Children’s Flight of Hope provides air transportation to children who have been diagnosed with childhood cancers and other life-threatening diseases and are in need of specialized medical treatment, removing the financial strain that the cost of flying can incur for families.
Chalking Up Success
Liquor salesman turned chalk artist Austin Bagwell takes his creativity to the sidewalk.
Lives in Bloom
Melinda Taylor founded BloomHere, a space for empowering women. The nonprofit, which just celebrated its one-year anniversary, provides a safe place to live and the space and resources for women who are survivors of abuse, addiction, prostitution and trafficking to heal.
Grace Under Pressure
Sunny Gerhart of St. Roch Fine Oysters + Bar provides an average of 500 meals each week to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and has contributed more than 50,000 meals since April. These include hearty, ready-to-heat meals that feed families of four to six people.
EMBRACING A FLEXITARIAN DIET
For anyone looking for a way to add something green to your daily routine without going cold turkey on the carnivorous side, I recommend looking into flexitarian eating.
Sweet Potato Remix
jazz up sweet potatoes with these innovative recipes from local chefs, bakers and the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission, a nonprofit corporation comprised of more than 400 sweet potato growers.