Carolina Cares

Joey Hilburn is the President and Founder of The Grown Ups Benefit, an organization that raises money to help people with financial hardship brought on by a health crisis.

Maya Franklin, the External Communications Manager with the American Red Cross Blood Services talks about the current emergency shortage of blood and how you can help.

Sarah Lanse, Marketing Specialist with Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina talks about the mission of Triad Goodwill and they help people with job training and placement

Jordan James from the NC Cooperative Extension Service tells us about the EFNEP program and how it can help out young people in the area

Hanna Smith from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service talks about some big changes coming in the Master Gardener Program in Guilford County

Emily Parks, Board Member and Event Chairperson for the Triad Lunge Forward event and Di Ann Smith, lung cancer survivor talk about lung cancer and the Lung Cancer Initiative Group.

Vincent Webb is from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension service. Vincent is going to talk with us today about Apples. The health benefits of apples, the many ways you can prepare them and lots more facts about apples.

Todays program features Shameca Battle. Shameca is the Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service in Guilford County. Shameca is going to talk with about how to get ready for the upcoming holidays without breaking your personal bank.

Scott Herrick - North Carolina Director of Public Policy, Alzheimer's Association and Steve Dozier - Co-Chair of Walk to End Alzheimer's, Guilford County. Scott and Steve talk to us about the current status of Alzheimer's today. How this disease affects individuals and families and what kind of medical advances are being made to fight this disease. We’ll also talk about the upcoming Walks to end A...

Today's program features Quina Weber Shirk. Quina is a county Extension Agent in charge of community and school gardens She also brought with her today Synclaire Kenner a new intern at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension agency in Guilford county.

Today's program features Anna Beth Williams, an Ag agent with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Agency in Guilford county. Anna Beth Williams is here to talk with us about the Local Foods week taking place in this area. Also here to talk with us is Quina Weber Shirk. Quina is a county Extension Agent in charge of community and school gardens

Our mission: To assist formerly incarcerated individuals in starting their own business and engaging in entrepreneurship by providing resources, mentorship and hope. Our vision: To reduce the rate of recidivism by providing an alternative path to financial stability and success.

PGA REACH is the charitable 501(c)(3) arm of the PGA of America. The program has been instilled in each of the 41 sections, to continue the impact at a section level. The Carolinas PGA is the largest of the 41 sections and had our own Foundation, PGA REACH Carolinas. Mirroring national, PGA REACH Carolinas has three pillars of focus: youth, military, and diversity & inclusion.

Shameca Battle with the NC Cooperative Extension service has some great tips on how to save money and still get all of those school supplies that your children need

Do you have what it takes to be a Master Gardener? Classes begin soon and you need to sign up. Crystal Mercer with the Guilford County Cooperative Extension Service gives you all the details

Justina Vaughn is the (EFNEP) Adult Educator for the city of Greensboro, NC. She talks with limited resource parent/caregivers who have youth in their home about the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Programs and classes that focus on increasing fruit and vegetable intake, choosing better drinks, saving money while grocery shopping, and food safety

Vincent Webb from the NC Cooperative Extension Service in Guilford County talks about canning and preserving all of those veggies you get from your garden or buy at the Farmers Market

Melanie Buckingham from the Greensboro Public Library updates us on all of the summer activities being offered for adults and children from the library.

Cooking With Chef Geoff is the name of the program and Peggie Lewis Joyce, 4H Agent, tells us all about it. We also talk with a summer intern from NCSU, Amie Mabe about her experiences at the NC Cooperative Extension Service in Guilford County.

Shameca Battle is the Family and Consumer Sciences Agent from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service in Guilford County.

Joe Johnson the Water Quality/Vector Control Manager for the Environmental Health Section of the Guilford County Department of Public Health talks about fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. How to repel them, how to remove them from your skin and all of the diseases they can cause. What are the symptoms of Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

Joe Johnson the Water Quality/Vector Control Manager for the Environmental Health Section of the Guilford County Department of Public Health talks about fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. How to repel them, how to remove them from your skin and all of the diseases they can cause. What are the symptoms of Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

Sarah Fedele, the Director Of Communications and Marketing for the American Heart Association of the Triad talked with us about the advances made in combating heart disease and stroke. What used to be a death sentence is now treatable due to the research funded by the American Heart Association. Sarah also talked about the Heart Walk on May 19th

Anna Beth Williams, an Agriculture Agent in Guilford County talks about strawberries. Lots of places to go in Guilford County to pick your own strawberries. She also talks about how to pick, serve and keep your strawberries.

Peggie Lewis Joyce, 4-H Agent with the NC Cooperative Exchange in Guilford County talks about the summer programs, the internship programs, Dairy Days and more