“When you come into the emergency room today, there is a nurse who greets you and does a quick-look assessment,” explains Rick Lee, the nursing director at Forsyth Medical Center’s ER. “You get an immediate response, an immediate acknowledgement and almost an immediate initiation of your plan of care.”

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Through fundraising efforts like the Mad Hatter Gala, the WSYC is able to help defray the cost of tuition, and also support outreach programs to underserved populations and deliver needs-based scholarships. The average tuition for a 9-month season of weekly music instruction is $350, while the actual cost per singer is closer to $1,800,” said Sarah Williamson, Director, Marketing and Development for WSYC.

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“I designed my own wedding and made all of the invites and programs and decorations. My mom did all the flowers and extra-special touches. She has been my inspiration. She taught me how to decorate cakes, sew and craft all kinds of wonderful things. My dad passed down my love of painting,” explained Tammy. “When I had my girls, I couldn’t wait to start creating special memories for them. When I do parties, I put a lot of time and attention into the details. When Facebook came along, I posted pictures of my girls’ parties and my friends started asking if they could have the same party. Instead of them having to go out and buy everything, I would send it over in a box, and they could recreate the magical experience! Although I’ve been doing parties for friends and family for years, Meghily’s ‘officially’ started early this year.”

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Home Instead Senior Care (HISC) is unlike any private home care you have heard about before, and if you have heard of one, HISC is better. Not only is the owner probably one of the kindest-hearted people you will meet in your lifetime, she considers her work her ministry and her clients her congregation. “My passion is what drives me DAILY,” said Shannon Hodge, owner of the Winston-Salem HISC. “My passion for what I do burns inside of me, and it is my honor to work with these people. We have a
boat full of seniors that we serve, and Home Instead is really about the quality of life our seniors have.”

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Two Families, One Great Company

When the Mock brothers turned that little 20 x 20 cement block building into basically the first Mock Tire, the long hard hours they put into tire recapping came after  working their day jobs at RJReynolds. “My brother Floyd and I worked at RJReynolds, as did our neighbor Tom Beroth. In 1958, we taught Tom how to recap tires and he came on board when I enlisted in the Marines. Our younger brother, Carey, who was 13, worked a lot of the time when Floyd, Tom and I were at RJReynolds. It seems someone was always working in the recapping shop,” recalled Cecil. Even though the business was running most hours of the day, there were always people waiting to get their tires recapped. “The tire business, for me and the Mocks, seemed like a great business to serve people’s needs,” Tom Beroth stated. And the business kept coming to that small
cement block building. “It really seemed like no sooner did we get one car’s tires done, there’d be another one or more waiting. Not a bad problem to have when you are in  business, but it definitely kept us busy,” Cecil said.

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The Many Faces of Grief

You don’t know how you will react when faced with the death of a loved one until it happens; nothing can prepare you, but there are ways to deal with the anger, denial and confusion that accompanies grief. “When John died, we had four people, my children and me, under one roof experiencing grief differently. We each needed to talk, and I was given the number to Hospice & Palliative CareCenter; I called and we were in counseling right away. Through the sessions, each of us has learned that everything we are
experiencing is ‘normal,’ and taking time or giving ourselves permission to say ‘no’ to things when we feel overwhelmed is ok. There is no right or wrong and knowing that has allowed my family to re-establish a strong foundation on which to build. The grief counselors have been by our side with each step and they are so much a part of our family’s  healing and finding our new ‘normal’,” Anne commented. It’s the Myers family’s heart of gratitude and knowing that there will be another family needing the same services that has inspired them to participate in this year’s Hospice Hope Run.

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The appeal of the Mercedes M-Class is not new. “The Mercedes-Benz ML model was featured in the Steven Spielberg film, Jurassic Park: The Lost World,” said Reavis. “The concept for this car first gained exposure in this 1997 movie. It was so popular that the Mercedes used in Jurassic Park is now on display in the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, Germany.”

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While visiting Old Salem, be sure to stroll through the Miksch Garden and House to learn more about how pear and peach trees are planted and how their fruits are harvested and preserved. Costumed interpreters work in the Miksch Garden and House where they have established a “seed to table” concept. Be sure to peek inside the Miksch house to
see daily cooking and food preserving activities. Another Old Salem favorite is the Triebel garden, where you can learn how apples were planted back in the 1700s.

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