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Mom of the Year: Quay Myers

WYBC is proud to congratulate Quay Myers, our WYBC Mom of the Year Winner for 2024!

Quay was nominated by Melissa Lytrelle Singleton.

Quay receives a framed certificate, flowers, a spa gift card, dinner for 2 at Kool Breeze Jamerican Cuisine on Whalley Avenue in New Haven and tickets to The Queens of R&B Tour featuring XSCAPE, SWV, Total and 702 at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater!

Listen to Darryl’s interview with Quay: 94.3 WYBC / 2024 Mom of the Year: Quay Myers

Below is what Melissa wrote about Quay

I’m nominating this mom because of her resilience, her strength, her struggles, her faith & her life. I’ve seen her stand tall through situations that would & could have killed her but the faith she holds and the faith & strength of her family gives her the back bone to keep pushing. Having three children losing both her sons to gun violence a year apart being diagnosed with cancer & beating that all while still being a mother, a grandmother, a daughter, sister, aunt and supporter to those she love. It’s only right that I share the love I have for her by nominating her for showing up everyday.

WYBC Lunch Club with D’Amato’s Seafood: April 2024

Charlie from New Haven is the 94.3 WYBC Virtual Lunch Club winner for the month of April 2024! Charlie and his mother, Karen, enjoyed a delicious lunch with Wanda Coppage at D’Amatos Seafood on Whalley Avenue in New Haven!

Want to have lunch with Wanda? Go to our WYBC Contest Page and enter to win!

R&B Trivia Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Jhyllian from Hamden is our WYBC R&B Trivia Challenge Grand Prize Winner of a brand new 50 inch TV courtesy of Art’s Television & Appliance, 92 State Street in North Haven!

Here she claimed her prize from Andy at Art’s and Darryl Huckaby from DeDe In The Morning!

Congratulations, Jhyllian!

WYBC Lunch Club with D’Amato’s Seafood: March 2024

Tara, working remotely for Advantmed LLC, is the 94.3 WYBC Virtual Lunch Club winner for the month of March 2024! Tara and her guest enjoyed a delicious lunch with Wanda Coppage on zoom, courtesy of D’Amatos Seafood on Whalley Avenue in New Haven!

Want to have a virtual lunch with Wanda? Go to our WYBC Contest Page and enter to win!

WYBC Lunch Club with D’Amato’s Seafood: February 2024

Deborah, working at New Haven Superior Court for Juvenile Matters, is the 94.3 WYBC Virtual Lunch Club winner for the month of February 2024! Deborah and her guest enjoyed a delicious lunch with Wanda Coppage on zoom, courtesy of D’Amatos Seafood on Whalley Avenue in New Haven!

Want to have a virtual lunch with Wanda? Go to our WYBC Contest Page and enter to win!

WYBC & Yale University salute Sandra’s Next Generation

Name: Sandra Pittman

Business Name: Sandra’s Next Generation, 636 Congress Avenue, New Haven.

Year Business was started in New Haven: 1989

Why did you start your own business?

Growing up on 99 Edgewood Ave my family and sold Soul Food dinners for $5. We sold out every week and my husband encouraged us to open a restaurant.

Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven?

Why not start a business in the community we live in.

What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business?

When starting our business, the most challenging element was being consistent. We had to duplicate what we knew worked day in and out.

WYBC & Yale University salute Noir Vintage & Co.

Name: Evelyn Massey

Business Name: Noir Vintage & Co., 111 Court Street, New Haven

Year Business was started in New Haven:

My business came to life with a storefront June 2023 but started at the end of the pandemic as an online store on Instagram, and with the help of market pop-ups and vending opportunities around the city it also boost my brand as well.

Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven?

I wanted to set up shop in New Haven where I grew up, it would only make sense to start this business where I’m most familiar and downtown was the ideal location to become the first black owned women vintage store that landed in the downtown area, also the first vintage store in New Haven owned by an African American woman.

Why did you start your own business?

I started this business out of love for timeless vintage clothing and the stories that came along with it, I’ve always been a person that loved old things there is such beauty in preserved treasures.

What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business?

My challenges came about when it was time to fund my business, the difficulties of having a dream that you are passionate about with no money is the real reality, but I never gave up on believing that I would accomplish this someday, even as I got older…I kept that dream until it manifested, and now I am downtown with a beautiful shop, and I must say this it is never too late to follow your DREAMS! If you see it and dream it, you can have it. Never give up, yes it will get hard because running your own business is never easy!

Just DO It!!!

WYBC & Yale University salute Woody’s Wings

Name: Linwood & Lachele Lacy

Business Name: Woody’s Wings, 91 Church Street, New Haven.

Year Business was started in New Haven: December 2019 on Whalley Avenue for 3 years

Why did you start your own business?

I wanted to show my different training styles of cooking with a fast-food twist. I also wanted to show off my love of seasoning and flavors on wings.

Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven?

It’s my hometown!

What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business?

The challenge for us was not knowing the business side. The cooking side was the easy part. If it wasn’t for the Small Business Resource Center of New Haven giving us the resources, we would be totally lost. Our biggest take away is not to be scared to ask questions. Knowledge is key!!!

WYBC & Yale University salute Dope N’ Delicious

Name: De’Ari Allick

Business Name: Dope N’ Delicious, 300 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven.

Year Business was started in New Haven: 2021

Why did you start your own business?

I started my own business to give my kids a better future

Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven?

I actually started my first restaurant in Bridgeport but coming back home was the dream. Opening a restaurant is your own city is iconic for me! Brings hope to the community.

What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business?

The challenges you must overcome is staying consistent and never giving up on yourself. Times get hard as an entrepreneur so you must stay focused.

WYBC & Yale University salute Petals Market

Photos are of Elaine of Petals Market.

Owner: Gideon Gebreyesus

Business Name: Petals Market, 100 Ashmum Street, New Haven

Year Business was started in New Haven: 2019

Why did you start your own business?

The area is known as a food desert, and the business was open to fill the void with the collaboration of Yale and ConnCAT/ConnCORP. To serve the Town and Gown.

Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven?

We have a vested interest in New Haven and do a lot of work in the Dixwell and Newhallvile communities, so it is a perfect fit. Down the street, we have ConnCAT, Which has been training people

What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business?

Having been in the business, it was easy once we got everything in order. All stakeholders were on the same page. We got hit with Covid-19. It was challenging, but we got through it.