UPCOMING EVENTS

You have heard the numbers, 89.4 Million images of children, sexually exploited, being traded. Horrific images of unimaginable deeds done in darkness have made their way into the hands of predators right here in our own backyards.

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Remember Sheriff Kimbrough saying his department is working to catch human traffickers & predators w the Invictus Project?! Well guess what!? Whitney Miller is the VP of Development & will be our guest speaker!! She will tell us ALL about it.

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The Invictus Project is dedicated to Educating, Advocating, and working alongside federal, state, and local law enforcement in the fight against internet crimes against children (ICAC), sexual abuse, trafficking, and the exploitation of children. We are very hyper focused on our domestic efforts specifically in 4 counties. Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph & Alamance

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Learn more about what they are doing at www.theinvictusproject.org

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She will ALSO give us any info we want about the overseas work w Lantern Rescue as that was her last position.

CWFC raised $5,000 for the Dream Center!! Thank you to such a successful event!

https://dreamcenterforsyth.com/

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Details: www.thelibertybellenc.com

Christin McMasters is a millennial like you’ve never met before. She is a Constitutionalist from Charleston, SC, now residing in NC. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of South Carolina. Unlike typical academics, she actually LOVES this country and LOVES liberty and will fight for it at all costs.
Christin is a published blogger and educator of the Constitution and Citizens responsibility to hold our government accountable. The Constitution is our government’s job description and we are the government’s employers. How can we hold our government accountable to their job if we don’t even know their job description?

We heard from our local Vice-Chair, Forsyth County Commission, Gloria Whisenhunt. 

There are not enough CONSERVATIVES running these days. The reason Forsyth county is so BLUE is partly b/c the democrats are applying for positions & the conservatives are not. Gloria mentioned the OPEN VACANCIES in most of the VOLUNTEER city committees. Ex. Sadly the adult care committee has been vacant for FAR too long. If ANY of them interest you, please let her know if you APPLY.

More on Gloria Whisenhunt here:https://www.co.forsyth.nc.us/Commissioners/meet_whisenhunt.aspx

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We were then updated on the NC House Bills that were circulating by our representative, Jeff Zenger. He also shared about the rumors circulated about him locally. Lewisville residents continue to know very little of the details of the HELL the city put Jeff Zenger through for years. So, Jeff told us the whole story last night. However, not ONE person (outside who typically attends our monthly gatherings and/or already know & trust Jeff so had no question in head that he was the “bad guy” media said he was) showed up. We remind those in CWFC that you can’t complain about Forsyth County if you don’t make the time to learn or grow or serve.

More on Jeff Zenger here: https://www.jeffzenger.com/

We were excited to kick-off the 2023 year with our Member’s Only Second Annual Galentine’s Event!  It was held Friday, February 10th, beginning at 7:00pm at the home of Sarah Absher.  

This is one of three private, members only events we will be having in 2023. Membership is only $20 a year to join us! 

THANK YOU to Ed Broyhill for donating your beautiful space for our event. You’ve believed & supported us from the very start in 2020 and we are so very grateful for your friendship.

THANK YOU to Mara Tate for donating her time & effort & skills for organizing this entire event. 

THANK YOU to DJ Jamal! The music & lights were AMAZING. As you all should know..music makes an event come alive!

THANK YOU, to the following sponsors. Without you we would not have raised $6,500 for the Neighborhood's Hands Christmas Toy drive

Christa Smith

Cheryl Wildman Groves

Sarah Absher

Chris & Melissa Lentz

Camel City Goods Co.

Eye Candy by Brandy

MomSanity & Raise them Well- Emily Ann

Sylvia’s Natural solutions - Sylvia Martin Dalrymple

Texture Salon - Diana Heflin Mitchell

Duck Donuts-Winston Salem

The Dapper Bean

Images Salon - Kelly Flannigan

Scout & Cellar - Bettina Barabe

Pigtails & Crewcuts: Haircuts for Kids - Winston Salem, NC

Elegant Rose Photography

Louise & Honeys Kitchen

Starbucks - Clemmons

Roger Marion

Lavish Nail Salon

Salon indaco - Mara, Anna Medellin, Sydney Myers

Utopia Gym & Fitness

Silicone

LoveWell Boutique

M3 Create - Mike McDade

The Coffee Mill

Combat Junk

Ann Ferguson

Laura Lester & Tara Ballard

dermaesthetics_beauty_spa - Stephanie Saucedo

Myra Anne Bumgardner

STILOMIO

Carla Maye Ledford

Lynn Miller

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To God be the Glory!

We met in Kernsville at the beautiful Prescott (**Farm to table food!**)

Website: https://www.theprescottrestaurant.com/

Our guests were a few locals running for office.

School Board at-large, Sarah Absher

School Board at-large, Allen Daniel

County Commissioner at-large, Terri Mrazek's 

District Attorney, Jim O'Neill

Then we had Scott Cumbie speak on the constitution and WHY the State Supreme court seats are so important.

Guardian Ad Litem: They are community members trained (35hr) to represent abused & neglected children through the court process.

You ARE THE CHILDS VOICE, the eyes and the ears of the court to paint a picture for the judge in who is this child, what is their family situation and what does this child NEED to be healthy & safe.

Your voice is EQUAL to their parents voice.

You are the MOST CONSISTENT person in the child’s life. ❤️‍🩹

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Forsyth co currently has 239 children in the courts/237 are in social services legal custody.

There are currently only 100 volunteers.

Commitment looks like 8 hrs a month (seems way low). You observe the child in their home. You talk to their parents, relatives, neighbors, therapists and more. You are paired with an attorney advocate and will be a witness involving court reports, if needed.

Typical case for the child/children lasts 13-24 months.

Now you know

Website: www.volunteerforgal.org

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Dr. S.D. Patterson and Tamica Patterson created Neighborhood's Hands after they saw the overwhelming need in Winston-Salem due to COVID-19.

Dr. S.D. Patterson, Executive Director, is a Winston-Salem native and has a unique vision for Neighborhood’s Hands Inc., due to his experience and reputation in the community. In addition, Neighborhood’s Hands will be one of very few minority owned and operated community outreach centers in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County

Website here

Kirk Peavy is former US Army Counterintelligence & Counter-Terrorism Professional (SOCOM / INSCOM) with over 20 years’ experience in the public and private security sectors, with the likes of Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) & US State Department (DoS).

Throughout his 20-year career, He established a reputation as a transformational leader in diplomatic protection & firearms instructing services who is driven by challenge, undeterred by obstacles, and committed to furthering standards of excellence.

Mr. Peavy stands for FAITH, FAMILY, and FREEDOM. The Peavy’s are a family of 6 nicked named “The Half Dozen”. He is married to his beautiful wife Christina Peavy, between both they have 3 beautiful daughters, Emily, Isabella, Sofia and their handsome son Zachary.

Currently Mr. Peavy is the Chief Operations Officer of Veteran's View Intake Center (VVIC) in Mocksville, NC and is a small business owner of Recoil Management Academy.

Peavy is a highly organized and detail-oriented professional, strategist, manager, leader, and intelligence professional with a proven track record of managing government contracts with upwards of 600+ personnel. He has an extensive background in overseeing and participating in protective security operations, and regulatory contractual compliance. These qualities, combined with his genuine commitment to personal and professional growth, would enable him to be our next North Carolina Lieutenant Governor.

His website for LT Governor is HERE

We partnered with Neighborhoods Hands to provide clothes and toys for this first annual event!

First ANNUAL Halloween celebration with Neighborhood's Hands!! 

We met at their community garden.

We supplied about 100 donated costumes that we hung on the fence for kids to take.

We painted pumpkins with the kids & they got chick-fil-a!

What an amazing event!

September 11th with Scott Presler! He shared election integrity, voter registration and local candidate training.

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If you recall, he won the Reagan Award at CPAC 2021

The Ronald Reagan Award was established to honor the often unnamed or overlooked conservative activists who work in the political trenches day after day to advance conservative ideas, policies, and candidates.

Scott Presler was given the award by CPAC because of his extensive work in organizing and helping to clean up parts of inner cities riddled with trash and abandoned property. Scott also engaged in political speeches and get-out-the-vote efforts -- on the streets and online -- to help re-elect Donald Trump in 2020.

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We met at Tinderbox Fitness and had booths set up for those who in CWFC have items to sell. We passed around business cards. It was a round robin get to know one another meet-up!

What an amazing CWFC meeting last night As I looked around the packed room, it made me smile. It reminded me of the verse Hebrews 10:25 when God is speaking about not neglecting to meet together but rather to be encouraging of one another. That is what you all did!! You took time out of your night, your families, your routine to come and encourage one another. For that, we thank you. Thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone and meeting new people.  A HUGE thank you to Dottie Powers . We had around 50 women hear Dottie Powers’ POWERFUL testimony and her call to action in how we can help Salem Pregnancy Center.

Dottie is the director, Salem Pregnancy Care Center

Click HERE for website

CWFC Liaison: Great Argenta

Our FIRST Christmas party ;)

Andrew came to speak on the importance of voting ON election day. His reach with those in the WH and in DC is extensive and his words impactful.

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Jeff Zenger spoke, as well.

Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough will be speaking to us about the great things he and his department are doing in Forsyth County.

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Following Sheriff Kimbrough, CWFC leadership will present an overview of the candidates running in our state and local elections. This way you will be prepared for the upcoming election primaries on March 5th

We will write letters to veterans.
We will then hear from two guest veterans:
Rockingham county Sheriff, Samuel Page AND
Tim Kelly, Owner, Chief Instructor of Apache Solutions Firearms
https://apachenc.com/

Dale Folwell spoke tonight about his run as Governor of North Carolina for 2024 race. He has been the North Carolina State Treasurer since 2017. He also spent four terms in North Carolina House of Representatives, including a term as speaker pro tempore from 2011 to 2013. He was head of the state's Division of Employment Security in the administration of Governor Pat McCrory from 2013 to 2015. He was elected State Treasurer in the 2016 election, taking office on January 1, 2017. He was then reelected to a second term in 2020, defeating Democratic challenger Ronnie Chatterji.Come and hear from two very special speakers.

More on Dale Folwell here: https://www.dalefolwell.com/

and his current position as NC State Treasurer:

https://www.nctreasurer.com/about/learn-about-department

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Paul Bledsoe then spoke about the Lions Club. What the mission and vision is of their organization and the open volunteer opportunities they have for those of us here in Forsyth County.

More on the organization here:

https://nclf.org/

We were back for the first meeting of 2023!

We heard from Hal Weatherman, candidate for Lt Gov in 2024

Find more on him at:

https://www.halweathermanfornc.com/ and his Women's only FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/928689845236519

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We also heard from Chris Leab: The Dream Center of Forsyth County.

Find more on the center at:

https://www.dreamcenterforsyth.com/ 

and their FB page at:

https://www.facebook.com/dreamcenterforsyth

We were able to give $6,500 in TOYS for Neighborhood's Hands & children of east Winston Salem.

Our special guest speaker was Amanda Geitner. She is a Forsyth County mother who currently works for the VA and a She was AWESOME!

We had the following 3 veteran owned businesses speak:

Veteran Renovations: 

https://www.facebook.com/joe.hooker.7792

Combat Junk: 

https://www.facebook.com/combatjunkllc

Rough Terrain Landscaping: 

https://www.facebook.com/RoughTerrainLandscaping  

We ended the meet-up writing letters to the dozens upon dozens of family members of those in CWFC that have been given to us! It is always SO special for veterans to receive a hand-written note on Veteran's Day!

IF you need to file a VA RATING for yourself or family, this person is AMAZING: https://gumpslegal.com 

Aaron Berlin, running for Superior Court Judge, spoke to us on the legalities of the Roe v Wade overturn this last June.

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Dottie Powers, Salem Pregnancy Center, spoke on the impact of the decision at her facility and the upcoming events and their current needs.

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Jeff Zenger, NC House district 74, spoke on his last campaign and current campaign. He let us know why his seat is so important not to lose and how we can help him now. 

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16 out of 17 candidates present 
FULL VIDEO available under MEDIA

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A bit about Major David Goetze:

He has been volunteering his time since 2015. His expertise is election integrity. GOAL: Restore trust in our voting system.

He is currently self employed as an International Business Development Consultant assisting firms who wish to bid on government contracts for work overseas

He has recently partnered with Hal Weatherman to form the Electoral Education Foundation. Major Dave is the VP for research in the foundation.

He is a native of Raleigh. He joined army in 1974 and served 6 years on active duty as a military police investigator with the US Army Intelligence & Security Command. He then joined back up with the NC ARNG as an officer after finishing at NC State & he served a total of 20 years in uniform.

He was the past commander of American Legion Post 187in Wake Forest

He is a former assistant professor at NC A&T State University in Greensboro where he taught Organizational effectiveness and Military History & Leadership. He taught for the Army at their Command & General Staff College, as well.

He is a fellow at the NC Institute of Political leadership, a member of the 40 x 8 honor society of leaders and a recipient of the NC Civilian Meritorious Service medal for continued support for military since retirement.

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To get involved..Website here

We held our FIRST ANNUAL silent auction. All proceeds of the auction went to Neighborhoods hands. 

We wrote letters to 54 veterans, all family of CWFC members! We also heard from a retired VSO, Charles Ryder, who told us all about the veteran's rating system. For more info, Leslie Murphy click here or Allen Gumpenberger click here.

TOPICS: How to help in local City Elections & Forming relationships in east Winston through partnering with Neighborhood's Hands.

Wayne & Tamica Patterson own the ministry, NEIGHBORHOOD’S HANDS

Wayne will be speaking at our meeting about the history and the current state of our fellow brothers & sisters on the east side of highway 52, Cleveland Avenue.

CWFC is going to start providing ways WE can bridge the gap between highway 52.

We can’t bridge the gap if we do not know HOW.

Tamica & Wayne will share how. WEBSITE HERE

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Tim Flinchim: Mayor of Rural Hall, NC Importance of grassroots/door knocking, local city candidates up for re-election

We hosted The Wells Center, Inc. For Women In Transition & Dianna Lightfoot!

Non-Profit organization that builds a community bridge for women transitioning from incarceration. 

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Please let us know if you want to be part of this prison ministry here in town!

If God’s telling you to M O V E ..you should really listen to him

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Meet Dianna Lightfoot:

Dianna Lightfoot is a health care policy advisor and networking expert with national and international experience.  In 2017 she was appointed by the Trump White House to Senior Policy Advisor for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Global Health.  In this capacity, Ms. Lightfoot’s responsibilities included interacting with the Department of Education, Health and Human Services and the State Department.

Her work has also involved founding and supporting National Medical Coalitions Director for Dr. Ben Carson’s Presidential campaign.

She has spoken at numerous national and international health and education conferences 

Ms. Lightfoot holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology and Community Relations, a counseling license, and a secondary teaching credential.

Non-profit: Imprints Cares_ Claudia Barrett

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION has been stated to be the most effective economic development took available to States

If you have a heart for serving CHILDREN… if your own kids have a heart for working with CHILDREN.. this is your time to help!!

Volunteer opportunities

BOOK BUDDY: Explore reading and books with children enrolled in their After school program at their downtown location.

HOMEWORK HELPER: Provide academic support to students attending the after school programs. Fantastic opportunity for education majors!

GROUP CONNECT VOLUNTEER - Assist their family educators with monthly interactive programming for pre-K children and their parents.

ADMINISTRATIVE/MARKETING ASSISTANT: Help with marketing, social media, and volunteer related projects.

BOOK DRIVE CHAIR: Host a book drive to collect new or gently used books to be donated to local children. Their website is: imprintscares.org

Jeff Zenger: NC House Representative (R) District 74 Website here: https://jeffzenger.com/

Guest Speaker: Dana Jones of Winston-Salem / Forsyth County

Board of Education board

This was the month our LOGO  was created by  Noah Zenger, Jeff & Julie Zenger's son. We love it so much.

This was our first CWFC meetup.. at this point we were just a bunch of women who supported and helped with the Trump campaign.

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We discussed upcoming activities, current events & our vision for the post-election.