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Wendell Hutson
“Things don’t look good right now with sales down 50 percent,” Starnella Johnson said of family-owned Ambassador Floral.
COVID through a small-biz lens
Wendell Hutson
For nearly two decades Starnella Johnson said her business, Ambassador Floral Co., had steady customers from high school students going to prom to local churches buying flowers for funerals and weddings.
But once the COVID-19 pandemic came along, that changed everything, and now her Roseland shop is facing closure unless she can get financial help through loans or grants.
“Things don’t look good right now with sales down 50 percent,” said Johnson, owner of the flower shop at 11045 S. Halsted St. “As I sit here thinking of ways to reinvent myself to keep these doors open, things look pretty bleak.”
How to volunteer and donate in New Jersey during the coronavirus outbreak (03/14/21)
Updated Mar 18, 2021;
Since the coronavirus gripped New Jersey last March, nonprofit groups and social agencies operating in the state have worked to help those who have been hit hardest.
This resource guide features groups that work to help those with the greatest need. For those so inclined, there are myriad opportunities to assist the nonprofits and agencies do their work. Organizations welcome volunteers as well as donations of money, food, clothing and other goods.
Information on how to contribute is detailed below. Readers are encouraged to check back frequently, as the list will be updated regularly. To add your nonprofit organization to the guide, email lobrien@njadvancemedia.com.
How this Kansas City researcher is putting her faith in Black churches during COVID Lisa Gutierrez, The Kansas City Star
Feb. 28 Editor s note: During the month of February, in honor of Black History Month and the vibrant Black community in Kansas City, The Star will feature profiles of Black Kansas Citians by telling their stories and highlighting their businesses, causes, and passions.
She didn t need data to know who would suffer most from COVID-19.
Jannette Berkley-Patton, a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, knew this new virus would pummel a population struggling with persistently high rates of heart disease, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
AMHERST Money that will help an organization complete racial disparity research in advance of establishing a reparations fund for Black residents is being sought from the town.Michele Miller and Matthew Andrews, who lead the Reparations for Amherst.