Jul 10, 2021 | By Location, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Education, Greensboro, Health, High Point, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Ashley Mitchell, founder and Executive Director of Perfectly Imperfect Girls Perfectly Imperfect Girls is a North Carolina based nonprofit youth mentoring program started in August of 2020. We currently serve middle school and high school girls ages...
Jul 1, 2021 | From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Non Profits, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Stephanie Gress, Community Advisor, Borderless Friends Forever As we begin to come out of the pandemic and a year of the world shutting down, we are able to reflect on how the past year has impacted everyone and can finally begin to enjoy the things...
Jun 10, 2021 | Local Events, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Canisha Turner “1 in 6 children aged 2-8 years has a mental, behavioral or developmental disorder.” Because of this, Maddy created her platform, “Your BIG Day,” to help children who struggle with childhood anxieties. At 7 years old, Maddy has always...
Jun 3, 2021 | Hiking & Camping, Local Resources, Non Profits, Parks & Outdoor Activities, Recreation
By Guest Blogger Holly Bass When Waterfall Keepers of North Carolina, a non-profit that seeks to preserve and protect the state’s waterfalls and educate the public about these natural wonders and how to properly take care of them, launched in November of 2020, the...
Feb 19, 2021 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, By Location, Greensboro, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Blair Somers, Board Member of Anchor Hope Did you know there are currently over 17,000 children in the North Carolina Foster Care system alone? Once a child is pulled from their biological family there is an interim period where the Department of...
Dec 26, 2020 | By Location, By Stage, Elementary Age, Family Time, Local Resources, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Amber T. Harris Are you looking for opportunities to serve that are safe and fulfilling for your kids, your kids and their friends, and maybe even your families? SPARK wants to work with you to design a project that shares peace and rekindles kindness...
Dec 18, 2020 | By Location, Greensboro, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Bloggers Catherine Turnage, AmeriCorps Volunteer; and Parker White, Founder/Executive Director of BackPack Beginnings Let’s be honest – no one could have predicted that the year 2020 would put a global pandemic on our hands. If someone had shouted of...
Dec 5, 2020 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Annette George “I can’t change who I am, but I can change the world as I am.” ~ John Paul George For our family, twenty six years ago, there wasn’t supposed to be hope. My son, John Paul, was born in Winston-Salem with a rare condition called...
Nov 21, 2020 | Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Seth Houk, Guardian ad Litem District Administrator Planning to go to the county courthouse is not usually an event that excites most people. Thoughts of waiting anxiously for a case to be called, giving testimony in front of several people, fielding...
Jul 21, 2020 | By Location, By Stage, Education, Local Resources, Middle School, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Ally Ponte While it has been an undeniably hard year for our country and the world, many organizations and community leaders have been working tirelessly to combat problems caused by Covid-19 and a long history of systemic racism and social problems...
Nov 8, 2019 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Local Resources, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Safety, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Elizabeth Miller, Executive Director at The Parenting PATH Raising children can be very tough! All moms know this. And it can be especially tough when parents face additional challenges with employment, housing, transportation, healthcare or...
Aug 3, 2019 | Local Resources, Non Profits, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Kamm Galloway Do you like working with youth or young adults as a volunteer? Do you have skills such as mentoring, event planning, fundraising, nonprofit admin skills, etc. that you would like to use as a youth organization volunteer? If you do, we...
Mar 16, 2019 | Camps, Children with Special Needs, Greensboro, Parenting & Family, Recreation
By Guest Blogger MaryKent Wolff, co-director In the United States, over 5 million children have been affected by a parent’s cancer. One nonprofit, Camp Kesem, is working nationwide to serve this population by providing them with a completely free and fun week of...
Feb 16, 2019 | Adult Education, Education, Greensboro, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Rachel Dievendorf, Transitions Specialist and Volunteer Coordinator Did you know that over 70,000 adults in Guilford County struggle with basic literacy skills? That means that 1 in 5 adults in Guilford County function at the lowest level of literacy,...
Dec 7, 2018 | From the Heart, Just for Dads, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Non Profits
By Guest Bloggers Danielle Rose and Bethany Fischer What is Dressember? Dressember started in 2009 when Blythe Hill decided to challenge herself by wearing a dress every day for the month of December. Her personal challenge turned into a movement in 2013 when she...
Dec 2, 2018 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Tina Williams Furry Hugs, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, spreads furry hugs and love across the entire state of North Carolina! Furry Hugs is just as it is named. We purchase, package and deliver small stuffed animals to local hospitals for doctors...
Nov 10, 2018 | Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Rene Crawford, Development Director I want to talk about something that is very difficult to hear. No one wants to believe that children are abused, it is unthinkable. Yet, one in ten children have been, are being, or will be exposed to child abuse...
Nov 3, 2018 | Local Resources, Non Profits, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Latasha Barr-Lewis Coffee with a cause is what you will experience at Cam’s Coffee Co located at 930 S. Broad St. and at the highly anticipated new location at 101 N. Chestnut St. which opened just two days ago. Camden Myers, affectionately known as...
Jul 11, 2018 | By Location, Children with Special Needs, Desserteries & Coffee Houses, Education, Education for Special Needs, Food & Nutrition, Local Resources, Non Profits, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Kaley Barenkamp This time last year, a group of Winston-Salem locals sat around a coffee table with one common question: what would happen if we put our talent, time and community connections together to create an opportunity that would provide...
Jun 13, 2018 | Greensboro, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Kelly Graves, PhD Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Kellin Foundation “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” Six years ago, my dear friend Lindy Beauregard made this statement to me approximately six months...
May 26, 2018 | Education, Elementary, Greensboro, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Karen Hornfeck When word got out that a tornado had torn through east Greensboro on April 15th and severely damaged three Guilford County Schools (GCS) elementary schools, the staff at Guilford Education Alliance (GEA) quickly mobilized to help in any...
May 8, 2018 | Greensboro, Local Resources, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Janet Howard, Program Director Does this sound familiar? Your four year old asks for cookies just before dinner. Your answer is “no” so dinner isn’t spoiled (and let’s face it, you are busy trying to get dinner ready and don’t want to take the time...
Apr 12, 2018 | Greensboro, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Marian Ragsdale with Habitat for Humanity A 2nd ReStore will help build more affordable homes! Habitat for Humanity of Greater Greensboro is excited to be opening its 2nd ReStore this Spring at 2190 Lawndale Dr. (corner of Lawndale and Cornwallis). ...
Nov 28, 2017 | Education, Education for Special Needs, Greensboro, Local Resources, Non Profits, Recreation, Sports
By Guest Blogger Dawn Ashby Caldwell A few weeks ago, I attended the Greensboro Holiday Market and came across a vendor booth with the most adorable and unique art. The pottery was amazing, the jewelry was so unique, and the colors were so bright and colorful. I...
Jul 28, 2017 | Local Resources, Non Profits
By Suzy Fielders, Development & Marketing Partner of Winston-Salem Ambassadors Winston-Salem is home to many amazing non-profit organizations that do everything from feeding the hungry, to helping the sick, and even providing arts to kids. Many people aren’t...
May 26, 2017 | Local Resources, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Elizabeth Thomas, Greater Triad Branch Director What would you do if you had to choose between buying food, paying your bills, and keeping your baby in clean diapers? For 1 in 3 families in our community, this isn’t a hypothetical question. Diapers...
May 1, 2017 | Just for Dads, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Jay Callahan I began my blog at www.jmclaincallahan.com in 2016 and it had a great first year. It was runner-up for best Winston-Salem blog of the year (2016), and I was awarded with a Winston-Salem Under 40 Leadership Award. I thoroughly enjoyed...
Jul 11, 2016 | Education, Education for Special Needs, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Kris A. Cox, Director of the Winston-Salem Augustine Literacy Project Tutor ONE Child. Change TWO Lives. The Winston-Salem Augustine Literacy Project®, a program of READWS has been serving low-income, struggling readers for fifteen years. The Project trains and...
Jun 29, 2016 | Children with Special Needs, Children's Health & Wellness, Education, Education for Special Needs, Health, Local Resources, Non Profits, Parent & Child Groups / Support Groups, Parenting & Family
By Guest Bloggers Kim Shufran and Courtney Perry In 2008, the iCan House was created by Kim Shufran who was seeking support and help for her daughter, Erica. Kim’s intelligent, sweet, and engaging 11year old daughter was eager to make friends, but struggled so much...
Dec 29, 2015 | Children with Special Needs, Hot Topics, Local Resources, Parent & Child Groups / Support Groups, Parenting & Family, Recreation, Sports
By Rachel Hoeing “The smiles on the kid’s faces during the game is priceless. There usually is not a dry eye in the stands when everyone sees these children having the time of their lives,” Debbie DeLoach, one of the founders of the Heroes League. Having a...
