Board Member Chrstine Joseph Cajuste, photographed with Mayor Veronica Edwards Phillips Our PEARLS, Inc. was honored to participate in the City of Lauderdale Lakes' most recent Financial Literacy & Business Resource Fair, joining local leaders, small business owners, prospective entrepreneurs, and community members for a day focused on practical financial education and community connection. ## Meeting the Community Where It Is Not every financial literacy conversation happens

This summer, Our PEARLS, Inc. partnered with CareerSource Broward to bring financial literacy education to more than 1,200 students across Broward County through the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). For many of these students, SYEP is their first real paycheck — and their first real chance to start building lifelong financial habits. Our PEARLS was proud to meet that moment with practical, hands-on programming designed to make financial literacy feel accessible rather

This year, Our PEARLS, Inc. is proud to continue the Clitie D. Bullock Memorial Scholarship Fund for Nursing — a scholarship established to honor the life and legacy of a devoted nurse whose career was defined by caring for others. Honoring Mother Clitie Clitie Doreen Barrett-Bullock, affectionately known as "Mother Clitie" by many, exemplified professionalism, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to the well-being of her patients and community throughout her nursing care