Community Spotlights

Community Spotlight: Share the Love Carteret County

Share the Love Carteret County is a fun way to support local small businesses while giving back to the community AND having the opportunity to win one of four gift baskets valued at $440 each! Here’s how it will work: Pick up a punchcard from one of the participating businesses (available Feb.11). Between the dates of February 11th and 28th visit all ten businesses and have your card punched. There is no purchase necessary but purchases are encouraged as your way of supporting the local businesses- many of which donate a portion of their proceeds from this event to local charities. When the card is completely full, simply drop it off at one of the participating businesses. After the completed cards are collected from all of the businesses, 4 winners will be drawn live on social media on Friday, March 2, 2025. Winners will be contacted about location for gift card basket prize pick up. We hope that you will give and receive LOVE by sharing in the fun!

Business Spotlight: Elite Rehab and Performance (and more)

Located at 3025 NC-24 in Newport, NC is a great sanctuary where women can reclaim control of their health. Under one roof women can see a provider at Elite Rehab and Performance who offers physical therapy and personal training, a provider at Wellness for Women for women’s wellness exams, weight management and nutrition information, as well as menopause treatment. Also housed under the same roof is a provider at Reel Therapy for those in high-stress environments. Katey’s Kits is housed there as well. Katey’s Kits collects, purchases and distributes feminine hygiene products to young women in Carteret and surrounding counties experiencing period poverty. More information can be found at the links below:

Come and “Fall Into Women’s Health”at Tassels on Thursday, September 26th from 5-7PM to meet and mingle with the awesome advocates for women listed in the links! Enjoy some special treats, cocktails, and surprises!! Bring a friend and a donation of feminine hygiene products and help us stock Katey’s Kits!

Business Spotlight: Beach Bubble Waffles

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Business Spotlight: Beach Bubble Waffles

Beach Bubble Waffles is an innovative new service offered to all of Carteret County. After experiencing the joy and laughter a bubble waffle home delivery party provided them on a recent vacation , Jennifer and Tana Reynolds decided that Carteret County residents and visitors alike deserved the same experience so they created Beach Bubble Waffles! What better way to satisfy that sweet tooth craving without having to leave your home than to have the party brought directly to you? These ladies bring delicious light and fluffy bubble waffles made fresh to order and fill them with ice cream, chocolate syrup, chocolate covered cookie sticks, whip cream, sprinkles and more! What a great idea for kids’ birthdays, baby showers, wedding parties, open houses, and any other private events you may have!

Contact Beach Bubble Waffles today at www.beachbubblewaffles.com, or email at beachbubblewafflescc@gmail.com, or text 252-515-0959 to let the party begin!

Business Spotlight: Carteret County Concierge, LLC

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Business Spotlight: Carteret County Concierge, LLC

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a business that would help people in a timely and stress-free manner by providing services like home monitoring, pet sitting, airport transports, vacation provisioning, hurricane preparation, holiday decorating, shopping and delivery, and more? Wouldn’t it be reassuring to have all of those services (and more) offered by a family with years and years of combined experience in the service industry? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then we are thrilled to introduce to you Carteret County Concierge, LLC. The brainchild of Cindy Blizzard Fields, her husband, Tony Fields, and her mother, Linda Hamilton, Carteret County Concierge, LLC. has been helping people all over the county for almost a year! Check out their website at carteretcountyconcierge.com , give them a call at 252-342-4392, or visit them at 3500 Bridges St. in Morehead City. You’ll be glad you did

Community Spotlight- Gloria’s Hallmark Shop

We love to highlight local businesses but we really love it when the business has been in the same family for so long that we see generational change in its leadership! Such is the case with our own Gloria’s Hallmark Shop in Morehead City. This beautiful little shop provides its visitors with a bounty of gift ideas, toys, puzzles, and of course, the always popular Hallmark Cards. Started in 1978 by Miss Gloria herself, this icon has been serving both residents and visitors alike- always with a friendly, helpful, and welcoming staff. After Miss Gloria, the gauntlet was passed to her daughter, Lisa who runs the store with the same grace that her mother did. If you haven’t checked out Gloria’s Hallmark in the Cypress Bay Plaza, do yourself a favor and prepare to be impressed!