NC Deep Dive

There are cool people all over Holly Springs doing great things here. This week, I sat down with Leilana Warren, one of the Special Needs Ministry Coordinators of Hope Community Church, and chatted with her about a fantastic event they have coming up in February for special needs teens and their families.

Hope Community Church's Night to Shine Event - Attend, Volunteer, Donate

Night to Shine Dress Boutique - Donate a dress, volunteer 

Hope Community Church Special Needs Ministry Instagram Page

Tim Tebow Foundation Night to Shine

This episode was made possible with the support of Body Restoration and Bearabows.

Shop local! 

I sat down with Daria Harvey, professional organizer and owner of Your Organized Life, LLC. On the surface, she seems like a regular resident of Holly Springs, but dive a little deeper, and she's a powerhouse of skill and experience in helping others learn to organize their lives, their time, and their home.

Get her suggestions on how to get your home ready for the holidays, how to prep to put away this year's holiday decorations in a way that will make future you very happy, and small ways to help our kids do better with "stuff" and the excess that plagues many households today.

Register for Daria's upcoming class with The Nurtured Nest here.
Check out Daria's list of organizing products here.
Find out about the book Daria mentioned here.
Check out all that Daria can help you with here.
Join Daria's Facebook group to get tips and ideas for simplifying and organizing - it's FREE!

This episode was made possible with the support of:

Bearabows
and
Treasured Memories 

I sat down with Beth Martinez de Andino, one of the owners of Our Moments in Time, located across from the Town Hall Commons building in downtown Holly Springs. 

Get to know her in this episode, hear the origin story of her shop and find out about some of the things she went through to make her dream a reality.

Register for the cookie decorating class we talked about here: Our Moments in Time Workshops

This episode was made possible with the support of:

Loving Lessons Pediatric Sleep Consulting (use the code SmallBiz25 for a discount)
and
Kindermusik of South Wake

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I sat down with Holly Springs Fire Department Chief Leroy Smith and Fire and Life Safety Educator Joe Harasti to talk about a big new rating they achieved that will help Holly Springs residents and businesses on their insurance rates and about all of the things they do in our community to keep us safe.

Thanks so much for your support, Bearabows and Your Organized Life.

Learn more about the Holly Springs Fire Department here.

I sat down with one of the founders and one of the active members of the Holly Springs Run Club.

They talk about how the club started, why it started, and what they're up to now. We discuss where they money they raise goes and how they benefit the community as a whole.

Thanks so much for your support, Body Restoration and Silver Lake Construction!

Register for the Holly Springs Half Marathon here.

Join the Holly Springs Run Club Facebook page to find out how to join.

I sat down with the founders of Pawfect Match Rescue to talk about the puppy that was stolen from one of their events this weekend and the flurry of activity immediately after that ultimately led to the puppy being returned.

This is an AMAZING organization and you won't believe the number of dogs they've been responsible for rescuing.

There were sooooo many dogs in the room with us, climbing on our laps and wanting belly rubs and leaving as quickly as they appeared. The sound is way off in some parts and I do apologize for that.

These are the answers you want about how the theft of Pisa the puppy happened and how the group was reunited with her right around 24 hours later!

Thanks so much to my sponsors:

Your Organized Life or email to [email protected]
and
Treasured Memories

To inquire about fostering or adopting a dog with Pawfect Match OR to donate to offset the expenses of caring for the dogs properly, visit their website, www.PawfectMatch.org.  

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This is the LAST episode before election day next week, so I sat down with each of the five (well, sort of...listen for details on that) candidates for the two seats up for election on the Holly Springs Town Council.

I had a give-or-take 10-minute conversation with each of the five folks who put themselves out there to get one of the seats, and put it all together in one episode for today. This is their last pitch for your vote. Please listen and choose wisely.

But remember that there are human beings behind these five brave souls. It's hard to step forward when others hang back with the aim of criticizing. They all want what's best for our town, I'm certain of that.

Thanks so much to my sponsors

Body Restoration

and

Kindermusik of South Wake

This wouldn't be possible without their generous support.

Early Voting 
Find Your Polling Place 

Garrett Raczek's Facebook Page
Garrett Raczek's Campaign Website

Aaron Wolff's Facebook Page
Aaron Wolff's Campaign Website

Tom O’Brien's Facebook Page
Tom O’Brien's Campaign Website

Shaun McGrath's Facebook Page 
Shaun McGrath's Campaign Website

Cheri Lee's Facebook Page

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Scout Undercoffer and his family.

A family in our community lost a child a few days ago under tragic circumstances, and all of Holly Springs is devastated for them. Scout Undercoffer was a force in his life and we need to make sure we all learn the lessons his death leaves for us.
 
Scout's family has asked that memorial donations be made in his name to the LGBT Center of Raleigh. I sat down with their Executive Director, Lindsey Lughes to talk about the LGBT population in general and about what we can do to promote acceptance and inclusion.
 
LGBT Center of Raleigh
GenderSpectrum.org

Please consider making a donation in Scout's name to the LGBT Center of Raleigh as her parents have asked. It's going to make a huge impact on a lot of local lives. 

Wow, wow, wow. Our Holly Springs High School Colla Voce choral ensemble has been invited to participate in a VERY prestigious event this winter, the London International Choral Festival.

I sat down with the ensemble's director, Jenny Patchett, and the Choral Boosters' Patron Chair, Barbara Koch on October 10 at the school to talk about the trip and about the money they're trying to raise so the cost of the trip is within reach to ALL of the students in the group.

Only FOUR groups in the entire United States were invited, and our own Holly Springs High School is part of it. This is something we should be EXTREMELY proud of!

Support for this podcast comes exclusively from local business owners like:

A Touch of Whimsy Designs and

Silver Lake Construction

Listen to what these businesses do, and support them the next time you have the opportunity. Shopping local really does make a big difference in our community.

Learn more, then donate any amount, large or small, to help these talented students go on this life-changing trip:

CVLondon.weebly.com

Enjoy to the selection included in the episode? Listen to the ensemble sing another very powerful song here:
Colla Voce sings "Great God Almighty"

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Don't call it a dump. It's a landfill.

This week, I sat down with John Roberson, Solid Waste Management Director for Wake County. He's the person you receive emails from when you submit an odor complaint for the South Wake Solid Waste Landfill on the Apex/Holly Springs border.

We chatted about what I’d learned on the tour, what was being done to ameliorate the odor problem and a little about the future of the landfill. We also talked about things we as citizens can do to help, and I was also schooled on the topic of why we shouldn’t call the landfill “a dump.”

Support for this podcast comes exclusively from local business owners like

Silver Lake Construction and

Treasured Memories.

Listen to what these businesses do, and support them the next time you have the opportunity. Shopping local really does make a big difference in our community.

Schedule a tour of the landfill here.

Find out how to get a deeply discounted composting bin here.

Some ways to reduce your household waste