Ned Erickson: UPDATE Year 1 Week 16

Seasons Greetings from the Fellows!

The Fellows at the Black Nativity

If a door won't open, find a window to jump through...

We were framed!

Thanks to the Stogners, who once again provided a delectable meal for Round Table. Tonight we will be having our last Round Table of the year at our house, a little breakfast for dinner to be followed by a White Elephant gift exchange. Woo hoo!

A BIG THANK YOU to Melissa Phipps, Vice President of Patient Services at Novant, and her team, who hosted one of the best Leader Lunches we have had this fall. Melissa's passion for patient advocacy was truly inspirational. We are lucky to have women like her in leadership, particularly in Health Care. One day we will need it - and because of her vision - you and I will receive the care we deserve!

Sorry for the form photo - another fail...

Thank you to friends of the Fellows, Jay Helvey and Kevin Miller, for inviting the Fellows to your Christmas party.

Rahel enjoying the spread (Photo Bomb cred: Kevin and Beth Frack)

I was impressed with Jay, who had just come off what appears to be an intense "work retreat" attended by Will Troxler, one of our Fellows.

MENTOR TRAINING

The Fellows with Ron Pegram and Bill McClain

I'm excited to announce a new partnership! The Fellows are joining forces with Ron Pegram, Executive Director of KidzXtreme, and Bill McClain, Executive Director of G.I.D.E. (Guiding Institute for Development Education).

We are undergoing six hours of training that will equip us to mentor with these organizations.

In addition, next semester our Fellows will be performing three Action Projects for these organizations! These include:

Creation and Formatting of a Mentor Curriculum
Development of a Volunteer Recruitment Strategy
Upgrading of their Communications both print and online

These Fellows are up to the task. At the same time, we have so much to learn! Three hours into this exemplary training - I have learned that there is a WHOLE LOT MORE I need to learn than I thought I had to learn before I began!

Thank you Ron and Bill for sharing your stories and your decades of wisdom with us!

FINANCE UPDATE

Thank you to each one of our investors. The truth is the Winston-Salem Fellows cannot and will not exist without the generosity of people like you. Please consider at what level you are able to give this year.

You can give online by CLICKING HERE

You can give by mail by writing a check to the WS Fellows and sending it to:

Winston-Salem Fellows

851 W. 5th Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

NEW!!! You can now give to the Fellows by Credit Card!

Please email me at nederickson@gmail.com or winstonsalemfellows@gmail.com to learn how!

EVERY CONTRIBUTION MATTERS.

And each time we receive one, this is what happens...

Please help this happen!!!

BLACK NATIVITY

THANK YOU NIGEL ALSTON, Executive Director of the Black Repertory Theater Company, for inviting us to volunteer and attend the Black Nativity - hands down my favorite Christmas Holiday Tradition.

If you have not ever attended this performance - put it on your calendar for next December.