Community Involvement

Memorial Day and Wattah Wattah Festival – Traditional Events of Community Solidarity

May 21, 2025 – Memorial Day in the United States is a loving remembrance of those who defended our freedoms. Many mourn and celebrate the lives of our own family members whom sacrificed their lives on the battlefield. It is a day of unity for all in our nation. There are many traditional annual events …

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Finding the Causes of the Autism Epidemic: “Everything is on the Table” – Quote by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy has promised to find the environmental causes of autism by this coming September 2025. This vast research effort motivated us to write a letter to Secretary Kennedy and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattachary. We are sharing this letter below: April 14, 2025 …

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Artists Predestined to Be Successful – Madeby Gallery of Sarasota, FL

March 8, 2025 – Ringling College of Art and Design is internationally well-known for its creative design artists.  For computer animation alone, over 50 alumni worked on this year’s Academy Award film nominees including Wild Robot and Inside Out 2. Computer Animation Department Head Jim McCampbell states their understanding of the entire production pipeline make …

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Ixora Strong … Aftermath of Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton

October 16, 2024 — Ixora, tropical flowering shrubs in the geranium family,  are hurricane champions. Not only do the bright orange blossom clusters attract butterflies and bloom year round in Florida, these plants are resistant to diseases, deer grazing and are drought tolerant. It appears in the photo to the left that the blossoms are …

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New Wave Health – Centner Wellness and Spa

February 3, 2023 — There is a new health oasis in the heart of tony Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami. The Centner Wellness and Spa is destined in a short time to receive international acclaim for its many new wave health devices including the third WIT Machine currently operating in Florida clinics.  The center is …

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Post-hurricane Ian – Lighthouse Women of Shrimp Fishing Recovery of Fort Myers Beach, FL.

This is a true story of endurance by two women at the helm of their respective family’s legacies in the shrimp industry located on the inlet waters of Fort Myers Beach. The surge of monstrous Hurricane Ian made pickup-sticks of most of the aging fleet of 40-some shrimp boats and some were pushed onto land. …

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Gourmet Incubator – Eddie Morton of Morton’s Gourmet Market

November 4, 2022 — Back in 2007, Co-owner of Morton’s Gourmet Market, Eddie Morton with a twinkle in his eye, told Melinda and me “yes, we will carry Watt-Ahh”. We celebrated that such a premier store is the first one to offer Watt-Ahh to its discriminating customers. His son, Todd, and others back in his …

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Faces of Childhelp – Interview with Rob and Dana Gourley of AquaNew

April 30, 2022: April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. In Childhelp’s April 2022 newsletter edition, AquaNew’s Rob and Dana were identified as two of the “Faces of Childhelp”. Here is the interview: How long have you been involved with Childhelp? Since December of 2011. our Watt-Ahh customers have donated over $33,000 as of the end …

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I Can Not Live Without My Watt-Ahh

January 28, 2021—Katherine Jouan of Simply Organix is a “lighthouse” for immunity products … years before the COVID-19 pandemic. She has greeted at her farmers’ market booth hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the World who come to Sarasota, FL. to enjoy the sunshine and healthy living. Katherine’s customers patiently wait in the long …

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