Apr 18, 2023 | Adults, Desserteries & Coffee Houses, Food & Nutrition, Moms & Dads, Non Profits, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Tracy Huneycutt In February 2023, Go Make Coffee Co. opened its doors in the Lexington/Welcome area of North Carolina. The coffee shop was graciously gifted to Journey Church of Lexington by another church in 2022. Journey Church set forth redesigning...
Mar 22, 2023 | Food & Nutrition, From the Heart, Just for Dads, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Jay Callahan From 2015-2019, I drove around a white Volkswagen minivan and tried to give back to the community of Greater Winston-Salem in a little way through The Man Van. Then in 2019, we sold the minivan and more importantly, our third child,...
Mar 14, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Education for Special Needs, Non Profits, Winston-Salem
Guest Blogger Cameron Egan, Solutions for Independence’s Outreach Coordinator Did you know that one out of every four adults in North Carolina has a disability? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 2,198,903 adults are living with...
Dec 10, 2022 | Burlington, By Location, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, Holidays, Kernersville, Non Profits, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Ashley Neubauer, Founder & Owner of The AG Connection For over 35 years, many girls have dreamed of owning their own American Girl Doll. The dolls’ adorable faces and heartfelt stories are something special. My daughter received her first...
Nov 15, 2022 | By Location, Greensboro, Holidays, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Adriane Singleton, Triad Hub Manager of Wheels4Hope As the holiday season is quickly approaching, are you wondering how you can give back to those in need? Salvation Army Kettle Ringers will soon be greeting customers at shopping centers. Plus, there...
Sep 24, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Madison Skakle On March 15, 2020, when the world started locking down for COVID, I started Workout Friends, a fitness community on Facebook for moms of all athletic abilities. My intention was to keep the group live for just a few weeks until the YMCA...
Sep 17, 2022 | By Stage, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Erica Brown, Muddy Sneakers Communications Manager Muddy Sneakers is a North Carolina-based nonprofit that has been transforming 5th grade science education in public schools for 15 years. The organization provides year-long partnerships that utilize...
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). ...
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