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Inspirational Moments Pg. 6 Praise
Business & Entrepreneurship pg. 16 When Business Becomes Personable
Health & Wellness pg. 20
Contents
Coconut & Its' Nutritional Value Beautiful-Gifted-Heavy
Education Is Key pg. 26 School Is Back In Session Stay F.R.E.E. like the Summer
Community Outreach pg. 39 Community Outreach Awareness The Love of Kai’s House
Cover Story pg. 30
Authors Speak pg. 44 The Book of Finance
All Things Fashion pg. 50 Warrior Queen I Warrior Queen II
Arts & Media pg. 54 Before I Let Go: Departing Contributor Shares Lessons
"Community is EVERYWHERE!" Youth Community Hero pg. 10 Community News Flash pg. 47 Birthday Shoutouts pg. 57 Vision & Purpose Community Magazine 3
Community Hero Youth Community Hero By Krystal Glenn When I think of HEROES my son comes to mind. At the age of 4 he was diagnosed with a benign jaw bone tumor condition that usually happens to adults. He taught me about being a parent and helped me understand God's assignment for me as his mother. We learned together how to overcome the obstacles like surgery, dealing with emotions, communication, responsibility and showing love and gratitude for all our blessings. It gives me great honor to let Elijah know that he is truly a hero in my eyes and to show the world all that he is made of! Krystal Glenn (KG): What is your name and how old are you? Elijah Starks (ES): My name is Elijah Starks and I am 10 years old. KG: Give just three words to describe yourself ES: Artistic, funny and adventurous KG: What grade are you in and what school do you attend? ES: I am in 5th grade and I am homeschooled. KG: What is your favorite subject in school? ES: My favorite subjects are math and art. KG: Who is your role model and why? ES: My mom. She is an artist and it makes me want to do art too. KG: What do you like about being a youth? ES: I like to be a kid because you get to go places and discover things. KG: What is the hard part about being a youth? ES: The hardest part about being a kid is that someday you will grow up and won't be a kid any more. 10 Vision & Purpose Community Magazine
KG: What are your special talents/gifts? ES: My special talent is making stuff and doing art. I paint, use markers, crayons and stuff. KG: What community services do you do? ES: I have helped clean up my neighborhoods. KG: What does community mean to you? ES: Community means to help. It means I want to help people. KG: What do you love about your family? ES: I love that they love me every day and help me. KG: What is your favorite family time? ES: Watching movies. We do a family movie night with snacks. KG: What do you want to be when you grow up? ES: I want to be an artist when I grow up so people can see my art in a museum. KG: What else would you like to say? ES: I would like to say, I love everything!
Cover Story
Celebrating Five Years of Business Bliss By Karen McConnell-Jones
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Starting your own business is a very exciting time in one’s life. The excitement, the joy, the thrill of it all, can give you such a “Business Bliss.” The ability to see your purpose come to fruition, truly highlights a monumental moment in one’s life. It deserves and calls for celebration. Whether it’s the grand opening and all the milestones along the way, we know it is an honor to be able to celebrate all the fulfilled purposes that God has allowed us to achieve. Vision & Purpose Community Magazine is thrilled to be featuring such an accomplishment as this. Angela Lewis, congratulations for five years of business bliss with two of the five years being sustained during the COVID-19 Pandemic which is a blessing within itself and deserves to be recognized. Mrs. Angela Lewis is a woman that is living her best life. She can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, but there is no doubt that God and family are her first priority. Business and community are what drives Angela to use her gifts and skillset to make a difference in people's lives. By providing services and resources to her clients she helps them to achieve expansional branding and sustainable growth, while using a portion of her business proceeds to give back to the community and her non-profit organization.
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