Deborah Bafongo started her South Portland business, Angels of Love Event Design, in 2019 without any outside loans or grants. Bafongo specializes in providing decorations for formal events, especially weddings, and had hoped she would be able to work on enough weddings in 2020 to be able to earn back […]
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Helping families turn their dream homes into a (virtual and literal) reality with Fischer & Frichtel | Back-to-business
Karen Thaemert When the world went virtual during the pandemic, Fischer & Frichtel, a long-standing St. Louis-area home building company, was ready to help. Spending more time at home led a lot of people to take a closer look at their living situations, and many found that their houses or apartments […]
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COVID-19 grants are helping Charlotte businesses stay open
The Historic West End Partners used City of Charlotte CARES Act funding through the NoDa Artist Employment Grant to commission artwork from Abel Jackson and Big Trouble Studios. The art depicts both the West End’s historic streetcar and the new one that replaced it, contributing to the area’s growth. Alex […]
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Helping You Pray That 2021 Will Be Better Than 2020
“Young people of every continent, do not be afraid to be the saints of the new millennium! Be contemplative, love prayer; be coherent with your faith and generous in the service of your brothers and sisters, be active members of the Church and builders of peace.” Saint John Paul II […]
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Meet the bereavement volunteer helping her fellow retirement home residents cope with grief
The fabric of daily life, from supermarket trips to salsa classes, was pared back or torn away. While in the village the staff wear clear masks, but outside, the necessary face coverings added to that sense of loneliness and isolation. The lack of casual contact – smiling at someone or […]
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Bawdy online game is helping friends connect during COVID-19
Forget about resurrecting a sourdough starter, filming TikTok videos or binge-watching “The Crown.” In the quest for virus-safe fun during the pandemic, my friends and I have been meeting regularly on Zoom to play a raunchy online game that features jokes about sexual practices, Miley Cyrus, vegans and “Star Wars” […]
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Inside China’s Online Fentanyl Chemical Networks Helping Fuel The Opioid Crisis : NPR
He is a slight, bespectacled man. Colleagues at the industrial materials company where he works describe him as a humorous but diligent employee, known for driving his white Jeep around town in northwestern China’s Ningxia region to meet potential clients. Unbeknownst to them, he goes by Benjamin Chen online, where […]
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The federal government’s chief information security officer is helping an outside effort to hunt for alleged voter fraud
Sandoval is one of several Trump appointees in the federal government — some in senior roles — who are harnessing their expertise for the project, according to the group’s leader. The participation of administration officials in the project shows the extent of the efforts by the president’s allies to justify […]
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ConversionSpree Helping People to Boost their Earnings – Press Release
Missouri – ConversionSpree, a leading US-based digital marketing agency that sells online businesses on-demand is helping people to boost their earnings through innovative digital marketing solutions by providing a money-making platform to make people’s lives easier. There are more than 50 business categories from which you can choose and these […]
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Local businesses helping each other stay afloat
COHOES, N.Y. (NEWS10) — This is a time where, unfortunately, we’ve seen far too many businesses shutting down and redevelopment grants become slim. For Cohoes, investors say they had great momentum for the city before the pandemic, saying they’re not going to let it stop them. “The pandemic hit, and […]
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All the Brands and Retailers Helping to Get Out the Vote in November
By all accounts, the November elections are shaping up to be one for the record books. Not only will it include the first women of color as the Vice Presidential candidate for a major party, but the country also will be voting during a pandemic — a situation that is […]