Since 1997, November has been designated as National Family Caregiver Month. If you know a family caregiver, or have been a family caregiver, you know that all of the work of a caregiver cannot be captured in just one month of recognition.
Winston-Salem Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Psi Phi Chapter brothers went shopping on Saturday, Nov. 20, to purchase Thanksgiving groceries for 25 families. The brothers, wearing their finest purple and gold and with shopping list in hand, set out to Harris Teeter to purchase the groceries for the Thanksgiving Day dinner.
For the past three years Chrissy Faison, owner and CEO of LeanBack Soul Food, a local catering business, has marked the start of the holiday season with her LeanBack Giveback Thanksgiving Affair, and this year the event was bigger than ever.
When her daughter was diagnosed with depression when she was only six years old, Karen Cuthrell was told she had to find a way to get her daughter to talk about her emotions. Cuthrell, who is a native of Winston-Salem, said that’s when she started laying the foundation for The Feelings Company.