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...
Dec 22, 2015 | Children with Special Needs, Education, Education for Special Needs, Local Resources, Non Profits, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Ginger Shields, Director of Children’s Ministry Each month, West Market Street United Methodist Church in downtown Greensboro offers Nathaniel’s Hope Buddy Break to families in the Greensboro community. Buddy Break is a free kids program where...
Dec 15, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Caren Grice When Marty Tennille talks about feeding children, it’s crystal clear that she and her husband Ben are doing exactly what God has called them to do. One Sunday morning in 2013, the congregation at Centenary United Methodist church was...
Dec 10, 2015 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Hot Topics, Local Resources, Middle School, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Tutoring
By Guest Blogger Kennette J. Burgess B.Sc, MBA, Marketing Consultant for Empowered Girls of NC Today we feature another organization working hard to make a difference in our community. To read the last post in our Doing Good Things series, click HERE! ~ Katie...
Dec 4, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, Education, Education for Special Needs, Health, Hot Topics, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Chanel James and Dayna Gury Our TMoM team is happy to kick off a new series of blogs today! “Doing Good Things” will focus on locals who are giving their time, effort, and personal funds to others. We have found so many women in our area whose hearts...
Jan 1, 2010 | Children with Special Needs, High Point, Local Events, Local Resources, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Recreation, Sports, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Charlie Brignac, Executive Director and Carolina Chapter President of Beautiful Lives Project Play on the Field with the High Point University Baseball Team On Wednesday April 29, people of all disabilities and of any age have the opportunity to play...
Oct 15, 2023 | Adults, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Parenting & Family, Single Parenting, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Sandy Harper As moms, we give and give. We give our time, love, help, support and most of all grace. Yet, we rarely give ourselves grace. This got me thinking about things I need to remember for myself. If I need to remind myself of these, I...
Sep 2, 2023 | Adults, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Marriage & Couples
By Guest Blogger Tracy Huneycutt I turn 44 in September. I feel like I have reached the halfway mark in life. While that feels bittersweet, I have also started to embrace aging with a more confident mindset than I had in my younger years. I consider myself to be very...
Sep 18, 2022 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Annah Matthews We all have those days. Days where everything we do feels fruitless. Nothing stays clean for more than five minutes. The laundry pile only seems to get larger, never smaller. The to do list gets longer. The children are bored and refuse...
Apr 13, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member, Anna Keller This is such a strange season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and if you’re a parent it can often feel especially trying. You and your kids are together ALL THE TIME, and it’s just…a lot. There are high highs and low lows and...
Nov 27, 2019 | Babies, By Stage, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Rachel Hoeing My children are currently 14 and 16. It’s been a long, long time since we had babies in our home. But my sister has a one-year-old and an almost three-year-old. (It makes me tired just telling you that.) Being the dutiful older sister, I have watched...
Jun 18, 2019 | Day Trips, Family Time, Parenting & Family, Recreation, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Suzy Fielders Being from Winston-Salem and living here most of my life it probably would not come as a shock I absolutely love it here! I’m so excited to share some of mine and my daughter’s favorite spots in Winston. Whether coming for a day trip,...
Mar 22, 2019 | By Location, Family Time, Parenting & Family, Parks & Outdoor Activities, Recreation, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Anna Keller Spring is officially here! After all that cold rain we’ve had over the past several weeks – not to mention the crazy snow earlier this year – it’s just time. Majorly time. Lucky for us, we live in a place we love (Winston-Salem), and with...
Jun 28, 2018 | Adults, By Stage, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Suzy Fielders How many of you have seen those many, many lists going around along the lines of x amount of things you should NOT say to a working mom, stay-at-home mom, single mom, etc.? Well… I hate those lists. Why? We are all moms just trying our...
May 30, 2018 | By Stage, Elementary Age, Family Time, Helpful Lists & Directories, Local Resources, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Whitney Hsu, author of We’re Only Hsuman Summer for Stay-at-Home parents can sometimes mean exhaustion and boredom (for the kids, too!) as your excitement for the weather withers and your gladness to have the kids out of school wanes. I know I started...
Jan 1, 2016 | Adult Health & Wellness, Health, Recreation
By Rachel Hoeing Happy New Year! Our TMoM team wishes all of you a wonderful 2016. We hope it is filled with love and laughter! By the looks of my Facebook feed, a large majority of moms have resolved to be more active and healthier in 2016. That is pretty much my...
Aug 10, 2015 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Katie Moosbrugger So far, this summer has been an interesting experiment. It all started when school was coming to an end and my annual summer panic attack was starting to set in. I kept thinking to myself, “What are these kids going to do all day, every day?” I...
Sep 29, 2014 | Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Rachel Hoeing My husband and I have always tried our best to teach our children to be respectful and use good manners. I am almost too mannerly at times and find myself saying please and thank you even when it is not necessary, but I have always felt that too much...
