Ponte Vedra MAY 2020 Volume 7 Issue 5 Ponte Vedra, Palm Valley, Nocatee and South Ponte Vedra Beach NewsLineA Florida NewsLine Publication page 11 page 3 page 12 page 14 Get To Know . Local OPEN businesses! BFF Best Furry Friend Laura Moritz Puzzles BEAM experiences Unique Nocatee company provides increase in requests water buffalo milk products for assistance; By Tiffany Merlo Phelps
[email protected] announces Virtual Punita Patel values a really good cup of what to do. Food Drive tea. By NewsLine Staff “It worked out like a dream,”
[email protected] Having grown up in India, Patel enjoyed said Patel. “It was as if she the cuisine so much, and, most especially, knew where she needed to go.” The Beaches Emergency Assistance the tea; however, something was miss- Ministry (BEAM) staff and volunteers ing when she tried to Her chil- continue to serve the influx of families recreate that exact cup dren, now nine-year- in Jacksonville’s beaches communi- in the United States. Photos courtesy Punita Patel ties who have been hard-hit by the old twins Punita Patel and one of her children with a water buffalo economic impact of COVID-19. The “I realized that the tea and an non-profit organization is working to was so good and what 11-year-old, found ensure their most at-risk populations made it so special was an instant connec- fences and figuring out drainage issues. have access to emergency services, while the milk from water tion with Goldie, Patel said she also had to learn the best adhering to recommendations from buffalo,” said Patel, and Patel found way to share her products with the com- the CDC, the Florida Department of who moved to Texas them snuggling up munity.