First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) recognized 14 high school and college graduates during its virtual College Day service on Sunday, June 13.
When the pandemic shut down much of the city, it gave Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks department an opportunity to review each of the city’s recreation centers to determine how they could best serve the citizens who used them. They saw a need for a location dedicated to serving seniors and designated Brown & Douglas an Active Adult Center. This is the only designated senior center in Winston-Salem.
Our local nonprofits depend on senior volunteers and offer a wide variety of opportunities to serve. Here is a list of volunteer opportunities in our community:
Christmas in July to benefit Senior Services
Foundation announces new leadership for its second century of service to Forsyth County
Commentary: Another armed and dangerous white man taken safely into custody
Commentary: The passage of the Juneteenth law was striking
NAACP responds to allegations of fraud regarding Tonya McDaniel’s handling of grant funds
Ahead of Father’s Day weekend, the Women’s Gun Violence Prevention Team is hosting a dinner on Friday evening designed to celebrate men in the community and invite them to join the fight against senseless gun violence.
A relaxing day at the park was interrupted by gunfire earlier this week when William Coleman Scott, 26, endangered the lives of dozens of innocent people when he opened fire on police officers in Hanes Park, a mere hours after it is believed he killed his mother and grandmother.
