In March of 1922 Henry Smith Richardson, heir to the Vicks Vapor Rub fortune formed the community chest, which would become the United Way. This year, we celebrate with The United Way....100 years of impacting our community, lifting up neighborhoods and changing lives, and our very special guest today is Khari Garvin, President and CEO.

https://www.unitedwaygso.org/

Greensboro College is taking on a bold new initiative to support Guilford County’s growing economy and our friends and neighbors looking to advance their skills. It’s called the Center for Innovation and Workforce Development. Dr. Lawrence Czarda is president of Greensboro College, and our guest on this episode.

https://innovationandworkforcedevelopment.greensboro.edu/#

Leadership Greensboro’s 2022 Class is partnering with RePurpose: Food Recovery, A Simple Gesture, Maxie B’s Bakery and Gallins Family Farm for the first ever Mayor’s Food Waste Challenge. Laura Oxner is with RePurpose and Robin Davis is with Maxie B’s.

https://asimplegesturegso.org/repurpose-food-recovery/

https://www.maxieb.com/

https://www.gallinsfarm.com/

April is National Volunteer Month, and there are no shortage of ways to get involved in Greensboro. One of the easiest is A Simple Gesture. Julia Osborne is the National Program Coordinator, and our guest today on Talk City Greensboro.

https://asimplegesturegso.org/

The Tanger Center broke all kinds of records with the launch of the inaugural Broadway season with hits like Wicked, The Lion King and opening this week, Hamilton. Next year's season is just as exciting - Jennie Lannie is the Director of Marketing for the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts and she is our guest on this episode of Talk City Greensboro.

https://www.tangercenter.com/

Cone Health's Women and Children's Hospital opened two years ago at the start of the pandemic. Sue Pedaline, Chief Nursing Officer for Moses Cone Hospital and Vice President of Cone Health's Maternal-Child Service is our guest on this episode.

https://www.conehealth.com/locations/profile/womens-and-childrens-center/

On this episode of Talk City Greensboro, Kentia Smith with Partners Ending Homelessness joins us to talk about and their partnership with the Greensboro Grasshoppers and the 12th Annual Homerun for Homelessness Event.

https://pehgc.org/

https://www.milb.com/greensboro

On this episode our guest is Brittany King with the Greensboro Fire Department, and the amazing Camp Spark, a free, five-day camp for teenage girls, led by female Greensboro Firefighters.

https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/fire/community-programs/camp-spark

Renowned musician Bobby Previte is coming to Greensboro for a week of live, improvisational shows and masterclasses with students. The residency was made possible with the help of Kate Museelwhite Tobey and The Platform Creative Collective who is our guest on this episode. All of these events are supported by Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

https://www.instagram.com/katemtobey/?hl=en

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blueprints-live-shows-at-revolution-mill-tickets-274331923167?aff=ebdssbcitybrowse

Our guest today is Sterling Freeman, he's the author, illustrator and creator of a fantastic series of children's books..."Good Night Little Dreamer" and "Wake Up Little Dreamer." He's a teacher, speaker...and inspirational creator, and it was our pleasure to have him on the show.

https://www.littlelightseries.com/