GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 10:00 am
General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us.
General Meetings are held at 10:00 am on the fourth Tuesday of each month* at: Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit.
March Program: Feathering the Nests of People Transitioning…
Speakers: Jan Barbee and Joanna Britt, Co-Founders of GreeNest
Last fall, Newcomers & Neighbors of Winston-Salem donated $500 to greeNest, a unique program that provides home furnishings for people transitioning, from homelessness to sustainable housing. At our March meeting, sisters and co-founders, Jan Barbee and Joanna Britt, will tell us more about this local start-up that they began just under a year ago. greeNest will celebrate its first anniversary April 8.
“After bouncing from shelter to shelter and living on the streets, many homeless families are left with little of their previous lives intact,” the sisters explain. “When finally offered affordable housing, they are confronted with the starkness of an empty house. With few personal belongings, a house is just not a home,” they continue. “No family should have to lie down on a cold, hard floor.”
For a small fee, greeNest provides household furnishings to these individuals and families. Volunteers sort, clean, and organize furniture and household goods that have been donated by people in the community. They also stage a showroom from which participants make their selections. By paying a nominal fee, participants in the program become owners, and not merely recipients.
greeNest is a natural fit for Jan and Joanna, who recount growing up with a resourceful mother who found a use and re-use for everything. It is not surprising that finding a way to transform items that are no longer needed by some families into the beginnings of a new home for other families became their passion.
Learn more about how N&N contributed to the process of “feathering the nests” of some Winston-Salem residents who are making positive changes in their lives.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS: March 2016
Please RSVP for all events. Non-members who wish to attend one of our events, or for additional information, please contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com.
EVENING CARDS: Wednesday, 03/02 at 7:00 pm
TRAVEL TALK: Thursday, 03/03 at 7:00 pm
MARCH SOCIAL: Sunday, 03/06 at 3:00 pm - Music Concert - Back to Barry, Billy & the Beatles
BOOK CLUB: Monday, 03/07 at 10:00 am The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.
BOARD MEETING: Tuesday, 03/08 at 10:00 am
BRIDGE CLUB: Thursday, 03/10 at 1:00 pm
DAY TRIP GALS: Friday, 03/11 at 10:00 am
LUNCH BUNCH: Thursday, 03/17 at 11:30 am Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Tuesday & Wednesday, 03/22-23: Habitat for Humanity
DAY CARDS: Thursday, 03/24 at 1:00 pm
General Meetings are held each month except August and December.
