Happy MWBE Wednesday from Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc.

Happy MWBE WEDNESDAY, HANUKAH, KWAANZA and HOLIDAYS to our Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. Family, Friends, Clients and Community!

Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc’s CEO Kecia Palmer-Cousins, COO Kevin Cousins and the Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc team hope that everyone is well and staying warm in this

chilly weather! We pray that everyone’s needs, dreams and goals are met and or exceeded! Most of all, we pray good health, wealth, happiness and peace on earth for everyone! We thank everyone, especially our family, friends, clients and community partners again for their support and love to us in 2024! Special shout to our parents, our first dreammakers! We love you much! On earth and in heaven!

Thanks for your business, patronage and prayers! Let’s all continue to grow, prosper and thrive in 2025!

We are thankful for the hundreds of MWBES and students that we have worked with in 2024 including minority, women owned businesses, service disabled veteran business owners and small business owners, high school and college students. Special shout out to all the Government Agencies, Corporations and Community Partners that we worked with in 2024 and will continue our working relationship with in 2025. We look forward also to our future clients as well!

Many black business owners like our echo the words of civically engaged, recording artist extraordinaire, Godfather of Soul, James Brown’s song “I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get It Myself)”, released in 1969. This song carries a powerful message of independence and self-reliance. Through its lyrics, James Brown expresses his desire for true communication, equal opportunity, and self-determination. He rejects the concept of integration without understanding and demands schools and books that accurately represent his people’s history and culture. The lyrics are a call for self-empowerment, urging individuals to rely on their own talents, intelligence, and hard work rather than depending on others for handouts or sympathy. Brown emphasizes the importance of building a better future for his community, highlighting the need to come together and uplift themselves from within.

The Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. team’s got your back! We are your go-to team of experts for Business Coaching, MWBE Consulting, Technical Assistance and Career/Workforce Development Training! They call us the small business therapists! We help entrepreneurs navigate government procurements

as they seek contract opportunities as they grow their businesses!

AERO-BA-SOUL, INC. TESTIMONIALS

Top notch, professional business consulting service, I HIGHLY recommend! Kecia helped me acquire multiple MWBE certifications for my business, a grant and countless hours of of specialized entrepreneur guidance. Please book her for any of your business consultation services, I promise you won't be disappointed and will be running a very successful business with her assistance and expertise!

— Nina Ythier

I had the pleasure of working with Kecia as my Coach during the MWBE process for NYC, and she was incredibly. I don’t think I would have been able to do it without her guidance and support. Thanks, Kecia for everything!

— Chereese Jervis-Hill

Kecia guided me through the process of getting my NYC and NYS Woman-Owned Business Certification and made the process a breeze! I had tried on my own a couple of times before and abandoned the project — it just seemed too difficult and I didn't understand all the terminology. Thank you Kecia for helping me get these important certifications!

— Lynn Amos

COLLABORATE COMMUNICATE CONNECT

The Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. team’s got your back! We are your go-to team of experts for Business Coaching, MWBE Consulting, Technical Assistance and Career/Workforce Development Training!

We love helping Minority and Women-owned Businesses navigate corporate and government procurement. We also love helping non-profits and educational institutions provide professional and personal development to their clients and students. www.aerobasoul.com

GREATER NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – NYC

Wed. 1/8/2025 11am-12pm (SBA and Greater New York Chamber)

Webinar “Grants.gov Resources and Assistance”

Impact100 Westchester

Impact100 Westchester's Transformational Project Grant Application Portal is now open! Impact100 Westchester is a women's collective giving organization engaging women in philanthropy. We believe that we should 'give where we live' and in making a lasting Impact in our community.

Grant Applications are due by Friday, January 24, 2024.

To qualify for the Transformational Project Grant, your organization must:

Be tax exempt 501(c)(3) operating, or proposing to operate, programs for the benefit of Westchester residents and communities
Be operating for at least 36 months prior to applying for a grant
Provide two years of CPA-audited or reviewed financial statements
Not be a town or village
New This Cycle: have revenues between $250,000- $30,000,000 (excluding Medicaid/Medicare reimbursements*)
New This Cycle: Previous Transformational Grant recipients may reapply if the Transformational Project is completed, 100% of the Grant funds have been received and all required reporting has been submitted to Impact100 Westchester.

Impact100 Westchester will not fund:

Activities that are: partisan, religion-based, annual or political appeals, or in support of any political party
Loans or Debt reduction, interim/bridge financing
Exclusively Operating Funds
Endowments
Research
Projects benefiting a for-profit organization, private foundation or individual
General capital campaigns or fund drives

This year we will be awarding two Transformational Project Grants. Grant award amounts will be announced on Monday January 13, 2024 at the close of our Membership Drive.

Please see our website and our nonprofit information guide for further details and important dates. Please contact us with any questions regarding Eligibility and how to apply.

Lastly, Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson is hosting a Zoom Grant Writing Workshop to discuss the mechanics of the grant application on December 17, 2024 at 8:30m. The workshop will be led by Joanne Stewart, Owner/President of Goodworks Advisory Group, LLC. You can register for the workshop on GPLH's website at: Writing Workshop for Impact100 Application.

Warm regards,

Impact100 Westchester's Executive Board

Impact100 Westchester, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

P.O. Box 634, Hartsdale, NY 10530-0634

info@impact100westchester.org www.impact100westchester.org

Grant Application Portal

Happy New Year to Everyone From The Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. Family To Yours!

We Truly Appreciate Each And Every One Of You!

Have a great week! Happy NEW YEAR! WELCOME 2025!

Sincerely, Love,

Kecia and Kevin

Contact Kecia with questions about

starting or growing your business!

At Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. we build dreams to life with heart and a soul! Like a trusted friend and confidante, our personal project managers tap into their vivid imaginations, hearts and souls to analyze clients projects and engineer solutions through project completion. We are “imagineers”, igniting M/WBEs to refocus on themselves, their businesses and giving back to their communities. Our one-on-one technical assistance sessions and training programs are designed to help entrepreneurs and MWBE’s project manage their lives and get to the heart and soul of their personal and professional development.

We motivate and collaborate with our clients through project completion!

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