Business Briefs: 2-1-1 honors, Empower Fitness opens in Viera, ABWA scholarship offer

2-1-1 Brevard honors groups and individuals(Photo: Provided)

2-1-1 Brevard awards

Winners recently were named for the Parrish Medical Center Stars of Space Coast Awards to honor the "stellar work" of nonprofits. Those honored were:

Family Promise of Brevard for the Health First Supernova Award.

Tom Kammerdener of Aging Matters in Brevard for the Hospice of St. Francis Superstar Award.

Joe Steckler of Helping Seniors of Brevard for the Imperial Plaza/CBRE Superstar Award.

Brevard Family Partnership for the Florida Power & Light Community Star Award.

2-1-1 hurricane volunteers Chris Brotemarkle, Geraldine Doyle and Keith Gee for the Publix All-Star Award.

The recognition ceremony, held Dec. 1, was postponed from September because of Hurricane Irma and was held in the King Center Rotunda.

The nonprofit 2-1-1 Brevard operates a 24-hour helpline that provides information and referral to resources, as well as crisis and suicide intervention. People reach the helpline by dialing 2-1-1 or texting a ZIP code to 898211.

Empower Fitness opens

Empower Fitness (Photo: Provided)

 

Empower Fitness recently opened its new women's only fitness center at the Avenues of Viera. Owners are Thomas and Dawn Garrison.

The state-of-the-art fitness center is located at 6729 Colonnade Ave. at the Avenues of Viera. The location formerly housed Delta Life Fitness where both Thomas and Garrison worked with and assisted clients.

Empower Fitness Personal Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors have extensive backgrounds in fitness training and have focused on serving women for several years. Empower Fitness is an all-encompassing health club that solely works with women and all personnel are women. The Empower Fitness facility is designed with a focus on women's comfort, convenience and ambitions in mind.

A formal grand opening celebration is planned for the beginning of next year. Empower Fitness is already open Monday through Saturday. For additional details go to http://empowerfitnessviera.com

Women in Business scholarship offer

ABWA (Photo: Provided)

The Oceanside Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's Association is offering a scholarship in the amount of $1,000 funded through the Stephen Bufton Memorial Educational Fund to a deserving female student.

Each year, local chapters of ABWA provide Stephen Bufton Memorial Scholarships to female students who will be attending accredited U.S. community colleges, and vocational and technical schools. Applicants must be citizens of the United States; residents of Brevard County; and attending an accredited community college or vocational/technical school in August 2018 with a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Eligible women interested in applying for the scholarship must contact Anita Carbone at acarbone@cfl.rr.com.

Applications must be completed online at www.sbmef.org by March 31, 2018. A minimum of three eligible completed applications is required in order for the scholarship to be awarded. The scholarship recipient will be notified in May 2018.

To submit a Business Brief contact Wayne T. Price at 321-242-3658 or wprice@floridatoday.com. 

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