Home-based businesses help Delawareans during the COVID economy
When COVID-19 hit in March, Khadira Abdul-Aziz knew her family s finances were going to change.
Her husband, Waheed Grundy, worked in home health care, but he also drove for Lyft and Uber as a second source of income, which their family of six relied on.
With so much unknown about the virus at the time, they did not want to let people into their vehicles and risk contracting the virus. So in April, the two began researching for ways to build back that extra income.
A few months later, they started a candle-making business – Relax Candles and Things – out of their garage.
Board It Up’s Celeste Bevans leaves healthcare field during pandemic to pursue passion
Middletown Transcript
Celeste Bevans worked in the healthcare field for three decades, most recently working on the frontline of the pandemic in Philadelphia since March. But being on the frontlines made her rethink what she wanted to do with her life.
Feeling overwhelmed with the work she was doing, the Middletown resident decided to quit her career in June to pursue her passion of woodworking and open a small business.
“For me, it has been a blessing, being in the middle of all of that and jumping out with the leap of faith, I feel so much more successful now in business, than I did in 30 years of healthcare,” she said.
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