- April 24, 2024
-
-
Loading
Loading
This year, the Knights of Columbus Council 8791 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church resumed its annual tradition of holding a Veterans Day buffet breakfast on the Sunday before the official holiday.
According to a press release, the breakfast was attended by about 250 people, and veterans received a complimentary meal. Members of the Embry-Riddle ROTC color guard presented the U.S. and Florida flags to start the event. In attendance were members of the Father John Washington Post 1944 Catholic War Veterans of America, which meets at the church.
Burntwood Tavern in Ormond Beach provided local veterans with $1,066 worth of free meals on Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11.
The restaurant treated all veterans and active military service members to a free lunch or dinner for the holiday. About, 2,300 meals were served at its 15 taverns across the U.S., estimated at about $38,000 worth of free meals.
Mainland High School alumnus Patrick "Todd" Barger, a former resident and a 34-year member of the Ormond Beach Elks Lodge 2193, recently returned from Vilnius, Lithuania, where he won a gold medal in the International Powerlifting Federation's Classic and Equipped Bench Press Championship.
Barger, son of Jack Barger, of Ormond Beach, was sponsored by and represented the US Virgin Islands in the light heavyweight division for men over the age of 50. Barger won with a bench press lift of 397 pounds, finishing ahead of Mongolia, Canada and Ukraine. Barger is a Florida State bench press record holder in his division, having pressed 430 pounds in the USA National finals, held in Daytona Beach last June, an announcement states.
The Daytona Beach West Rotary Club recently organized Flags for Heroes, an event where flags were on display at Riverwalk Park in Port Orange, and each represented a local hero — military, first responder or personal hero.
The flags were on display until Nov. 13. The flag sponsorships provided the Rotary Club with funding to continue to fund projects like Happy Dollars, its support of ArtHaus and international service projects like the Chai Primary School in Kenya.
Security First Insurance recently appointed Monique Miskimon-Aikens to marketing and communications director, a role in which she will lead all marketing initiatives, communications and public relations for the company.
Miskimon-Aikens has over 10 years of marketing experience, and she joined the local homeowners insurance provider in 2018, according to a press release. She previously worked as a marketing director for Florida Wealth Planning Group and volunteered with Family Renew Community.
“I’m excited to see Monique grow in her career here at Security First," Security First President Melissa Burt DeVriese said. "For years she’s been a valuable member of our marketing and communications team and her experience and expertise will help us continue to improve our communications with our valued agents and customers."
Miskimon-Aikens' new appointment comes "as the company shifts its focus to customer communications to foster greater understanding of key touchpoints in the customer experience and to inspire deeper trust in the company," the press release states. The company said her prior experience as a college writing professor will be advantageous to recreating the customer experience through its communications.
“Over the last three years, I’ve enjoyed contributing to the company’s communications strategies and am thrilled to use my skills and experience to make a meaningful contribution with increased responsibility in our marketing efforts,” Miskimon-Aikens said.
