WS Chronicle

In honor of the Links’ National Day of Friendship and Service, the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Links Incorporated contributed to United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church. In-person service is the norm; however, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the chapter funded service efforts already in existence. Link LaJoi Wilson-Moore, vice president, and Link Kristy Woods, program director, presented Rev. Alvin Armstead with a significant donation to support the Special Needs Ministry and Outreach Fund.  Under the direction of PJ Williams, president, these efforts will support the United Metropolitan Church’s COVID-19 related needs, as well as funds for Christmas gift cards for children in foster care.

The Links Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation and one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations. Margaret Rosell Hawkins and Sarah Strickland Scott, two young Philadelphia visionaries, co-founded The Links, Incorporated on Nov. 9, 1946. They invited seven of their friends to join them in organizing a new type of inter-city club dedicated to friendship and service. From this small group has now emerged an organization of over 16,000 women of color in 288 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom.