For a decade Whole Man Ministries’ Housing 4 Our Heroes program has been renovating abandoned houses in order to provide affordable housing for displaced veterans in Winston-Salem. With help from volunteers from Love Out Loud’s Student Camp, earlier this week Whole Man Ministries kicked off their biggest project yet.
A group of individuals with invested interest in the Easton community have started a nonprofit organization to help ensure the continued growth and development of one of Winston-Salem’s oldest and most historic neighborhoods.
There isn’t much NBA Superstar Chris Paul hasn’t accomplished on the basketball court, but now the 12-time All Star and future hall of famer has taken on a new challenge: writing.
In his first book, “Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court,” which is co-authored by Michael Wilbon, longtime sportswriter and ESPN commentator, Paul talks about that day and how his grandfather helped shape him into the man he is today.
More than 60 Carver High School students and educators stood in line to get their hair shaped up or groomed for graduation day when 16 students from the Winston-Salem Barber School volunteered four hours of their time to serve the Yellow Jackets on Friday, June 9. Bryce Sherman, an alumnus of Carver High School and youth violence prevention manager of the City of Winston-Salem and Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks, collaborated with LaTonya Moore, the director of the Winston-Salem Barber School on Silas Creek Parkway to combat violence in our schools.
The term ‘pivot’ means to adapt or improve by adjusting or modifying something. And for the past five years, Pivot Ministry has been helping women in Forsyth County adapt and improve their lives.
As Yadkin Riverkeeper employees, we were awarded a fellowship from the Spatial Justice Studio to study environmental justice in the Yadkin River basin. The studio is a collaborative effort between Winston-Salem State University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts. The Fellows program gives funding and support to community members, faculty, and students that work to address spatial injustice through an interdisciplinary lens.