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As a service to residents and the business community of the Treasure Coast, Indian River Magazine Inc. is providing free updates on changes in operations that affect businesses in the region because of the coronavirus. If you have news to report, please email Gregory Enns at enns@indianrivermag.com If you find this newsletter useful, please share it. To subscribe to this newsletter, click here.
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16 more coronavirus cases on Treasure Coast
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The Treasure Coast today reported an additional 16 cases and one death caused by coronavirus.
Martin County had 10 additional cases, St. Lucie County had five and Indian River County two. St. Lucie County Monday night also reported the death of 76-year-old man, the seventh death in St. Lucie from the virus.
The increase in cases... Read more>>
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New coronavirus dashboard offers astonishingly detailed data by county
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It comes from Maryland-based Johns Hopkins University, which received much praise for the launch early in the crisis of its dashboard showing coronavirus cases by nation.
The new tracker offers an astonishing amount of information for each of America’s 3,000-plus counties, but displays it in a way that’s easy to understand. https://t.co/M8z2vq4CeD
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HOMETOWN HERO
BY MARYANN KETCHAM
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Today’s Hometown Hero is Kim Tolbert of Port St. Lucie, the program manager for Salvation Army’s House shelter for homeless women and children. She was nominated by Kim Johnson of Stuart, who wrote:
“Kim Tolbert … has always done incredible work, counseling the women in the shelter and helping them obtain stable jobs and housing. Since the pandemic hit, she has had to be even more of a mother-figure and mentor, taking steps to protect both residents and staff while offering reassurance and a calm presence even when she doesn't feel all that secure herself. She established social distancing boundaries and adopted new cleaning guidelines in the small shelter and assisted each struggling family as the mothers lost hard-to-find jobs and the children began online instruction. Even though she can't currently hug them, she works hard to make sure each family feels loved and secure.
“As Lt. Sheena Marquis, Corps Officer for the Salvation Army, explains, "Kim has always been an incredibly passionate and invested program manager at Compassion House. Since the emergence of COVID-19, however, she has gone above and beyond to ensure that both the staff and residents feel empowered to continue moving forward despite the challenges we are all facing. Even with a family of her own, two school aged children adapting to virtual learning, Kim has committed to an earlier shift at the shelter allowing the monitors to be on duty during hours that won’t conflict with the safe senior shopping as a majority of the staff is of that age category. She has been a reassuring voice and a calming presence to the residents and children at an already vulnerable time in their lives. Kim demonstrates time and again that she has a heart that truly cares about the women, children, and staff under her care. We’re blessed to have her as our program manager at Compassion House and an invaluable member of our team at The Salvation Army.”
Congratulations, Kim Tolbert!
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Do you know somebody on the Treasure Coast who should be singled out for praise because of their actions during the coronavirus pandemic? Whether it’s a nurse at the local hospital, a volunteer at the local food bank or a grocery clerk going the extra mile, Treasure Coast Business and Indian River Magazine Inc. will help you sing their praises in our new online feature Hometown Heroes of the Treasure Coast. Visit www.indianrivermagazine.com/hometown-heroes/
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As a service to readers and restaurants on the Treasure Coast, Indian River Magazine Inc. has created a website showing restaurants, bars, breweries and wineries that are open for carryout and/or delivery in St. Lucie, Indian River and Martin counties. The site includes hours and days carryout is available as well as popular dishes. See the new site at treasurecoastrestaurants.com
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Does your business have news of a temporary closing or change in operations due to COVID-19 that you would like us to share with readers of this newsletter?
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BE PART OF THE BUSINESS CONVERSATION ON THE TREASURE COAST
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Let us help you promote your business in Indian River, the largest and most widely distributed magazine on the Treasure Coast, and on our Web sites, indianrivermagazine.com and tcbusiness.com, and through this weekly e-newsletter and our widely followed social media pages. Become an Indian River partner today.
• In Vero Beach and Port St. Lucie contact Lisa Crawford at lisa@indianrivermag.com or 516.721.0848.
• In Stuart, Palm City, Jensen Beach and Hobe Sound contact Marsha Lange at marsha@indianrivermag.com
or 772.237.1717.
• In Fort Pierce contact Sunny Gates at sunny@indianrivermag.com or 772.204.5043.
• Outside the Treasure Coast, contact Publisher Gregory Enns at enns@indianrivermag.com or 772.940.9005.
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