services

(pictured above:  The Friends of the Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center pose in front of the library. They are (front, from left) Kim Bell, Linda Grier, Rev. Andrea Walker, Katherine F. Rucker, Constance Grier, Abiodun Harris, (rear,...

(pictured above:  IFB Employee Tameka Monroe speaks with the Eye Bank’s Dean Vavra and Katie Hall. (Below) IFB Employee Demarius Bowens checks over donor registration information.) On Wednesday, March 19, blind and low-vision employees at...

Dr. Althea Taylor-Jones joined other AARP advocates from Feb. 18-19 as they prepared to speak to state lawmakers about the specific needs of North Carolinians who are 50 and older. The General Assembly short session begins May 14. According to...

(pictured above: Sammie Gray is a longtime ACS supporter.) AIDS Care Services is asking those who support HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention to put their money where their mouths are. More than 20 individuals and groups across the city are set to...

Choosing the best charities for your contributions When Jackie Tesh looked at the mound of charities’ appeal letters she had already received this year, she threw up her hands in exasperation and said, “There are too many to choose from. I’m...

(above: Sonjia Kurosky stands outside Samaritan Ministries.) Across the city, service providers are amping up their efforts to accommodate the homeless as winter sets in. An overflow shelter at First Baptist Church on Fifth Street opened Sunday,...

The forensic nursing program at Cone Health now collects evidence of domestic violence. The evidence can be confidentially collected and kept until the person giving the evidence wants it. The hope is that the evidence can be used to obtain...

A panel discussion – sponsored by Family Services and Winston-Salem State University – tackled domestic violence in the black community on Oct. 30 on the WSSU campus. During the discussion, District Court Judge Denise Hartsfield, Legal Aid of...

County leaders rolled up their sleeves recently and pitched in to help a local senior in need. County Manager J. Dudley Watts Jr. deployed two teams of Forsyth County Government department heads on Oct. 16 and 19 to aid The Shepherd’s Center of...

Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, 4129 Northampton Drive, will celebrate Worship and Arts Day on Sunday, Sept. 29 during both of its services – 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. At 4 p.m., there will be a special worship extravaganza with various ministries,...

The 21st annual National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive – the nation’s largest annual one-day food collection event – will take place May 11. The Postal Service is urging customers to place a sturdy bag containing...

Hundreds flocked to the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Annex last week, to take part in the 2013 Project Homeless Connect/VA Stand Down. Sponsored by the City of Winston-Salem, Mayor Allen Joines and the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic...

Winston-Salem’s Gallins Foods is celebrating its 65th anniversary. Today, the company offers an array of services and products to area businesses, everything from vending items, coffee and water, to catering and corporate food service. When it...