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Guitars For Vets: Helping Our Soldiers Through Music Therapy
01
Jul
By Krys DeWind
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Guitars For Vets: Helping Our Soldiers Through Music Therapy

Guitars 4 Vets is a national organization, that just had a Flagler County Chapter open up. Earl Presley, a veteran himself, stepped up to see a chapter open up here in Palm Coast. They currently work out of the DAV off of Florida Park Drive. The goal of this organization is to help combat the veteran suicide rate, by providing vets with a musical outlet and comradery. Guitars 4 Vets feels that music is a great therapeutic tool and has helped countless vets all over the country to manage their PTSD and other issues through musical outlets.  We sat down…
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Founder of SMART, Caroline Johnson Named Person of the Month By Flagler County Residents
01
Jul
By Krys DeWind
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Founder of SMART, Caroline Johnson Named Person of the Month By Flagler County Residents

Caroline Johnson of Palm Coast was nominated by many people in the community for being a positive person in our community.  Caroline Johnson currently runs the Lost and Found Pets page on Facebook, as well as being the founder of SMART, a local animal rescue that helps save dogs from abusive situations and gets them the help they need to flourish. This last week we sat down with Caroline to find out more about her story, and how she got to be so involved with the animal and pet population here in Flagler County. It turns out that Caroline's story…
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Palm Coast Doula Delivers Baby in Car While On Route to Hospital
27
Jun
By Krys DeWind
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Palm Coast Doula Delivers Baby in Car While On Route to Hospital

Tabatha Seppala, a Palm Coast resident since 2021, had the joy of helping deliver a baby on route to the hospital. Tabatha states she has always had the dream of becoming a midwife, and ultimately wants to open a birth center here in Flagler County.  Currently Tabatha, while working with The Doula Network, African American Entrepreneurs Association, Alpha Women's Center, The Oopsie Project of Volusia County and The Intuitive Living Institute, she formed Delamere Wellness LLC, which helps create birth resources specifically for Flagler County Women. Because of these connections, she was able to be connected to I'sis Maurice. I'sis…
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Palm Coast Memorial Day Ceremony Draws Crowd to Remember the Fallen
29
May
By Krys DeWind
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Palm Coast Memorial Day Ceremony Draws Crowd to Remember the Fallen

Today, May 29th, 2023, for Memorial Day, the City of Palm Coast hosted a Memorial Ceremony to honor the fallen soldiers, firefighters, and law enforcement.  The ceremony was attended by Sheriff Staly, the Palm Coast Fire Chief, Leann Pennington, Ed Danko, Gold Star Families, and many more.  The community came out to honor the memory of the fallen. The Ceremony was intended to remind the community that today is a day of remembrance, to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms. The colors were presented by the Matanzas ROTC Color Guard, and both Mayor Alfin and Councilwoman…
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FCA: Fellowship of Christian Athletes Plans to Expand Flagler County Services
20
May
By Krys DeWind
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FCA: Fellowship of Christian Athletes Plans to Expand Flagler County Services

This last week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Flagler FCA Area Director Danielle Geiger and FCA Metro  Director of Flagler and Volusia County, Chuck Holmquest.  We talked about the what the FCA is, their mission, and how they plan to help Flagler County and expand their services in our area. When asked what the FCA is exactly, Chuck Holmquest had this to say, "So the Fellowship of Christian Athletes is primarily a campus ministry right now, aimed at coaches and athletes. So the mission statement of the FCA is to lead every coach and every athlete in…
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The American Flag Project: Making Flagler County the Most Patriotic County in the Country
17
May
By Krys DeWind
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The American Flag Project: Making Flagler County the Most Patriotic County in the Country

We spent some time earlier this week talking to Nikki White, the founder of The American Flag Project, and getting to know her and her passion  for this organization. Currently Nikki is the only one involved in the project, and she hopes to change that. Nikki said the reason she started this project was, "Because I want to be non-political and raise patriotism and voter participation.  So we do it one flag at a time. Our mission statement is to hand out 10,000 flags a year, free, to raise patriotism. " Nikki brought up the fact that she had heard…
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Abandoned Dogs Found By SMART Foundation: Happy Ending in Progress
13
May
By Krys DeWind
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Abandoned Dogs Found By SMART Foundation: Happy Ending in Progress

Earlier this year, two dogs were abandoned overnight near SR-100 and the Hospital. Due to the heavy traffic in the area, it was a dangerous place. Two individuals found the dogs, and SMART was able to prove the two dogs were from the same family, as evidenced by their happy reunion the next morning. They were both vetted completely and placed with a foster family. When Caroline Johnson of Founder of SMART, attended a BOSS Ladies Monthly Network meeting with the dogs, the female dog was adopted by BOSS Ladies Founder Anna's  Daughter, Stefanie. Stefanie renamed the female dog Daisy…
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Flagler Humane Society: Talks about Challenges, Rewards, Inspiration and Goals
10
May
By Krys DeWind
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Flagler Humane Society: Talks about Challenges, Rewards, Inspiration and Goals

I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Executive Director Amy from the Flagler Humane Society.  We spent some time talking about what they do at the Humane Society, some of their current struggles, some of the rewarding aspects of the job, the inspiration that keeps the staff and volunteers coming back, and learning about some of their current and long term goals they have. Below you can read the conversation that transpired between us as Amy answered our questions. What would you say is currently your biggest challenge at the Humane Society today? Amy answered, "It kind…
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Flagler Community Called Upon to Help Electrocuted Tree Trimmer During His Time of Need
03
May
By Krys DeWind
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Flagler Community Called Upon to Help Electrocuted Tree Trimmer During His Time of Need

On April 6th, 2023, a young man named Dante, who owns and runs a tree trimming company in our area, was electrocuted while on the job trimming trees. He was severely burned and is unable to work. His brother Corey, who also works with him was also severely injured, when he fell out of a tree and broke his ankle following the incident with his brother. They do not know exactly how long they will be out of work, Dante has already had multiple surgeries, and face a few more in the coming weeks, and his brother Corey also faces…
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S.M.A.R.T. Saving Missing Animals Response Team in Flagler County
28
Apr
By Krys DeWind
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S.M.A.R.T. Saving Missing Animals Response Team in Flagler County

Yesterday we had the pleasure of meeting with Caroline Johnson, the founder of S.M.A.R.T.  She talked about her passion for our community, and for the four legged inhabitants of our community and how she plans to help provide services for those animals. Flagler County as many know, is growing so very fast, and with the human population growing it means our animal population is growing as well. With the sheer amount of missing pets, abandoned pets and pet owners who find themselves in a jam financially regarding their pets, it means our community needs more help. S.M.A.R.T. was born to…
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