wright attended North Carolina A&T State University, which she says is considered to be a legacy in her family. When she moved to Richmond, Wright says she had a difficult time finding out information regarding events in the city. Although there were other resources, none of them told her about what events that interested her and her friends. For a long time she would travel to D.C. for entertainment. In July 2011, she met her mentor, who lives in Dallas, Texas.

“He turned me on to Dallasblack. com and after much discussion and research, we realized that Richmond had a market for a similar site,” says Wright. From that meeting, RichmondBlack.com was born.

but keep them relevant with an ever-growing demographic.

The BWright Group, LLC is the parent company for Richmondblack.com and RichmondMixX. They offer products that are designed to provide a “one-stop shop” for advertising, public relations and social media marketing needs. They also offer their clients video interviews, event sponsorship and promotions. Recently, they’ve began to branch out into entertainment management realm, with the signing of our new client, “The Band Belief”.

Richmondblack.com is Richmond, Va.’s premier source for news and informational topics regarding fashion, events and business within the Greater Richmond and surrounding areas. They’re dedicated to promoting events that bring people together with similar interests and likes that will make for outstanding social and networking opportunities.

Even though Wright isn’t a Richmond native, she has gained the support of other business owners. “Once people talk to me and get an idea of my vision to help their businesses, they are willing to trust me,” she says. “I’m thankful to business owners DeKesha Williams (Sassy Shoe Gallery), Jay Sharpe (Jay Sharpe Studios), Pumpkin Green (The P Show), Kermit Gresham (Beau Monde Agency) and Ken Brown (KennBrown.net), who have been my biggest supporters and assisted in making sure that Richmondblack.com has a voice here in the city of Richmond.”

“We are dedicated to keeping our viewers informed and entertained via fashion, events and business listings, while supplying them with the tools needed to customize their social and cultural activities,” says Wright.

Richmondblack.com is also committed to making sure that area businesses have a voice and identity in the Richmond area that will not only optimize their advertising experience,

Wright says it’s not just the connections that she has made, but the opportunity to be a voice for individuals and businesses. She says she also loves the warm reception that I receive from Richmondblack.com supporters. If you are thinking about traveling to Richmond, Va. visit www.RichmondBlack.com first to learn all about out where to go, and where it is happening. h

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