This week, get to know Donovan Bethea - he's a local activist, entrepreneur, public speaker, amateur chef and overall super impressive young man. And he's only 17.  You'll want to remember him because he's surely on his way to very big things.

The Diva & Don Designs (Donovan's Etsy Shop)

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This week, hear from Cancer Coach Cathy Carmody as she tells us what a cancer coach does, about her own journey through illness, and about how we can best help friends and family if they ever go through a serious health issue.

Cathy Carmody Cancer Coach - Facebook page

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This week, hear from local Nutrition Coach Tania Tafilowski as she helps us *really* make the changes in our nutrition that we seem to resolve to make every  January.

Nourish Nutrition's Facebook Page
Email Tania at [email protected].
A penny doubled every day for a month
The meal planning tool neither Tania nor I could think of was eMeals.

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It's my 50th episode, and I can't think of anyone better to commemorate this important occasion than Santa Claus himself!

We chatted about COVID, the reindeer, how to get on and stay on the nice list, logistics of the big night and more.

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Representative Sydney Batch's Official NCGA Page
Representative Sydney Batch's Campaign Website
Representative Sydney Batch's Campaign Facebook Page

Erin Paré's Campaign Website
Erin Paré's Campaign Facebook Page

Senator Sam Searcy's Official NCGA Page
Senator Sam Searcy's Campaign Website
Senator Sam Searcy's Campaign Facebook Page

Mark Cavaliero's Campaign Website
Mark Cavaliero's Campaign Facebook Page
Contact Attempts 

Lindsay Mahaffey Campaign Page
Lindsay Mahaffey Campaign Facebook Page

Vote 411

Steve Bergstrom's Campaign Website
Steve Bergstrom's Campaign Facebook Page

Communication between HSDD and Mr. Bergstrom

Welcome to Episode 45 of the Holly Springs Deep Dive Podcast.

I'm not playing my peppy little music sting this week. My mom died today, August 24, in the wee hours of the morning.

She was entirely too young for this to have happened, but the autoimmune disease that she was able to control with varying degrees of success over the past 30+ years was finally too much for her body to handle.

My mom was really shy most of her life, but she was so selfless and was nice to absolutely everyone. She'd go out of her way to help people, and anyone who took the time to get to know her felt like their life was better for it.

So I'm asking you today to take the time you'd normally spend listening to this podcast and instead, just do something nice for someone else. Do it in memory of my mom. And if you feel like it, please let me know what you did.

I'll be back with new episodes soon, focusing on election season, because November 3 will be here before you know it. I’m hoping to talk to candidates for the District 8 Wake County School Board seat that Lindsey Mahaffey currently holds, the North Carolina House of Representatives district 37 seat that Sydney Batch currently holds, and the North Carolina State Senate District 17 seat that Sam Searcy currently holds. I’m pretty sure our current Wake County Commissioner for District 2, Matt Calabria, is running unopposed, so we’ll see what happens there.

Until then, be well, friends.

This week, hear from one of the founders and one (ok, really two) of the board members from the Holly Springs Education Foundation. Find out why it was created, what they want to do, how you can help and more.

Like the Holly Springs Education Foundation's Facebook page to keep up-to-date.

If you're a teacher, fill out their survey to let them know your needs.

What does "We must Maslow before we Bloom" mean?
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Bloom's Taxonomy

Email the Holly Springs Education Foundation at [email protected]

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