We were proud to be one of the partners presenting this year’s Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership’s annual meeting. The breakfast meeting is an exciting event as it provides us a chance to sit together as a downtown community and remind ourselves of all the successes in the past year and to look at plans for the upcoming year. Many positive changes have occurred in the last 15-20 years and we’re truly proud to have been a part of the transition that has brought us to where we are today with more than 45 restaurants, bars, craft breweries and shops in the

To put a smile on any child’s face is priceless. However, it can be more challenging when a child is sick and in the hospital. For this reason, we teamed up with Brenner’s Children Hospital at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in November to see what we could do to give each child a smile. We left the healthy part to the medical professionals. It was our pleasure to arrive with Santa and bring toys we’d collected for the children. Success on these types of projects is measured in the size and number of smiles. It’s what the holidays are

This past month, we were proud to support the amazing efforts of the SECU Family House in Winston-Salem. Many people may not realize that because of this organization, adult patients and caregivers who have to come to Winston-Salem are able to have a comfortable place to stay. It’s an alternative to an expensive hotel in a family environment. Our staff, most especially our GRAZE culinary team, was pleased to bring a home-cooked meal one evening to help support this outstanding organization. To learn more, visit SECU Family House, Winston-Salem.

Or should we say Dream Team? Every wonder why downtown always looks so clean? It’s not because people are less likely to litter when they’re in the heart of the city. We are very fortunate that a stellar group of dedicated individuals come out in the wee morning hours to clean, shine, polish and make our downtown sparkle. To learn more about Winston-Salem’s Clean Team, click here.

New or used, we didn’t care. Our mission was to help the homeless in our community by collecting winter coats before the temperatures dropped. Many people believe the homeless are mostly veterans. Not true. Families make up a big portion of the homeless population. This past fall, it was our pleasure to aid the XXXX in collecting and donating more than XXX coats to the XYZ Organization. To learn more, visit XYZ Organization.